| Course Unit Code | 440-4130/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 3 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Optional |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| LAT04 | Ing. Jan Látal, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| In the course, students will get an idea of important parameters on terminal equipment and transmission lines and their impact on the quality of optical network services. They will learn to use suitable measuring instruments and apply appropriate measurement methods to evaluate the condition of measured parts in optical networks. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| Graduates of the course will learn to apply methods of measuring important parameters of optical elements, transmission lines, and optical networks, identify and classify faults, analyze and evaluate the quality of services in optical networks. |
| Course Contents |
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Lectures
Basic terms and definitions: radiation sources, detectors and optical fibers
Methods and instruments for measuring attenuation of transmission lines and optical elements
Spectral and polarization properties of radiation sources and methods of their measurement
Methods and instruments for measuring dispersion parameters of transmission lines
Compensation of dispersion characteristics
Quality of optical network services
Measurement of quality parameters of optical network services
Laboratory tasks
Measurement of power, spectral and polarization properties of radiation sources and detectors
Measurement of transmission line attenuation (direct methods, reflectometric methods)
Measurement of dispersion parameters of transmission lines
Measurement of quality parameters of optical network services
Simulation tasks
Chromatic dispersion compensation
Comparison of modulation formats in optical networks |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| [1] Hui, Rongqing, and Maurice O'Sullivan. Fiber optic measurement techniques. Academic Press, 2009. |
[1] Hui, Rongqing, and Maurice O'Sullivan. Fiber optic measurement techniques. Academic Press, 2009.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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| [1] Agrawal, Govind P. Fiber-optic communication systems. Vol. 222. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. |
[1] Agrawal, Govind P. Fiber-optic communication systems. Vol. 222. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
[2] Filka, Miloslav. Optoelektronika pro telekomunikace a informatiku. Prof. Ing. Miloslav Filka, Csc. a kol., 2017. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Experimental work in labs, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial) |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Graded credit | Graded credit | 100 | 51 |