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ECE 4850 Syllabus, Fall 2005

No: ECE 4850
Title: Fiber Optics
Credits: 4 (LCT: 4)

WSU Catalog Description:

Prereq: ECE 3330. Light-wave fundamentals, optical fibers and waveguides, basic optical transmitters
and receivers, couplers and switches, basic fiber optic networks, optic link design. (T)
Coordinator: Jaewu Choi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Instructor: Jaewu Choi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 AM 12:00 AM
Office Location: 3133 Engineering
Phone: 313-577-3990
Email: jchoi@ece.eng.wayne.edu
Course Meeting Time: Tuesday & Thursday (5:30 PM - 7:20 PM)
Course Meeting Location: 0266 Manoogian
Goals: To introduce concepts and fundamentals of telecommunications networks based on optical fiber
technology, to develop students skill to employ their knowledge to contemporary optical communication
technology, and to prepare students for more advanced courses in optical fiber communications.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Apply the fundamental principles of optics and light wave to design optical fiber communication
systems.
2. Identify structures, functions, materials, and working principle of optical fibers, light sources,
couplers, detectors, and multiplexers.
3. Design optical fiber communication links using appropriate optical fibers, light sources, couplers,
detectors, and multiplexers.
4. Apply the knowledge developed in-class to contemporary optical fiber communication research and
industrial areas
Textbook: Optical Fiber Communications, Gerd Keiser, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill
Reference Texts: Optics Review (Chapter 2) and Lightwave Fundamentals (Chapter 3), Fiber Optic
Communications, Joseph C. Palais, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall
Prerequisites by Topic: (ECE 3330) Sinusoidal steady-state concepts. Three-phase systems. Complex
frequency concepts. Frequency response and S-plane. Resonant and coupled circuits. Two-port
networks.

Corequisites by Topic: ECE 3330

Topics:
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Overview of Optical Fiber Communications (1/2 week)

Geometrical optics: (1/2 week)
Physical Optics (1 week)
Optical Fibers: Structure, wave guide, material, fiber fabrication (1-1/2 week)
Signal degradation in optical fibers: Attenuation, signal distortion in optical wave guide, pulse
broadening, mode coupling and design optimization of single mode fibers (1-1/2 weeks)
Optical source: Review on semiconductor physics, Light emitting diodes, laser diodes, light source
linearity, modal, partition, and reflection noises, and reliability (2 weeks)
Power launching and coupling: Source-to-fiber power launching, lensing schemes for coupling
improvement, fiber-to-fiber joints, LED coupling to single-mode fibers, fiber splicing, optical fiber
connectors (1 weeks)
Photodetectors: Physical principle of photodetectors, photodetector noise, detector response time,
avalanche multiplication noise, structures for APDS, temperature effect on avalanche gain,
comparison of photodetectors (1-1/2 weeks)
Optical receiver operations: Fundamentals, digital receiver performance, detailed performance
calculations, preamplifier types, analog receiver (1 week)
Wavelength division multiplexing: Operational principles of WDM, passive components, tunable
sources, tunable filters (2 weeks)

Course Structure: The ECE 4850 is largely lecture based 4 credit hour course. The class will be held two
times a week and each class will be two-hour lecture. To encourage students and give them opportunity
to drill their learning, three midterms are scheduled and one-final exam is planed. The class notes will be
posted on blackboard (http://blackboard.wayne.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?
tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_127589_1).
Computer Resources: There will be a series of problems assigned using Excel, MathCad, or MatLab.
These programs are available on the PCs in the Colleges PC laboratory, Rooms 2351 and 2359,
Engineering Building. The PC labs hours are posted in front of the lab.
Laboratory Resources: Not applicable
Laboratory Policy: Not applicable
Distribution of Points: Suggested: Homework (20%), Midterm 1 (10%), Midterm 2 (15 %), Midterm 3
(15 %) and Final (40%).
The midterm and final exam will be closed book and closed notebooks. The due of homework is the first
class of the next week.
Grading Scale: 100-95 A; 94-90 A-; 89-85 B+; 84-80 B; 79-75 B-;74-70 C+; 69-65 C; 64-60 C-; Below 60

Fail.
Attendance: You are expected to attend every class in its entirety. Do not schedule other classes or
commitments that conflict with any part of the time during which your class is scheduled. Class
Participation and attendance will be checked and it will be reflected to the final grade with maximum 5 %
of the final grade.
Schedule:

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Schedule
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Week 2

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Chapter
TB-Chapter 1
(090605)-1
Ref #1-Chapter 2
(090805)-2
Ref #1-Chapter 3
(091305)-3

Topics
Class Policy
Overview of Fiber Optical Communications
Geometrical Optics-Ray Theory, Total Internal
Reflection, Lens, Imaging, Numerical Aperture
Wave Optics- Electromagnetic Waves,
Polarization, Reflection at a Plane Boundary

HWs, Tests

Ref#1-Chapter 3
(091505)-4

Interference, Resonant Cavity, Diffraction

HW2

Week 3

Midterm #1
(092005)-5
TB-Chapter 2
(092205)-6

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

HW1

Optical Fibers- Structures

TB-Chapter 2
(092705)-7

Optical Fibers-Waveguides

TB-Chapter 2
(092905)-8
TB-Chapter 3
(100405)-9

Optical Fibers-Fiber Materials and Fabrications

TB-Chapter 3
(100605)-10

Signal Distortion in optical fibers

TB-Chapter 3
(101105)-11
TB-Chapter 4
(101305)-12
TB-Chapter 4
(101805)-13
TB-Chapter 4
(102005)-14

Pulse Broadening in Graded-Index Waveguides

Design Optimization on Single-Mode Fibers
Optical Sources-Semiconductor Physics

TB-Chapter 4
(102505)-15
TB-Chapter 5
(102705)-16

Laser Diode (LD)-2

HW3

Signal Degradation in Optical Fibers-Attenuation

HW4

Light Emission Diode (LED)

Laser Diode (LD)-1

HW5

Power Launching and CouplingSource to Fiber

Week 9

Midterm #2
(110105)-17
TB-Chapter 5*

Power Launching and Coupling-

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Week 11

Week 12

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(110305)-18*
TB-Chapter 6
(110805)-19

Source to Fiber
Optical Receivers (Detectors)-Physical Principles
of Photodiodes: PIN and APD

TB-Chapter 6
(111005)-20

Detector Noises

TB-Chapter 6
(111505)-21
TB-Chapter 7
(111705)-22

Temperature effect and Comparison of detectors

TB-Chapter 7
(112205)-23

Receiver Performances/ Preamplifier

HW 7

Optical Receiver Operation-Fundamental

Receiver Operation
HW8

Thanksgiving
(112405)-24
Week 13

Midterm #3
(112905)-25
TB-Chapter 10*
(120105)-26*

Week 14

Week15

TB-Chapter 10
(120605)-27
TB-Chapter 10
(120805)-28
TB-Chapter 10
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Week 16

Wavelength Division Multiplexing 1

Wavelength Division Multiplexing 2

Wavelength Division Multiplexing 3

HW9

Wavelength Division Multiplexing 4

-Review for Final
-Course review
Study Day

(122005)-31

Final Exam

(122205)-32

*: The schedule can be affected by business trips of the instructor and they will be made-up after
discussion of the schedule with participants of the class.
Makeup Exam and Makeup Assignment Policy: In general, no make-up exam and no make-up
assignment will be given without any reasonable written notice beforehand.
Outcome Coverage:

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(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering: The content of the subjects,
in-class exercises, and exams require knowledge of complex numbers, algebra, geometrics,
differential equations, statistics, physics, and communications to successfully complete the course.
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data: The class will
be implemented with three main approaches for efficient knowledge transfer: developing solid
understanding of fundamentals, analyzing main components of optical fiber communications, and
integrating each functionality to and design and develop an optical communication link.
(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints
such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and
sustainability: The class will discuss how an efficient communication system has huge economic
impact on society and how it is manufactured.
(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams: The class itself is pretty much multidisciplinary. It
requires knowledge of various disciplines such as mathematics, physics, device physics,
communication, manufacturing, and engineering.
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems: Students will be trained to identify and
analyze problems, convert the problem into mathematical representations or certain format, and solve
the problem using diverse resources including mathematical softwares and computers.
(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility:
(g) an ability to communicate effectively: To develop students communication skill, students will be
encouraged to participate in both in-class and outside class discussion with the instructor and
classmates.
(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context:
(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning: To follow up the endless
advance in technology, the importance of life-long education will be emphasized.
(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues: Students will be trained in contemporary issues in optical fiber
communications. They will be asked to search the advance of the technology based recent products in
market, journals, worldwide websites, and private communications.
Cheating Policy and Penalty for Cheating: The students should not copy each others reports. During
examination times no talking and passing papers or other items among the students will be allowed. The
instructor will give an overall grade of F (Fail) to a student if that student is caught with any kind of
cheating activity. The University defines cheating as intentionally using or attempting to use, or
intentionally providing or attempting to provide, unauthorized materials, information, or assistance in any
academic exercise. This includes any group efforts on assignments or exams unless specifically
approved by the professor for that assignment/exam. Evidence of fabrication or plagiarism, as defined by
the University in its brochure Academic Integrity, will also result in downgrading for the course.
STUDENTS WHO CHEAT ON ANY ASSIGNMENT OR DURING ANY EXAMINATION WILL BE
ASSIGNED A FAILING GRADE FOR THE COURSE.
Therefore avoid all appearance of improper behavior! Students who witness cheating should report the
incident to the instructor as soon as possible.
Academic dishonesty ... tends to compromise the academic integrity of the institution or subvert the
education process. All forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited at Wayne State University, as
outlined in the Student Due Process Policy. -- from Academic Integrity: Important Information for Faculty
and Students
Prepared By: Jaewu Choi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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