ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ALEXANDRIA

EE363
Optical Transmission Media

Lecturer:
Hossam Shalaby

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I.    Outline

• Syllabus.
• Why Optical.
• Physics of Light.
• Step-Index Fiber.
• Dielectric Slap Waveguide.
• Modal Distortion in Optical Fibers.
• Dispersion in Optical Fibers.

II.    Text Book

• G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

III.    References

• G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems. 4th ed. New York: Wiley, 2010.
• J. Senior, Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice, 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2009.

IV.    Handouts and Assignments

• Assignment #1.
• Assignment #2.
• Assignment #3.

V.    Announcements

VI.    Lab and Term Project

• Term project rules and proposals
• Click here to download OptiPerformer

VII.    Old Exams

• Midterm, Apr. 2010.

VIII.    Grades

• Current.
• Statistics.

IX.    Teaching and Assessments

• Teaching hours per week:
1. Lectures: 2 hrs.
2. Tutorials and Labs: 2 hrs.
• Distribution of a total mark of 150:
1. Midterm exam (30 marks): 1.5 hrs, closed book exam.
2. Class work and Lab. assessment (20 marks).
3. Oral exam (10 marks).
4. Final exam (90 marks): 3 hrs, closed book exam.