Optical Communications - TELE4313

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: TELE3013
 
 
Excluded: ELEC8350, ELEC8355, ELEC9350, ELEC9355, TELE4314
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Wave propagation in optical fibres. Gaussian approximation of fields in single-mode fibre, spot-size, equivalent step index fibres. Material, waveguide and intermodal dispersion. Polarisation and birefringent fibres. Ray theory in multimode fibre. Optical fibre measurement and characterisation. Launching efficiencies in fibres. Fibre-bases devices. Nonlinear and anisotropic effects.