ECE Department
University of Arizona
ECE 430/530: Optical Communication Systems
Spring 2010
Course Description
Physics of optical communication components and applications to communication
systems. Topics include fiber attenuation and dispersion, laser modulation, photo detection
and noise, receiver design, bit error rate calculations, and coherent communications.
Instructors
Dr. Ivan B. Djordjevic, Assistant Professor
University of Arizona
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1230 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Office: ECE 456B
Phone: (520) 626-5119
Email: ivan@ece.arizona.edu
Web: http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~ivan/
Dr. Franko Kueppers
College of Optical Sciences
University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Phone: (520) 626-1778
E-mail: franko.kueppers@optics.arizona.edu
Web: www.optics.arizona.edu/kueppers
Teaching Assistant:
Stanley Johnson
stanj@optics.arizona.edu
Office hours:
Tuesday, 11 AM - 12 noon
Thursday, 1 PM - 2 PM
8th floor break-out area (College of Optical Sciences)
Reference Textbooks
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G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Third Ed., John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 2002.
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R. L. Freeman, Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 2002.
Office Hours
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Monday and Wednesday
Prerequisites
SIE 305, ECE 340, ECE 352, ECE 381; Concurrent registration: ECE 431.
Homeworks and projects
“Homework assignments” will be given in the form of “exercises,” i.e. problems with
example solutions provided. They do not have to be turned in for grading.
Nevertheless, any questions regarding the exercises will be discussed individually or in
class.
Two projects will be carried out in small groups (3-4 students): (i) a literature
research project and (ii) a system design project. Project progress has to be reported
continuously over the course of the semester; final presentations have to be given.
Graduate students will have an additional task to solve in their system design project.
Exams
Final exam will be given at the end of the semester.
Grading
Homework
Literature Research Project
System Design Project
Final Exam
0%
25%
35%
40%
Tentative Course Outline
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Introduction
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Optical Fibers
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Geometrical-Optics Description
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Wave Propagation
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Chromatic Dispersion
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Polarization Mode Dispersion
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Dispersion-Induced Limitations
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Fiber Losses
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Nonlinear Optical Effects
Optical Transmitters
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Light-Emitting Diodes
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Semiconductor Lasers
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Control of Longitudinal Modes
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Laser Characteristics
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Transmitter Design
Optical Receivers
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Common Photodetectors
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Receiver Design
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Receiver Noise
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Receiver Sensitivity
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Sensitivity Degradation
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Receiver Performance
Optical Amplifiers
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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
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Raman Amplifiers
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Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers
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Parametric Amplifiers
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System Applications
Multichannel Systems
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WDM Lightwave Systems
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WDM Components
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WDM System Performance Issues
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Time-Division Multiplexing
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Subcarrier Multiplexing
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
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Code-Division Multiplexing
Coherent Lightwave Systems
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Homodyne and heterodyne detection
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Optical hybrids and balanced receivers
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Modulation formats: ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM
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Demodulation schemes
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Polarization diversity
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Polarization multiplexing
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Coherent OFDM systems
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Bi-error rates and receiver sensitivity
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Sensitivity degradation
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System performance
Optical Transmission Enabling Technologies
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Dispersion Management
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Modulation Formats
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Nonlinearity Management
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Wavelength Conversion
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Optical 3R
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Forward Error Correction
Optical Networks
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LANs
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MANs
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Long-Haul Networks
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Design Guidelines
Study Groups: Working in study groups can be beneficial if everyone participates.
Therefore, while working in study groups is allowed and even encouraged, all work
submitted for a grade must be your own. When this rule is violated, the guilty student will
receive a grade of zero on the offending item. Cheating will not be tolerated.