Instructor: Hamed Majedi, ahmajedi

Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL)

ECE 477Photonic Communication Devices & Systems

Instructor: Hamed Majedi,https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~ahmajedi/

Winter 2014

Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL)

Come to Know Light & Its Application in Communication

In nature’s infinite book of secrecy a littleI can read by light.

Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL)

Course Content

• Description of Light: Electromagnetic Wave & Photons• Photonic Communication: An Overview• Optical Fiber & Waveguide• Loss & Dispersion in optical Fiber, Optical Solitons• Photonic Sources and Optical Transmitters • LEDs and Laser Diodes• Laser-Fiber Connections• Photo Detectors & Optical Receivers• Photonic Communication Systems

(Sources/Detector/Fibers)• Analog & Digital Photonic Communication Systems,

Point-to-Point link• Photonic Network

Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL)

Laboratory

• Lab 1: Characterization of Optical Fiber, OTDR Measurement, Optical power & spectrum measurements

• Lab 2: Design of Single-Mode Ridge Waveguide for Semiconductor Laser

• Lab 3: Laser Characterization: Signal to Noise ratio for various bias conditions

• Lab 4: Photonic Communication Link Performance: Bit Error Rate & Eye Diagram

• Lab 5: Optical Amplifier Characterization: EDFA, Gain and Noise Figure Measurements

Grading Policy for UG: 25% Midterm Exam, 25% Lab, 50% Final Exam