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Syllabus OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - 83839
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Last update 05-04-2020
HU Credits: 3

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Applied Physics

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof Dan Marom

Coordinator Email: danmarom@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Coordinate in advance

Teaching Staff:
Prof Dan Marom

Course/Module description:
Provide knowledge on the working principles of optical communication systems

Course/Module aims:
NA

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will understand the working principles of a communication system in general, and an optical one in particular.

Attendance requirements(%):
0

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture

Course/Module Content:
Signals and information, Modulation, Fiber transmission and dispersion, Nonlinear propagation phenomena, Detection and noise, Coherent Detection, Optical amplification, WDM and System Design

Required Reading:
Govind P. Agrawal, Lightwave Technology: Telecommunication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 1st ed., 2005.
Leonid Kazovsky, Sergio Benedetto, Alan Willner, Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Artech House, 1st ed., 1996.

Additional Reading Material:
NA

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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