Code
IGFE PHY 7002
Semester
Fall
Domain
Physique
Program
Master
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
4
Class hours
45
Workload
105
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Electronique et Physique
Educational team
Organisation
Cours/TD/TP/projet/examen : 60Learning objectives
Understand the propagation in dielectric waveguides or optical fiber
Learn Basics of opto-electronic devices and digital communication
Prerequisites
Physical waves propagation principles
Content
Electromagnetic Optics:
- Electromagnetic theory of light
- Dielectric Media
- Monochromatic electromagnetic waves
- Elementary electromagnetic waves
- Absorption and dispersion, the resonant medium
- Pulse propagation in dispersive media
Polarization and Crystal Optics:
- Polarization of light and matrix representation
- Optics of anisotropic media;
- Polarization devices
Guided-wave optics
- Planar dielectric waveguide
- Modal and waveguide dispersion in the planar waveguide
- Optical coupling in waveguides and applications
Optical fibers
- Introduction: geometrical-optics description
- Wave propagation
- Dispersion and pulse propagation in single mode fibers
- Light absorption, scattering and attenuation in optical fiber
- Bit-rate, dispersion, electrical and optical bandwidth
- Non-linear phenomena during propagation
Opto-electronic devices (Basics)
- laser diodes and photo-diodes
Digital Communication (Basics)
- Digital signal representation
- Power Spectral Density
- Modulation principle and codes
- Nyquist Criterium
- Match Filtering
- Approximated Bit Error Probability estimations
Evaluation
Written exam