Note: The following provides a suggested course description,
objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with
the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum
reviewers.
Course Description: Fiber optics is a rapidly
growing technology for ground based communications systems. This course is
intended to provide students with a background in the topics required to
understand key elements of fiber optic communications systems. A proper
background includes exposure to both the physical principals of optical
signal generation, transmission, and detection, and the communications
theory aspects of this problem. The course will be divided into two
modules. The first will cover physical parameters related to fiber optic
devices and the second with communication aspects of optical fiber
systems.
