COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBERS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECE 362	B	99	3	0	0	3	5

Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	This course provide an introduction to the physical principles of optical fibers and discuss their use in modern optical communications systems and sensor technology. It will cover basic single mode and multi mode propagation in optical fiber, optical source and detectors, doped fiber amplifier, soliton propagation, dispersion compensation, fiber Bragg gratings and fiber sensors.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to Fiber Optics Technology.
2	Ray analysis of optical fiber.
3	Electromagnetic (modal) analysis of Step-index multimode fibers.
4	Graded-index fiber.
5	Fiber fabrication (OVD, VAD, CVD, MCVD, PMCVD) and characterization, Splices, Connectors and fiber cable.
6	Loss mechanism in optical fiber.
7	Pulse propagation, Dispersion and chirping in single mode fibers.
8	Dispersion compensation mechanism.
9	Nonlinear effects in optical fiber.
10	Stimulated Raman Scattering, Stimulated Brillouin Scattering,
11	Self Phase Modulation, Cross Phase Modulation and Four Wave Mixing.
12	Optical Solitons.
13	Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers and Optical Fiber Sensors.
14	Photonic Crystal fibers.

Prerequisite(s):	Calculus, Physic and Electromagnetic waves.
Textbook:	John A. Buck, Fundamentals of Optical Fibers, Wiley Interscience, (2004) A. K. Ghatak & K. Thyagarajan, Introduction to Fiber Optics, Cambridge University Press (1998).
Other References:	G. P. Agarwal, Fiber Optic Communication Systems, John Wiley Sons (1997). K. Okamoto, Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides, Academic Press, (2000). K. Iizuka, Elements of Photonics Vol I &II, Wiley-Interscience (2002). D. W. Prather et.al, Photonic Crystal, Wiley (2009). G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw Hill (2000). J. M. Senior, Optical Fiber Communication, Prentice Hall (1999).
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Introduction to Fiber Optics Technology.
2	Explain ray analysis in optical fiber.
3	Explain hybrid and linearly polarized modes.
4	Explain single mode fiber.
5	Understand dispersion and chirping in single-mode fibers.
6	Explain non linear effects in optical fibers.
7	Understand fiber based optical devices.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.	5
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	5
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	5
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	4
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	4
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.	4
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	4
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	4
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.	3
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.	3
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	2
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	2

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	1	10
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	10	2	20
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	1	4	4
Final examination	1	17	17
Other	1	20	20
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5