Fiber Optics
Fiber Optics. Instructor: Dr. Vipul Rastogi, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee. The course is aimed at equipping the undergraduate Engineering and Physics students with the basic understanding of optical fibers and optical fiber communication. The course provides knowledge of optical fiber waveguide at fundamental level, essentials of an optical fiber communication system and understanding of various components of an optical fiber telecommunication system.
(from nptel.ac.in)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction |
| Lecture 02 - Need for Optical Communication |
| Lecture 03 - Salient Features of Optical Fiber I: Ray Theory of Light Guidance |
| Lecture 04 - Salient Features of Optical Fiber II: Wave Theory of Light Guidance |
| Lecture 05 - Optical Fiber Fabrication |
| Lecture 06 - Transmission Characteristics I: Optical Signal Attenuation in an Optical Fiber |
| Lecture 07 - Transmission Characteristics II: Intermodal Dispersion in an Optical Fiber |
| Lecture 08 - Transmission Characteristics III: Material Dispersion in an Optical Fiber |
| Lecture 09 - Light Propagation in an Infinitely Extended Dielectric Medium |
| Lecture 10 - EM Waves in Dielectrics |
| Lecture 11 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides I: Planar Optical Waveguides, Planar Mirror Waveguide |
| Lecture 12 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides II: Modes, Step-index Planar Waveguide |
| Lecture 13 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides III: Symmetric and Antisymmetric Modes |
| Lecture 14 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides IV: b-V Curves, Modal Fields |
| Lecture 15 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides V: Model Fields (cont.) |
| Lecture 16 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides VI: Power associated with Modes |
| Lecture 17 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides VII: Asymmetric Planar Waveguide |
| Lecture 18 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Waveguides VIII: Asymmetric Planar Waveguide (cont.) |
| Lecture 19 - Optical Fiber Waveguide I: TE/TM and EH/HE Modes, Weakly Guiding Fibers, Step-index Fiber |
| Lecture 20 - Optical Fiber Waveguide II: Eigenvalue Equation for LP Modes, b-V Plots |
| Lecture 21 - Optical Fiber Waveguide III: Modal Fields of an Optical Fiber |
| Lecture 22 - Optical Fiber Waveguide IV: Fractional Power in the Core, Cut-off Wavelength |
| Lecture 23 - Optical Fiber Waveguide V: Petermann Spot Sizes, Bend Loss of a Single Mode Fiber |
| Lecture 24 - Splice Loss |
| Lecture 25 - Waveguide Dispersion I |
| Lecture 26 - Waveguide Dispersion II: Total Dispersion in a Single Mode Fiber |
| Lecture 27 - Recap: Propagation Characteristics |
| Lecture 28 - Optical Fiber Components and Devices I |
| Lecture 29 - Optical Fiber Components and Devices II: Applications of Directional Coupler |
| Lecture 30 - Optical Fiber Components and Devices III: Fiber Gratings, Fiber Bragg Grating |
| Lecture 31 - Optical Fiber Components and Devices IV: Fiber Bragg Gratings, Long Period Gratings |
| Lecture 32 - Optical Fiber Components and Devices V: Pulse Shaping Devices in a Fiber Link |
| Lecture 33 - Optical Sources and Detectors I: Optical Communication, Semiconductor Optical Sources |
| Lecture 34 - Optical Sources and Detectors II: Semiconductor Optical Sources, Light Emitting Diode |
| Lecture 35 - Optical Sources and Detectors III: Light Emitting Diode (cont.), Laser Diode |
| Lecture 36 - Optical Sources and Detectors IV: Laser Diode (cont.) |
| Lecture 37 - Optical Sources and Detectors V: Photodetectors |
| Lecture 38 - System Design Aspects |
| Lecture 39 - Optical Fiber Measurements |
| Lecture 40 - Summary and Recent Advances |
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Fiber Optics
Instructor: Dr. Vipul Rastogi, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee. The course provides the basic understanding of optical fibers and optical fiber communication.
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