Familiarity with basic electrical engineering measurement apparatus and techniques (oscilloscope, waveform generator, voltage/current/capcitance meter, etc.). Familiarity with linear analog circuits, and circuit model representation of standard semiconductor devices.

Textbook: Laboratory Notes by Professor McCaughan

To familiarize students with fiber optics & optoelectronic devices and their applications in a hands-on environment.

Laboratory 1: An Introduction To The Principles Of Optical Waveguiding. Measurements of critical angle and observations of total internal reflection Observations of evanescent fields

Laboratory 2: Fiber and Fiber-related Devices Introduction to fiber optics and connectors Loss measurements of fiber, fiber splices, and connectors. Determination of coupling efficiencies of fused fiber couplers; their wavelength sensitivity

Laboratory 3: Evanescent Coupling and its applications Fiber power splitters and taps Wavelength division multiplexers/demultiplexers Beam propagation model calculations of a wavelength multiplexer

Laboratory 4: LEDs, Laser Diodes, and Photodetectors Electrical and optical characterization of photodiode, LED, and laser Characterization of electro-optic modulator.

Laboratory 5: Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) Measure fiber loss/length and splice losses with commercial OTDR instrument. Fault location in fiber system

Laboratory 6: Construction of a Bi-directional Fiber Link measure insertion loss & crosstalk of two WDM couplers. construct a unidirectional two-wavelength link (1.3mm & 1.5 mm) tranmitters omeasure coss talk at each output

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.