TEC 215 - telecommunications Fiber optics 3.5

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Gateway

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Fiber optics is one of the major building blocks in the telecommunications infrastructure. Its high bandwidth capabilities and low attenuation characteristics make it ideal for high-speed data transmission. Systems in operation today operate with data rates in the gigabit per second range. Tomorrow's systems promise data rates as high as a terabit per second and beyond! This course provides the student with a solid theoretical and hands-on background in fiber optic communications. Topics will include a basic overview of light and optics, total internal reflection, basic waveguide propagation, singlemode, multimode, graded index and dispersion-shifted fiber, fiber optic loss mechanisms, splicing and termination, loss testing OTDR usage, lasers and LED's, photodetectors, wavelength division multiplexing, power and rise-time budgets, system design and evaluation, DWMD, EDFA's internal and external modulation, and optical network design. Classroom lecture will be supplemented by hands-on laboratory. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. Prerequisite: TEC* 114.

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2.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.gwcc.commnet.edu/

Phone Number:

(203) 285-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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