EE 644 Optical Communications
Introduction to Optical Communications. Optical sources and transmitters:
Light Emitting Diodes (LED), Laser Diodes and modulation techniques. Optical
fibers: waveguiding and signal degradations. Photodetectors: P-I-N and Avalanche
Photodiodes. Optical receivers: Direct detection and coherent detection receivers.
Optical components: connectors, splices, couplers, switches and wavelength
division multiplexers. Transmission link design. Advanced systems.
Prerequisite: EE 413 or equivalent.