ECE4853/6853
Optical Fiber Systems and Optoelectronics
My apologies. This page is again in the process of
reconstruction.
(So many of the hyperlinks may be intransition and the course documents fragmentary.)
Exegesis
ECE4853/6853 is a one-semester course in optoelectronics with particular
attention to optical fiber systems. Optoelectronics relates to the optical
devices and supporting circuits. Optical fibers are the most likely form of
optical channel, and since the telecommunications industry is the principal
beneficiary, most references relate to optical fiber communications. However,
the optical fiber also may serve as a transducer, for which the extreme length
of the transducer affords a considerable mechanical and phase sensitivity.
Optical fiber sensors are found in such diverse applications as optical fiber
gyroscopes, long-range sonar and subsoil pressure sensors.
We shall take a casual but perceptive investigation of optoelectronics and
optical fiber systems as necessary to give you the essential language skills
needed to converse with others of like wizardry as well as devolve the
appropriate incantations that will invoke the blessings of this particular form
of technology.
Optical systems
Although the text reference will identify with
telecommunication systems, in most respects, all applications are variants on
that shown by the generic system represented below.
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Generic optical fiber system |
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Policy/Syllabus
The syllabus for the course will be derived from an excellent textbook reference which is:
G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw-Hill, 2010, 4th edition
But even so the syllabus will be subject to minor adjustments and wholesale changes.
Supplemental materials
- Photonics: Lambert's law
- Optical fibers
- Optical fiber attentuation
- Heterojunction LED
- lasers
- Photosensors
- Photodetector notes
- Avalanche photodetectorsx
Electronically submitted homework: (1) Go to ECE Home and click on ‘Intranet’. https://www.ece.msstate.edu/account/noauth.php?site=%2Fint%2F
(2) Login under Intranet. Look under the ‘Asset Management’ menu. Find an entry for ‘Homework Submittal’. (3) Click on Homework submittal and follow the instructions.
Submit as .pdf file
FOS (Fiber-optic sensors) projects 2011
- J Weissinger: Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)
- M. Galloway: Fiber-optic Gyroscope
- A. Stockbridge: Optical fiber sonar
- R. Lott: Optical fiber chemical sensors
- A. Busaad: Optical fiber pressure sensor
- G. W. Weasel: Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL)
- B. Ahn: Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric (EFPI) sensors
- E. Tate: Fiber-optic magnetic sensors
- M. Helmbrecht: Optical fiber networks
FOS (Fiber-optic sensors) projects 2012
- R. Cooper: (FOS) probes for endoscopy
- G. Jakins: Fiber optic temperature and positioning sensors
- S. Knight: Optical Computing Systems
- B. Lee: Wavelength-Division Multiplexing.
- C. Mosser: Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)
- J Smith: Fiber-Optic Sensors as accelerometers and strain gauges
· R. Rougeau. Modulation options for Fiber-Optic Sensors (FOS).
Epiphanies
- Homework solutions
- Old quizzes (No solutions and don’t ask for any)
- Quiz solutions