Xiang Zhou and Chongjin Xie

• The optical system topics are fully covered by the material (handouts) provided by the teachers, both for the lectures and the design problems. All such material will be available on the website prior to classes.

Argomenti del programma: These are the main topics of the course: • Introduction to optical communication systems • System level description of the key optoelectronic components for optical fiber communications • semiconductor lasers • external modulators • optical filters • optical amplifiers • optoelectronic receivers based on photodiodes • Linear and non-linear propagation effects in single-mode optical fibers • chromatic dispersion •…