ELEC 4702
Fiber Optic Communications
Fundamentals of optoelectronics with application to fiber optic communications. Optical fibre: modes, losses, dispersion, splices, coupling to sources. Optical sources: LEDs, laser diodes. Optical detectors: photoconductor, pin and avalanche photodiodes. Optical receiver design. Fiber optic communications systems: intensity modulation/direct detection; coherent homodyne or heterodyne detection.
2026
Topics
- Optical resonators
- Basic semiconductor theory: energy band model, review of PN junctions, heterostructures
- Photonic Components: MZ modulators, EDFAs, VOAs, PLCs, couplers, optical fibre Bragg gratings
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): ELEC 3908 and ELEC 3909 . Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- iber Optic Communications ↗2026