Optical Fibres - ELEC9350
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
None
Excluded: ELEC8350, TELE4313
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
Wave propagation in optical fibres. Gaussian approximation of fields in single-mode fibre, spot-size, equivalent step index fibres. Material, waveguide and intermodal dispersion. Polarisation and birefringent fibres. Ray theory, in multimode fibre. Optical fibre measurement and characterisation. Launching efficiencies in fibres. Fibre-based devices. Nonlinear and anisotropic effects.