Información del curso

Lehrinhalte
The lecture discusses the working principle of the most important components of modern telecommunication networks and optical data transmission systems. The starting point will be basic physical principles:
The nature of light
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[*]Wave equation
[*]Polarization
[*]Absorption, transmission, reflection, refraction
[*]Mirrors, HR-/AR coatings
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Waveguides
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[*]Fiber-optic waveguides
[*]Attenuation, modes, dispersion
[*]Fiber types
[*]Connectors and splices
[*]Dispersion and dispersion compensation
[*]Kerr nonlinearity and self-phase modulation
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Components, e.g.:
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[*]Optical filters
[*]Wavelength division multiplexers
[*]Magneto-optical effect / optical isolator / circulator
[*]Electro-optic modulator
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Lasers
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[*]Basics, concepts, types
[*]Erbium-doped fiber lasers / amplifiers (EDFL / EDFA)
[*]Optical semiconductor laser / amplifier (laser diode)
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Other selected components and devices
 

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

Voraussetzungen
ET 1-4, Physics