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Fiber-Optic Communication Systems and Techniques

By Prof.Pradeep Kumar K   |   IIT Kanpur
Learners enrolled: 3682
Recent years have seen an exponential increase in demand for large bandwidth and high data rate applications. This is fuelled by rapid advances in fiber-optic communications which includes introduction of digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms combined with coherent detection. A thorough grounding in optical fibers and fiber-optic communications is necessary to communication engineers to address future needs of high data rate communications. Fiber-Optic Communication Systems and Techniques provides solid background in wide ranging topics of fiber-optics. The topics covered include modes of optical fibers, impairments in optical fiber channel, lasers and photodiodes, optical amplifiers, WDM components, and digital fiber-optic communications. Several latest advances in DSP for fiber-optic communications is emphasized.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: All UG students interested in fiber optics, optical communications, and digital signal processing 
                                         algorithms in fiber-optic communications can take this course. Professionals looking to refresh their 
                                         knowledge on fibers and fiber-optic communications can take this course
PREREQUISITES:           Fundamentals of Electromagnetic theory, Principles of Communication Systems, Programming in Matlab
INDUSTRY SUPPORT:   Sterlite Technologies, Infinera, Comsol India, Matlab, Texas Instruments, Defense labs etc will be interested
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 29 Jul 2019
End Date : 18 Oct 2019
Exam Date : 16 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

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

Books and references

1. Optical Fiber Communications, G. Keiser, Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
References:
1. Fiber Optic Communications, S. Kumar and M. J. Deen, Wiley
2. Advanced Optical Communications Systems and Networks, I. B. Djordjevic and M. Cvijetic, Wiley
3. Optical Networks: A practical perspective, R. Ramaswamy and K. Sivarajan
Other references will be mentioned during the course.

Instructor bio



Dr. Pradeep Kumar K obtained his PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras working on Quantum Key Distribution in 2009. He has since been at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. His research interests include Quantum key distribution, signal processing for coherent optical communications, optical signal processing using nonlinear fibers, and fiber-optic modeling. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

Course certificate

  • The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
  • The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
  • Date and Time of Exams: 16 November 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
  • Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
  • Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. 
  • Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
  • Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75
  • If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
  • Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
  • Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched


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