Information Transmission Systems

A. Lectures

• Waveguide in cylindrical waveguide – optical fiber.
• Types of optical fibers: monorhythmic and polyrhythmic fibers.
• Propagation phenomena and theory of refraction in optical fiber.
• Dispersion and signal attenuation phenomena.
• Passive optical modules and their uses in fiber optic communication systems.
• Optical Filters and Power Couplers.
• Symbolometric devices.
• Optical transmitter arrangements.
• Optical receiver layouts and error calculation.
• Optical Signal to Noise Ratio (OSNR) calculation.
• Power characteristics and amplification gain of erbium ion optical amplifiers (EDFA).
• Chain of optical amplifiers.
• Power balance of a link.
• Introduction to signal modulation of optical signals
• Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in space
• Transportation Lines
• The Hertz dipole
• The half-wave dipole
• Antenna Components and Arrangements
• Radiating field, directivity and antenna gain
• Radiation resistance the effective height.
• Synthesis of radiation diagrams
• Reciprocity theorem in electromagnetic theory.
• The Receiver Equivalent Circuit.
• Propagation phenomena of electromagnetic waves in transmission lines
• Adjustment for optimal power transfer from source to load
• Analysis of load adjustment methods (adaptive circuits).

B. Laboratory Exercises

• Exercises to simulate and render optical links using VPIphotonics or Optisystems (Total: 3
  tasks).
• One (1) personal pair simulation task for each student.