PHYS 3039 - Fibre Optics

Teaching Pattern

• Duration of course: about 14 weeks

• Lecture hour(s) per week: 3

Content

• Optical fiber waveguides: ray theory, slab waveguide, step index and grade index fibers
• Transmission characteristics of optical fiber: attenuation, intramodal and intermodal dispersion, scatterings
• Fiber fabrication, cables and passive components
• Optical sources: laser diode, light emitting diode
• Optical detectors: p-i-n photodiodes, avalanche photodiode detector
• Optical fiber systems: direct and coherent detections (if time permits)

Remarks

• Exclusion: ELEC 4620