| Date |
Text Pages |
Topic |
Notes |
Homework |
Solutions |
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| Optical Fibers |
| 9-Jan |
19-Jan |
Overview |
Intro |
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| 11-Jan |
23-37 |
Optical Fiber Modes |
Fiber Modes |
HW1 (due 1/18) |
hw1 sol |
| 13-Jan |
|
cont. |
|
Design Project #1 (due 2/1) |
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SMF28 |
Design Project 1 (plots) |
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multimode fiber |
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| 16-Jan |
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HOLIDAY (No Class) |
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| 18-Jan |
|
cont. |
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HW2 (due 1/25) |
hw2 sol |
| 20-Jan |
37-45 |
Dispersion |
Group Velocity |
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Intermodal Dispersion |
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| 23-Jan |
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cont. |
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| 25-Jan |
45-55 |
Dispersion |
Intramodal Dispersion |
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| 27-Jan |
|
Guest Lecture |
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| 30-Jan |
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Dispersion Limitation |
Dispersion Limit |
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| 1-Feb |
|
Polarization Mode Dispersion |
Please Read |
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Journal |
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| 3-Feb |
55-59 |
Attenuation |
Attenuation |
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| Optical Transmitters |
| 6-Feb |
77-92 |
LED |
Sources |
|
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| 8-Feb |
92-106 |
Laser Diodes |
Fabry Perot Lasers |
HW3 (due 2/15) |
hw3 sol |
| 10-Feb |
|
cont. |
More FP notes |
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| 13-Feb |
|
cont. |
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| 15-Feb |
|
SM lasers (Last information on Test) |
Single Mode sources |
HW4 (due2/22) |
hw4 sol |
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Design Project #2 (Due 3/8) |
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Deisgn project background |
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| 17-Feb |
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| 20-Feb |
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HOLIDAY (No Class) |
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| 21-Feb |
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Steady State Laser Output |
Notes |
|
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| 22-Feb |
|
Test Review |
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Exam Feb. 23 - 28 |
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Key |
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| 24-Feb |
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Direct Laser Modulation |
Direct Modulation |
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Notes |
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| 27-Feb |
|
No Class |
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| Optical Receivers |
| 1-Mar |
133-148 |
pin and APD detectors |
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| 3-Mar |
149-176 |
Receiver Performance |
Noise |
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| 6-Mar |
|
cont. |
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| 8-Mar |
|
cont. |
|
HW5 (Due 3/15) |
hw5 sol |
| 10-Mar |
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| 13-Mar |
"226-242, 250-272" |
Optical Amplifiers |
EDFA |
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| 15-Mar |
|
cont. |
|
HW6 (Due 3/22) |
hw6 sol |
| 17-Mar |
|
cont. |
EDFA Cont. |
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| Other Components |
| 20-Mar |
see chapter |
Propagation in anisotropic materials |
Book Chapter |
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| 22-Mar |
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Propagation in EO materials |
Anisotropic Materials |
HW7 (Due 3/29) |
hw7 sol |
| 24-Mar |
|
cont. |
Nonlinear Optics |
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| 27-Mar |
|
Modulator configurations |
EO Modulators |
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| 29-Mar |
|
cont. |
|
HW8 (Due 4/5) |
hw8 sol |
| 31-Mar |
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Dispersion Compensation |
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| 3-Apr |
|
cont. |
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| 5-Apr |
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WDM |
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| 7-Apr |
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DFB (Evan L.) and FBG (Matt) Tutorials |
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| 10-Apr |
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Coherent Optics Tutorial (Evan Z.) |
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Free-space optics tutorial (Keith) |
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| 12-Apr |
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"Nonlinear Optics Tutorials (Earl, Miguel)" |
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| 14-Apr |
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"General Presentations (Jon, Neil, Celia)" |
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| 17-Apr |
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"Lab Demonstrations (Josh, Rich, Eric)" |
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Final Review Sheet |
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