Fiber Optical Communication (MCC100)

Schedule and contents, study period 2, 2022

 

Examiner/Lectures:

Peter Andrekson, room C428, tel. 070-3088 606, peter.andrekson@chalmers.se   

Jochen Schröder, C427, jochen.schroeder@chalmers.se   

 

Mondays 10 .00 – 11.45 & Wednesdays 10 .00 – 11.45 in room B429. Lecture notes will be handed out.

 

 

Date	Number	Topics	Book chapters	Home assign.
Oct.31	1	Overview, optical fibers, attenuation	1
Nov 2	2	Modulation and detection	*
Nov 7	3	Modes in optical fibers	2*
Nov 9	4	Chromatic dispersion	2*	1 out
Nov 14	5	Nonlinear effects	2*
Nov 16	6	Optical transmitters	3	1 in, 2 out
Nov 21	7	Optical receivers	4
Nov 23	8	Error probability, power penalties	5	2 in, 3 out
Nov 28	9	Multichannel systems and networks	6
Nov 30	10	Dispersion management, polarization	7	4 out
Dec 5	11	Optical amplification, gain	7
Dec 7	12	Optical amplification, noise	8	3 in
Dec 12	13	Advanced lightwave systems	10*
Dec 14	14	Back-up/repetition/guest?		4 in

* Indicates contents mainly covered in the lecture notes and to a lesser extent by the book.

 

Sections of Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Fourth Edition, Govind P. Agrawal, Wiley Interscience, 2010, ISBN: 9780470505113) that are excluded from the compulsory reading list:

 

 

Chapter 1: -

Chapter 2: -

Chapter 3: 3.5

Chapter 4: -

Chapter 5: 5.3

Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.6

Chapter 7: 7.7

Chapter 8: 8.5, 8.6

Chapter 9: Entire chapter

Chapter 10: 10.3, 10.5, 10.6

Chapter 11: Entire chapter

 

 

Notes:

• In general, material that is discussed during lectures should be considered most important.
• The details of derivations are not necessary for the exam.
• The course material consists of the non-excluded parts of the book and the lecture notes. Note that sometimes the lecture notes cover topics not included in the book (and vice versa).

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorials:

Ekaterina Deriushkina, room С433  ekader@chalmers.se   Wednesdays 13.15-15.00

 

The number of tutorials may change, but the plan is:

 

November 2

November 9

November 16

November 23

November 30

December 7

December 14

An exercise booklet will be handed out.

 

Laboratory exercises:

Alexander Caut caut@chalmers.se, Carmen Lopez haide@chalmers.se

The labs are compulsory. The labs are in B420 in the Photonics Laboratory.

1. Dispersion and optical amplifiers, Study week 3
2. Optical communication systems: Characteristics and performance, Study week 5

 

The laboratory exercises are four hours each and are done in groups of maximum two students. The booking procedure will be explained in class and in Canvas. The lab PMs will be printed and handed out on or before lecture 5 and can also be downloaded from the course web page.

 

It is important that you prepare the lab by reading the relevant chapters in the book and solving the exercises specified in each lab PM. Students that have not solved these will not be allowed to do the lab, and instead be given a compulsory, extensive home assignment.  Also note that some of the contents of these exercises may be covered in lectures after the exercises, which means that you will have to prepare accordingly.

 

Home assignments:

The four voluntary home assignments will be downloadable from the web page and can provide bonus points on the exam. The solved assignments should be handed in or e-mailed to the responsible teacher by the due date. Each assignment is awarded a maximum of 30 points and 18 points, or more are required for obtaining 1 bonus point. 24 points or more gives 2 bonus points. Thus, a maximum of 8 bonus points can be obtained.

 

Examination:

The exam is problem-oriented, comprising 6 problems with a maximum score of 10 points each, in total 60 points. For grade 3, 4, and 5, the requirements are 24, 36, and 48 points, respectively. Any obtained bonus points may be included in the total score. (Bonus points become invalid after the three planned exam dates.)

 

The (first) exam date is 14 January 2023 (afternoon). Check the time and remember to register online (compulsory). Allowed material on the exam is:

 

 

• Textbook
• Printed lecture notes
• Laboratory PM (2)
• Standard Mathematical Tables
• Tefyma
• Physics Handbook
• Beta Mathematical Handbook
• Chalmers-approved calculator

 

Note that solved problems, including the Problem booklet and Lab PM are not allowed on the exam.