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Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course This course aims to demonstrate applications of the fundamental engineering knowledge in photonics to pursue realistic solutions to the important engineering problem of optical communication. The course also aims to help students to gain technical and scientific competence in the multidisciplinary area of optical communication systems (at the cross-section of applied electromagnetics, communication systems, electronics and physics) to assume effective roles in multidisciplinary research teams.
Course Content Introduction to geometric optics; ray theory and electromagnetic wave theory of optical propagation in fibers. Optical fibers and their transmission characteristics. Cables, connectors and couplers. Introduction to optical sources and detectors. Principles of optical communication systems, performance analysis and design.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Electromagnetic nature of light, Uniform plane waves, Boundary conditions
2Reflection and transmission of waves at a boundary, Total internal reflection, Ray theory of dielectric slab waveguides, and optical fibers
3Modal analysis of slab waveguides
4Modal analysis of optical fibers (step and graded index), linearly polarized modes
5Attenuation and dispersion in optical fibers, Concepts of spontaneous and stimulated emission of light
6Optical sources: Lasers and LEDs
7Optical amplifiers, Photodiodes
8Midterm
9Noise in photodetectors, WDM optical Components
10Analog and digital optical communications
11Direct detection receivers
12Coherent detection, Noises, Comparison of direct and coherent detection
13DSP algorithms for coherent optical communications
14Multiplexing techniques in fiber-optic communications

Resources

1-Optical Fiber Communications, G. Keiser, Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill