Lecture:
Advanced characteristics and production technologies of optical fibers
Solutions of the electromagnetic wave equations
Advanced analyses of the mechanisms for dispersions and attenuations
Nonlinear effects and their impacts and applications (e.g. soliton)
Optical fiber connections: theoretical and practical considerations
Advanced theoretical considerations and optimizations of optical sources (Laser Diode / LED) and detectors (PIN-, APD-Photodiode), receivers for optical communications
Optical amplifiers: characterization and comparison of different principles
Polarization: theoretical and practical fundamentals and their influence to fiber optical systems (e.g. polarization modal dispersion PMD)
Fiber optical systems: fundamentals and limitations
Basics of coherent optical communication systems
Special optical communication devices and modern systems
Demo Lab during the lecture:
Demonstration Lab helps to better understand the above-mentioned optical communication system as-pects and functionalities.
