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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

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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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