ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ALEXANDRIA

EEC333
Optical Communications Devices

Lecturer:
Hossam Shalaby

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I.    Outline

• Syllabus.
• Introduction.
• Light Emitting Diodes.
• Laser Diodes.
• Intensity Modulation of Light Sources.
• Light Detectors.
• Noise and Detection.
• Introduction to Optical Networks.
• System Design: An Optical Communications Link.

II.    Text Book

• R. Hui, Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications, 1st ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2020.

III.    References

• G. Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
• 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.
• Assignment #4.
• Assignment #5.

V.    Announcements

VI.    Lab and Term Project

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

VII.    Old Exams

• Final, May 2018

VIII.    Grades

• Current
• Statistics

IX.    Teaching and Assessments

• Teaching hours per week:
1. Lectures: 3 hr.
2. Tutorials and Labs: 2 hr.
• Distribution of a total mark of 100:
1. Midterm exam (20%): 1 hr, closed book exam.
2. Class work and Lab. assessment (20%).
3. Final exam (60%): 2 hr, closed book exam.