NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKING GROUP

The following courses are taught by the Next-Generation Networking Group faculty:
 

F5200: Fiber Optic Communications I

An overview of the fundamental components of an optical fiber link.   Degradation, attenuation, and distortion mechanisms in fibers. LED and laser sources. Detectors and receivers. Analog and digital modulation formats. Performance analysis.
 

I8300: Fiber Optic Communications II
Basic building blocks of an all optical network with particular emphasis on optical amplifiers including both Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) and Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFAs). System architecture for: I) the point-to-point link, II) the single station- to-multistation multipoint network, and 169 Department of Electrical Engineering III) the any-to-any connected network. Wavelength-Division Multi-Access (WDMA) and Time-division Multi-access networks (TDMA).
 

F5800: Introduction to Lasers
Review of Maxwell's equations, geometrical optics, stability of optical cavities, Gaussian beam propagation and Gaussian beams in optical cavities, properties of resonant optical cavities, classical and Einstein model of the interaction of light and matter, laser oscillation and amplification. Gas, semiconductor and solid state lasers.

EE 31100: Probability and Random Processes
Elementary combinatory and probability theory. Density and distribution functions of single and multiple random variables. Functions of random variables. Random processes, correlation function and power spectra. Linear system with random inputs.
 

EE 31200: Communication Theory
Noise in amplitude and frequency modulation systems. Digital modulation techniques, baseband signal receiver, matched filter, probability of error.

EE 45200: Fiber Optic Communications
This course is intended to provide the basic materials for an introductory senior or first-year graduate course in the theory and application of optical fiber communication technology with emphasis on both digital and analog point-to-point very high-bit-rate long haul optical transmission systems. Topics covered include: an overview of the fundamental components of advantages of optical fibers relative to other transmission media; basic laws and definitions of optics that are relevant to optical fibers; degradation of light signals arising from attenuation and distortion mechanisms; main devices encountered in a fiber optic system, light sources, light detectors. Analog and digital modulation formats at the transmitter: theory and design of receivers, noise and detection for optical fiber links; performance analysis and design of both digital and analog point-to-point very high bit-rate long-haul optical transmission systems.

EE 45800: Introduction to Lasers
Resonant optical cavities. Interaction of radiation with matter. Gas, solid-state, and injection lasers. Light modulation (internal and external).

EE 59866, 59867: Senior Design Project
This is a two-semester capstone design course. The student is required to design and implement a solution to an engineering problem. Topics include introduction to engineering design, identification of a problem, background research, social, environmental, ethical and economic considerations, intellectual property and patents and proposal writing, including methods of engineering analysis and theoretical modeling. A detailed concept and design proposal is completed during the first semester and the implementation phase may also begin. A functional physical prototype or computer model is completed and tested in the second semester. Each student is required to write an in depth engineering report and to make an oral presentation to the faculty.