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PHYS 3039 - Fibre Optics
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Course last offered
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Fall 2010/11
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Instructor(s)
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Kam Sing WONG
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No. of credits
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3
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Teaching Pattern
Content
- Optical fiber waveguides: ray theory, slab waveguide, step index and grade index fibers
- Transmission characteristics of optical fiber: attenuation, intramodal and intermodal dispersion, scatterings
- Fiber fabrication, cables and passive components
- Optical sources: laser diode, light emitting diode
- Optical detectors: p-i-n photodiodes, avalanche photodiode detector
- Optical fiber systems: direct and coherent detections (if time permits)
Remarks
PHYS 3039 will not be offered w.e.f. 2011/12.
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