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ELEC_ENG 427: Optical Communications

This course is not currently offered.

Prerequisites

ELEC_ENG 307 and Probability.

Description

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Optical communication systems, optical wave propagation, photodetection statistics, heterodyne receiver, and noise sources. Evaluation of communication performance for the free-space channel. Introduction to fiber optic communication and fiber optic networks.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:  "Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective," by Ramaswami & Sivarajan, Morgan Kaufmann

COURSE COORDINATOR: Prof. Horace Yuen

PREREQUISITES: ELEC_ENG 307 and Probability.

GRADES: TBA