What is Optical Communications?
Optical Communications is the branch of telecommunications that deal with any kind of messaging and interaction over the optical path, i.e., any such system using photons to transmit information. Fire signals and semaphores are early examples for that.
Invention of Laser, semiconductor manufacturing, low loss fiber optic cables ushered the era of Optical Communication in the last century. Remote controllers, motion sensors, high speed computer networks, and most of all Internet are examples of optical communications.
In future we will see optical computers working at tens of thousands GHz speeds, photonic data storage systems, all interacting over vast miasmas of fiber optic and wireless networks. That future will arrive on the footsteps of optical communications.
A. Behzat Sahin
Oktay Koc
Lowermost floor of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Department D-Block, DB-13. (Just above the rock foundation, since optical laboratory experiments are susceptible to vibration and must be located in the most stable part of the buildings)
Fiber Optic Telecommunication Wavelength Lasers, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, Ericson Fusion Splicer, Electro-Optic Modulators, Optical Attenuators, Various Fiber Optic Components, Anritsu Pattern Generator and Error Tester, Oscilloscopes and other Electrical Test Equipments.
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Microwave over Fiber Optics
Optical Signal Processing
Ranging and Measurements
Wireless Optical Networks
Academic Organizations: LEOS, OSA, IEEE, SPIE.
Popular E-zines: Lightwave Magazine, Photonics Spectra, Fiber Optics News.
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