Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SEC279201291160OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONElective233
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• To know the system requirements to use an optical communication system. Understanding optical communication principles. Fiber optic cable characteristics, and to recognize variations in fiber-optic cables while transmiting optical signals. To recognize the materials used in optical transmission.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Mustafa MUTLU
Learning Outcomes
1Understands the principles of optical communication optical communication system
2The properties of fiber-optic cable, fiber optic cable types to recognize and understand the parameters that affect the transmission of optical signals.
3Recognize the materials used in optical transmission.
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Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• Optical Fiber Communication Principles Fiber Optic Cable properties and transmission characteristics of light as a carrier of the Optical Fiber Materials Used in Fiber Optic Communications and Features.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to fiber optic communication systems : Advantages and system types.
2Transmission via optical fibers : Wave theory, basic fiber parameters, fiber types
3Dispersion in fibers. Modal dispersion.
4Attenuation fibers
5Optical Transmitters : LED and semiconductor laser.
6Optical Detectors : PIN and APD Photo Diode
7PIN and APD photodiode optical receivers.
8Exam
9Real fiber cable layers.
10Connecting optical fibers. Problems and practical methods.
11Wave division multiplexing (WDM).
12Laboratory
13Laboratory
14Comparing practical systems that uses fiber cables.
15Student presentations.
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Wayne Toması, Elektronik İletişim Teknikleri, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Kitapları, 1997 2. John Crisp, Barry Elliott, Introduction to Fiber Optics, Newnes, 2005
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Quiz12336
Attending Lectures14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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