Electronic engineering | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Telecomunicazioni (ING-INF/03)
Field: A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

72 hours
of face-to-face activities

9 credits

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Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the basic tools to analyze and design modern optical communications systems.

Prerequisites

basic knowledge of digital communications, signal processing

Course unit content

Introduction, motivations, state of the art. Brief introduction on single mode fibers. Group velocity dispersion. Optical Transmitters. Optical Amplifiers. Principles of Photodetection. Performance Evaluation. Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation. Nonlinear propagation: Self phase modulation, Cross phase modulation, Four wave mixing. Optical Solitons. Raman Effect. Parametric gain and modulation instability. Polarization Mode Dispersion. Advanced modulation formats and coherent detection.

Full programme

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Bibliography

[1] G. P. Agrawal, ``Nonlinear fiber optics'', 3rd ed., Academic Press, 2001.

[2] G. P. Agrawal, "Fiber Optic Communication Systems," Wiley, 2002

Teaching methods

lessons will use both blackboard and video-projector

Assessment methods and criteria

the exam consists in an oral test and a project based on a numerical simulation of an optical system

Other information

during the course an optical links simulator will be introduced.

OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS cod. 06148