Optical Communications 1 – Components - 18-ku-1060-vl

Lehrinhalte
Optical telecommunication and data networks
Optical transmisison systems
The nature of light / wave-partical dualism
Wave equation / planar wave
Polarization
Absorption, transmission, reflexion, refraction
Connectors and splices
Mirrors, HR-/AR coatings
Film waveguides
Fiber-optic waveguides
Attenuation, modes, dispersion
Fiber types
Dispersion and dispersion compensation
Kerr nonlinearity and self-phase modulation
Optical filters
Wavelength division multiplexers
Magneto-optical effect / optical isolator / circulator
Lasers / basics, concepts, types
Erbium-doped fiber lasers / amplifiers (EDFL / EDFA)
Optical semiconductor laser / amplifier (laser diode)
Electro-optic modulator
Other selected components and devices

Literatur
Lecture slides
Textbook (M. Cvijetic, I. B. Djordjevic: „Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks“)

Voraussetzungen
ET 1-4, Physics

Semester: Verão 2019