EC EN 562 Optical Communications
Winter 2007
| Date | Text Pages | Topic | Notes | Homework | Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Project 1: Asymmetric Waveguide | |||||
| Design Project 2: Multilayer Waveguides | |||||
| Design Project 3: Fiber Modes | |||||
| Design Project 4: Modulator | |||||
| Design Project 5: EDFA | |||||
| Design Project 6: System Design | |||||
| 8-Jan | Introduction | notes | |||
| 10-Jan | 110-126 | Slab Dielectric Waveguides | notes | HW#1 (Due 1/17) | hw1 solution |
| 12-Jan | Cont | ||||
| Symmetric waveguide Matlab code | |||||
| required function | |||||
| required function | |||||
| 15-Jan | Holiday (No class) | ||||
| 17-Jan | 137-139 | Effective Index Theory | Mini Project #1 (due 1/31) | ||
| (can finish Proj 1 and 2) | |||||
| 19-Jan | 126-136 | Step index circular waveguides | notes | ||
| (No standard homework this week) | |||||
| Single mode optical fiber | |||||
| Multi-mode optical fiber | |||||
| 22-Jan | cont | ||||
| 24-Jan | 797-811 | cont | HW#2 (Due 2/1) | hw2 solution | |
| 26-Jan | 145-149 | Attenuation in optical fiber | notes | ||
| 29-Jan | 13-18 | Group Velocity | Group Velocity | ||
| Matlab file of a pulse | |||||
| Necessary Matlab file to make a movie | |||||
| Pulse movie | |||||
| 31-Jan | "140-144, 313-322" | Intermodal Dispersion | notes | HW#3 (Due 2/7) | hw3 solution |
| 2-Feb | |||||
| 5-Feb | cont | ||||
| (can finish Proj 3) | |||||
| 7-Feb | Intramodal Dispersion | notes | |||
| Derivation article 1 | |||||
| Derivation article 2 | |||||
| 9-Feb | 313-322 | Dispersion Limit | notes | ||
| Mini Project #2 (due 2/28) | |||||
| Article on materials | |||||
| materials.m | |||||
| fiber_mode.m | |||||
| fiber_mode_calc.m | |||||
| Gaussian Pulse Dispersion | |||||
| Trapezoidal Pulse Dispersion | |||||
| 12-Feb | cont. | example | |||
| 14-Feb | 673-745 | Optical sources | notes | HW#4 (Due 2/21) | hw4 solution |
| 16-Feb | 517-537 | Optical detectors | |||
| 19-Feb | Holiday (No class) | ||||
| 20-Feb | System Analysis | ||||
| 21-Feb | 322-349 | Polarization Mode Dispersion | notes | HW#5 (Due 2/28) | hw5 solution |
| panda fiber | |||||
| 23-Feb | Review | list | |||
| Midterm Exam (open book and open notes) | |||||
| Feb. 28 - Mar. 7 | |||||
| 26-Feb | 406-430 | Propagationin anisotropic materials | notes | ||
| 28-Feb | Propagation in EO materials | notes | |||
| No homework this week! (Prepare for the Exam.) | |||||
| 2-Mar | EO Modulators | notes | |||
| 5-Mar | example | ||||
| Avanex Modulator | |||||
| 7-Mar | MZ Modulator | HW#6 (Due 3/14) | hw6 solution | ||
| Projects 1 and 2 due Mar. 14 | Mini Project #3 (Due 3/21) | ||||
| 9-Mar | Direct LD modulation | direct modulation | |||
| RF driving of External Modulator | |||||
| Max - Min Amplitude | |||||
| 12-Mar | 465-499 | Noise | Notes | ||
| 14-Mar | cont | APD noise | HW#7 (Due 3/21) | hw7 solution | |
| 16-Mar | cont | ||||
| 19-Mar | No Class | ||||
| 21-Mar | No Class | ||||
| 23-Mar | 748-774 | Optical Amplifiers | Notes | ||
| 26-Mar | |||||
| 28-Mar | HW#8 (Due 4/4) | hw8 solution | |||
| Project 4 due Mar. 28 | |||||
| 30-Mar | |||||
| (can finish Proj. 5 and 6) | |||||
| 2-Apr | EDFA Noise | Notes | |||
| 4-Apr | cont | HW#9 (Due 4/11) | hw9 solution | ||
| Project 6 due Apr. 4 | |||||
| 6-Apr | cont | Example | |||
| 9-Apr | Project 1 and 2 Review panel | ||||
| 11-Apr | Project 4 and 6 Review panel | ||||
| 13-Apr | Overview of other Optical communication components | ||||
| 16-Apr | Review | review topics | |||
