Independent study:-
Reading, team meetings, information gathering, student centred learning, assignment preparation and presentation (114 hours).

Learning on all aspects of the indicative content will be facilitated by: 1 formal 2-hr lecture per week and 4 x 3-hr laboratory sessions.

Laboratory based tutor units and test equipment. (TIMS equipments, scopes and signal generators)
Library

Prior knowledge of Electronics and/or Telecommunications.

1. Optical fibre communications (2nd ed.): principles and practice ; J Senior, Prentice Hall International (UK) Ltd, 1993 ; ISBN:0-13-635426-2

2. Understanding Fibre Optics, Third Edition, Hecht, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5th edition April 2005; ISBN-10: 0131174290 ; ISBN-13: 978-0131174290

3. Semiconductor Devices for Optical Communications, Kressel, Springer-Verlag, Inc.,175 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10158, Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc; Nov 1990; ISBN-10: 0387113487 ; ISBN-13: 978-0387113487

- Fibre principles and Technology: fibre types, dispersion and loss mechanisms.
- Passive and active optical fibre components for communications.
- Principles of laser and photodiodes.
- Optical transmitters and receivers.
- Optical multiplexing and optical amplification.
- Optical systems, networking and planning and applications.

A 2 hour examination (50%) which will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.
A laboratory based assignment and formal report (1,500 words approx) which will assess Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4.