Optical Fiber Communications

Etisalat Academy

Location: Dubai
Duration: 3 Days
Call: +971 4 5490356

Course details

Simple optic communication systems such as blinker lights for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore links, automobile turn signals, and traffic lights have low information capacities and their range of working is limited in distance. A major breakthrough leading to high capacity optic communications was achieved with the invention of LASER in 1960. In 1966, Charles K. Kao fabricated a glass fiber which could transmit light for short distance only. Kao suggested that it would be possible to transmit light signals over long distance using fibers made of purer glass and modulated infrared light. This course will provide the knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts of Optical Fiber based transmission systems.

Expected Accomplishments

Ability to understand and describe:

Optical fiber basics
Connectors and splicing
Basics of optical sources and optical detectors
System parameters and considerations
Basic link analysis and engineering aspects
Tests and measurements

Course Outline

Introduction

Basic fiber optic link
Advantages of fiber optic systems
Basic fiber construction
Light propagation through fibers
Fiber types

Characteristics of fibers

Numerical aperture
Dispersion
Bandwidth
Attenuation

Connectors and splices

Causes of loss at connector and splice point
Connector requirements
Connector techniques
Requirements of a good splice
Steps in splicing
Fusion splicing

Optical sources

Requirements of optical sources
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Operating principles
Characteristics
Laser diodes
Operating principles
Characteristics
Optical detectors
Detector properties
Responsivity
Speed of response
Sensitivity of receiver
PIN Photodiode
Avalanche Photo Diode (APD)
Noise and BER

Fiber optic links

Link considerations
Link specifications
Choice of system components
Link engineering

Tests and measurements

Common parameters to be checked
Calibra ted sigh t source
Optical power meter
Variable optical attenuator
OTDR
Test methods

Introduction to EDFA and WDM

General
EDFA
WDM/DWDM

Updated on 29 October, 2017

Course Location

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