Course detail
Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
FEKT-BKC-OOKAcad. year: 2018/2019
Essentials of the optical and opto-electronic components for communication and signal processing. Light generation, emission and absorption. Basics of laser technology, light amplification, gass discharge lasers, optically pumped lasers, construction, features, applications. Principles and features of the semiconductor electro-optic components , non-coherent emittors, semiconductor lasers, optical detectors. Principles of the light propagation in isotropic and anisotropic matters, atmospheric light propagation. Planar and fibre waveguides. Principles of the optical transmission of the analog and digital signals. Main parameters of the fibre optic transmission link and atmospheric laser links. Optical communication in LAN and telco networks. Technology principles of fotonics in data processing and sensing.
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Course curriculum
2. Propagation of light in izotropic and anizotropic media
3. Light generation, emission and absorption
4. Laser technique and technology, amplification of light, gass and solid state lasers
5. Semiconductor electro-optic components, principles
6. Semiconductor light emitting devices
7. Semiconductor light detectors, photovoltaic conversion
8. Propagation of light in the atmosphere, Gauss beam
9. Fundamentals of planar and fibre optic waveguides
10. Optical loss and dispersion in the fibre waveguides
11. Parameters of fibre optic link
12. Optical communication systems in data transmission and telecommunications
13. Fundamentals of photonic in signal processing and sensing
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Saleh B. E. A., Teich M. C.: Fundamentals of photonics, New York, Wiley, 1991.
Schroffel, J. - Novotný, K. Optické vlnovody. Praha, SNTL-ALFA 1986.
Tamir T.: Integrated optics, Berlin, Springer verlag, 1975.
Turán J., Petrík S.: Optické vláknové senzory. Alfa, Bratislava, 1991.
Y. Chai, Applied Photonics, Academic Press, California, 1994.
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BKC-SEE Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
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Light generation, emission and absorption. Basics of laser technology, light amplification.
Gass discharge lasers, optically pumped lasers, construction, features, applications.
Principles and features of the semiconductor electro-optic components.
Non-coherent emittors, semiconductor lasers.
Optical detectors.
Principles of the light propagation in isotropic and anisotropic matters, atmospheric light propagation.
Planar and fibre waveguides.
Principles of the optical transmission of the analog and digital signals.
Main parameters of the fibre optic transmission link and atmospheric laser links.
Optical communication in data and telco networks.
Technology principles of fotonics in sensing.
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Measuring methods for optical reflections in the fibres.
Spectral measurement of the semiconductor emittors.
Fibre optic detectors.
Laser to fibre lounch efficiency.
Multimode fiber features.
Multimode versus singlemode fiber behaviour comparison.
Fibre interferometer measurement.
Fibre connectorizing methods.