Non-guided Optical Transmission
1
2014-2015
03000357
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Portuguese
English
Face-to-face
6.0
Elective
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Optical Transmission Systems. English.
Teaching Methods
10 hours of seminar, 15 hours of tutorial sessions.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge about the state of the art on optical transmission systems in the atmosphere and in the outer space close to earth.
After attending this curricular unit successfully, the students should have the scientific and technological knowledge required to design and develop those systems, and should be able to understand and follow up the scientific and technological evolution in this domain.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Transmission parameters in free space and in the earth atmosphere. Optical sources and transmitters. Modulation and coding techniques. Optical detectors and receivers. Terrestrial systems. Space systems.
Head Lecturer(s)
Henrique José Almeida da Silva
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Case studies: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Computational work: 20.0%
Exam: 40.0%
Bibliography
- Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun, "Optical Wireless Communications", CRC Press, 2008.
- Olivier Bouchet (Author), Hervé Sizun (Author), Christian Boisrobert (Author), Frédéric de Fornel (Author), Pierre Noël Favennec (Series Editor), "Free-space Optics: Propagation and Communication", Wiley Blackwell, 2006.