EE 462: Optical Communication Systems

 EE 462: Optical Communication Systems   

FALL 2024

Instructor:	Dr. Ahmed Farghal, Ph.D. Office:  E-mail: ahmedfarghal7080@gmail.com Facebook: Click here Scheduled Office Hours: TBD. Open Door Policy: When my door is open, you are welcome to come in.
Course Organization:	Lecture: Sundays, 11:00 pm – 01:00 pm, @ Lecture Theater  C. 2 hours of tutorial per week Teaching Assistant: Eng.
Midterm Exam:	TBD.
Final Exam:	TBD.

Required Textbook:

S. O. Kasap, Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices,  international ed., Prentice Hall, 2012.

Optional Reading:

[1] Eugene Hecht, Optics,  5th edition. Pearson, 2016. 
[2] Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd ed. Wiley Interscience 2007.
[3] S. L. Chuang, Physics of Photonic Devices, 2nd ed. Wiley, 2009.
[4] A. Yariv and P. Yeh, Photonics: Optical electronics in Modern Communications, Oxford University Press, 2007.
[5] E. Rosencher & B. Vinter, Optoelectrioncs, Cambridge, 2002.

Course Topics:

   

Handouts: Fall2024

The handouts are available as Adobe PDF files through the links below.   

• Lecture 1: Overview of Optical Fiber Communications.
• Lecture 2: Wave Nature of Light.
• Lecture 3: Optical Waveguides.
• Lecture 4: Optical Transmission Impairments I.
• Lecture 5: Optical Transmission Impairments II.
• Lecture 6: Optical Sources and Transmitters I.
• Lecture 7: Optical Sources and Transmitters II.
• Lecture 8: Optical Sources and Transmitters III.
• Lecture 9: Optical Receivers I. (Video)
• Lecture 10: Optical Receivers II. 
• Lecture 11: Optical Networking Components I. 
• Lecture 12: Optical Networking Components II.

Links to Useful Web Resources:

• Illustrating reflection and refraction (animation).
• Blackbody Spectrum (animation)
• ITU-T G.652: Characteristics of a single-mode optical fiber.
• http://www.opticsforkids.org/