New professionally written lab assignments are now freely available to OptiSystem users. Professors will need to personally request the “answers” password by emailing info@optiwave.com with their full signature (name, position, university, address).
LESSON 1 – LASER Transmitters
Investigate the L-I curves and spectrum of a FP Laser and observe the effects of different cavity characteristics. Learn to perform parameter sweeps in OptiSystem.
[wpdm_package id=224] [wpdm_package id=215]
LESSON 2 – PIN Photodiode
Investigate the characteristics of PIN Photodiodes and understand the usage of the Lightwave Analyzer component.
[wpdm_package id=225][wpdm_package id=216]
LESSON 3 – Loss and Power Budget
Investigate the effect of loss on optical system performance and characterize the system with the power budget equation. Use OptiSystem to optimize the fiber length of a communication system.
[wpdm_package id=226][wpdm_package id=217]
LESSON 4 – Multimode Optical Fiber
Determine the optical modes that exist for multimode step index fibers and investigate their performance on optical systems.
[wpdm_package id=227][wpdm_package id=218]
LESSON 5 – Single Mode Fiber – Dispersion
Characterize analytically and through simulation the effects of dispersion on optical systems.
[wpdm_package id=228][wpdm_package id=219]
LESSON 6 – Optical Amplifiers – Erbium Doped Fibers
Study the characteristics of EDFAs alone and in a system. Reanalyze the importance of receiver noise and the effect of amplification on the quality of an optical system.
[wpdm_package id=229][wpdm_package id=220]
LESSON 7 – Single Mode Fiber – Nonlinearity
Characterize analytically and through simulation the effects of nonlinearity on optical systems.
[wpdm_package id=230][wpdm_package id=221]
LESSON 8 – QAM Transmitter
Investigate the method for measuring the BER accurately and the distortions present in coherent modulators.
[wpdm_package id=231][wpdm_package id=222]
LESSON 9 – QAM Receiver
Build a coherent receiver based on the 90 degree optical hybrid and further investigate the QAM format.
[wpdm_package id=232][wpdm_package id=223]
Please contact us for more information: info@optiwave.com
Phone: 613-224-4700
Fax: 613-224-4706