Course No：11120080
Title：Optical communication technology
Class Hours/Week: 2 - 1 Credit：2.5
Category：Speciality
Prerequisites： Physics, Physcial optics
Audience：Undergraduates
Teaching manner：Lectures and Lab works
Course objectives and basic requirements:
This course aims to introduce a fundamental knowledge of fiber communication technology, providing students with an in-depth engineering training in their capability of both analyzing and solving problems in the field. It is required in the course to grasp basic operation principles and fabrication procedures of optical fibers, as well as to gain a broad view of fiber-optical networks, key components and functional modules therein.
Course introduction:
This course mainly focuses on the fundamental knowledge of fiber communication technology. It starts with basic operation principles and fabrication procedures of optical fibers and broadly view the fundamental structures and functions of fiber-optical networks, especially key components and functional modules therein.
Syllabus and lecture schedule:
1．Introduction to Telecommunications and Fiber Optics 1 class hour
2．Physical of Light: A Brief Overview 1 class hour
3．Optical Fibers－Basics 2 class hours
4．Optical Fibers－A Deeper Look 2 class hours
5．Singlemode Fibers－Basics 2 class hours
6．Singlemode Fibers－A Deeper Look 2 class hours
7．Classwork 2 class hours
8．Fiber Fabrication, Cabling, and Specifications 2 class hours
9．Fiber Cable Connectorization and Testing 2 class hours
10．Light Sources and Transmitters－Basics 2 class hours
11．Light Sources and Transmitters－A Deeper Look 2 class hours
12．Receivers 2 class hours
13．Classwork 2 class hours
14．Components of Fiber-Optic networks 2 class hours
15．Passive Components, Switches, and Functional Modules of Fiber-Optic Networks 2 class hours
16．An Introduction to Fiber-Optic Networks 2 class hours
17．A Course Review 2 class hours
Related teaching sections:
Exercises and four experiments.
Test and Grading Criteria：
Close-book final exam
Suggested textbooks or references:
Djafar K. Mynbaev and Lowell L. Scheiner. Fiber-Optic Communications Technology. Academic Press, 2002.