Tutorial: Optic and WDM

A new free tutorial has been launched at the Comsoc tutorial site. Titled Basics of Optical Communications and WDM, the tutorial covers the functions and operational characteristics of available optical fibers, transceivers, and specialized passive and active components needed for designing modern optical fiber communication links. It explains the distortion effects that dispersion and nonlinear processes have on signals, defines bit error rate concepts, and identifies measurement equipment and procedures used to verify system operating characteristics. The tutorial also defines wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) concepts, components, and applications. The topics include characteristics of wavelength multiplexers, optical amplifier uses in WDM links, the basics of Raman amplification, and implementation of WDM-based networks.

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