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    FIBER OPTICS and NETWORKS

    B.E., VIII Semester, Electronics & Communication Engineering


    [As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)]

    Subject Code 15EC82 IA Marks 20


    Number of Lecture
    4 Exam Marks 80
    Hours/Week
    Total Number of 50 (10 Hours /
    Exam Hours 03
    Lecture Hours Module)
    CREDITS – 04
    Modules
    Module -1
    Optical fiber Communications: Historical development, The general system,
    Advantages of optical fiber communication, Optical fiber waveguides: Ray
    theory transmission, Modes in planar guide, Phase and group velocity,
    Cylindrical fiber: Modes, Step index fibers, Graded index fibers, Single mode
    fibers, Cutoff wavelength, Mode field diameter, effective refractive index. Fiber
    Materials, Photonic crystal fibers. (Text 2)

    Module -2
    Transmission characteristics of optical fiber: Attenuation, Material
    absorption losses, Linear scattering losses, Nonlinear scattering losses, Fiber
    bend loss, Dispersion, Chromatic dispersion, Intermodal dispersion:
    Multimode step index fiber.

    Optical Fiber Connectors: Fiber alignment and joint loss, Fiber splices,
    Fiber connectors, Fiber couplers. (Text 2)
    Module -3
    Optical sources: Energy Bands, Direct and Indirect Bandgaps, Light
    Emitting diodes: LED Structures, Light Source Materials, Quantum Efficiency
    and LED Power, Modulation. Laser Diodes: Modes and Threshold conditions,
    Rate equation, External Quantum Efficiency, Resonant frequencies, Laser
    Diode structures and Radiation Patterns: Single mode lasers.

    Photo detectors: Physical principles of Photodiodes, Photodetector noise,


    Detector response time.

    Optical Receiver: Optical Receiver Operation: Error sources, Front End


    Amplifiers, Receiver sensitivity, Quantum Limit. (Text 1)
    Module -4
    WDM Concepts and Components: Overview of WDM: Operational Principles
    of WDM, WDM standards, Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Multiplexers, Isolators
    and Circulators, Fiber grating filters, Dielectric Thin-Film Filters, Diffraction
    Gratings, Active Optical Components, Tunable light sources,

    Optical amplifiers: Basic application and Types, Semiconductor optical


    amplifiers, Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers, Raman Amplifiers, Wideband
    Optical Amplifiers. (Text 1)
    Module -5
    Optical Networks: Optical network evolution and concepts : Optical
    networking terminology, Optical network node and switching elements,
    Wavelength division multiplexed networks, Public telecommunication network
    overview. Optical network transmission modes, layers and protocols:
    Synchronous networks, Asynchronous transfer mode, OSI reference model,
    Optical transport network, Internet protocol, Wavelength routing networks:
    Routing and wavelength assignment, Optical switching networks: Optical
    circuit switched networks, packet switched networks, Multiprotocol Label
    Switching, Optical burst switching networks, Optical network deployment:
    Long-haul networks, Metropoliton area networks, Access networks, Local area
    networks. (Text 2)
    Graduating Attributes (as per NBA)
    Engineering Knowledge
    Problem Analysis
    Design / Development of solutions
    Question Paper pattern:
    The Question paper will have ten questions.
    Each full Question consisting of 16marks
    There will be 2 full Questions (with a maximum of four sub questions)
    from each module.
    Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a
    module.
    The Students will have to answer 5 full Questions, selecting one full
    Question from each module.
    Text Book:
    1. Gerd Keiser , Optical Fiber Communication, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill
    Education(India) Private Limited, 2015. ISBN:1-25-900687-5.
    2. John M Senior, Optical Fiber Communications, Principles and Practice,
    3rd Edition, Pearson Education, 2010, ISBN:978-81-317-3266-3

    Reference Book:
    Joseph C Palais, Fiber Optic Communication , Pearson Education, 2005,
    ISBN: 0130085103

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