Five year integrated MSc Degree Course in Photonics.pdf

fibres, cut of wavelengths, channel waveguides, electro optic waveguides, i/p and o/p couplers,
e-o and m -o modulators applications of integrated optics - lenses, grating, spectrum analysers.
MODULE 2
Transmission characteristics of optical fibre, attenuation, absorption and scattering losses,
nonlinear losses, wavelengths for communication, bend losses, dispersion effects in optical fibresmaterial
and waveguide dispersions, modal birefringence and polarization maintaining fibres.
MODULE 3
Optical fibre measurements - Allennnuation, loss dispersion band width, refractive index profile.
OTDR. testing of optical fibre systems, eye pattern techniques.
Fabrication and characterization of Polymer fibres and holey fibres. Erbium doped fihres.
MODULE 4
Fibre optic sensors - Intensity modulation and interference type sensors, intrinsic: and extrinsic
fibres. Polarisation modulation type sensors. Sagniac and fibre gyro, temperature, pressure, force
and chemical sensors.
Fibre components - couplers, connectors, Packaging, Fibre Optic communication- basic principle,
WDM, telemetric applications. Industrial, medical and technological applications of optical fibre.
REFERENCES
Optical Fibre communication - J M Senior .Prentice Hall India (1994) (Text)
Optical Fibre communication sy'stems - J Gowar ,Prentice Hall India (1995)
Fibre optic communication - J Palais , Prentice Hall India (1988)
Fundamentals of Fibre Optic Telecommunication -B P Pal., Wiley Eastern(1994)
Integrated Optics - R G Husperger . Springer Verlag, (1998)
Fundamentals of Fibre Optics-B P Pal. ,Wiley Eastern., (1994)
7. Understanding Fiber optics- J Hecht ,Pearson Edu. Inc (2006)
MODULE 1
CEL 1603 PHOTONICS III - LASER PHYSICS
Radiative transitions and emission linewidths. Radiative decay of excited states, homogeneous
and inhomogeneous broadenings. Absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emissions. Einstein's
A and B Coefficients. Absorption and gain of homogeneously broadened radiative transitions,
gain coefficient and stimulated emission cross section for homogeneous and inhomogeneous
broadening.
MODULE 2
Necessary and sufficient conditions for laser action ( population invasion and saturation intensity),
threshold requirements for laser with and without cavity, laser amplifiers, rate equations for
three and four level systems, pumping mechanisms.
Laser cavity modes- longitudinal and transverse modes in rectangular cavity. FP cavity modes,
Spectral and spatial hole burning, stability of laser resonator and stability diagram, unstable and
ring resonators.
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