Course abstract
Optical communications is a frequent elective/core course offered to third/final year undergraduate students in Electrical Engineering. This course offers a gradual approach to optical communications with emphasis on latest developments in coherent optical communications. Starting from a broad introduction to transmitters and receivers, this course covers optical fibers and waveguides, lasers, detectors, optical amplifiers, channel impairments and their mitigation using signal processing algorithms. Matlab models will be discussed.
Course Instructor
Dr. Pradeep Kumar K
Dr. Pradeep Kumar K obtained his PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras working on Quantum Key Distribution in 2009. He has since been at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. His research interests include Quantum key distribution, optical communications, and nonlinear fiber optics.More info
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Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2016
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Syllabus
Enrollment : 23-May-2016 to 18-Jul-2016
Exam registration : 25-Jul-2016 to 20-Sep-2016
Exam Date : 16-Oct-2016, 23-Oct-2016
Enrolled
3642
Registered
61
Certificate Eligible
22
Certified Category Count
Gold
0
Elite
9
Successfully completed
13
Participation
17
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>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate
Final Score Calculation Logic
- Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
- FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
- Exam score has been moderated by the faculty
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