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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    INR 1000yesIIT Kanpur

    The Syllabus

    • Electromagnetic nature of light, Uniform plane waves, Boundary conditions

    • Reflection and transmission of waves at a boundary, Total internal reflection, Ray theory of dielectric slab waveguides, and optical fibers

    • Modal analysis of slab waveguides

    • Modal analysis of optical fibers (step and graded index), linearly polarized modes

    • Attenuation and dispersion in optical fibers, Concepts of spontaneous and stimulated emission of light

    • Optical sources: 
    • Lasers and LEDs

    • Optical amplifiers, Photodiodes

    • Noise in photodetectors, WDM optical Components

    • Analog and digital optical communications, Direct detection receivers

    • Coherent detection, Noises, Comparison of direct and coherent detection

    • DSP algorithms for coherent optical communications

    • Multiplexing techniques in fiber-optic communications

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