Photonics and Optical Communications
(ORPHEO)
- Coefficient : 6^
- Hourly Volume: 129.0h (including 78.0h supervised)
- CM : 30h supervised
- TD : 16.5h supervised
- Labo : 22.5h supervised (and 6h unsupervised)
- TP : 9h supervised
- Out-of-schedule personal work : 45h
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Description
Photonics is a rapidly evolving cutting-edge technology capable of providing solutions to the major societal challenges of the 21st century (factory of the future, healthcare, agrophotonics, space, renewable energy, the environment, etc.). It is also an essential and underlying technology in most everyday applications.
This module focuses on the field of optical communication systems and sensors. It covers the fundamental principles and basic phenomena that must be mastered to fully understand the operation of an optical communication chain: from guided propagation to nonlinear phenomena, including the operating principles of components. The topics covered will also include an introduction to optical sensors and quantum communication systems. It will also include a laboratory immersion.
This module provides useful knowledge for pursuing a career in photonics engineering, a field with a very active industrial sector in Brittany. It can also serve as preparation for further studies in the Photonics track of the Master’s program in Fundamental Physics and Applications.
Learning Outcomes AAv (AAv)
AAv1 [heures: 22, B2, B3]: Study of transmission lines and RF tools. By the end of the course/semester, students will be able to apply the basic concepts of propagation on transmission lines (telegraph equation, characteristic impedance, propagation parameters, reflection coefficient, SWR) as well as the tools (Smith chart, S-parameters) typically used.
AAv2 [heures: 23, B1, B2, B3, B4]: Introduction to digital communications. By the end of this part of the module, students will be able to analyse and design a simple digital transmission chain, taking into account a noisy channel (AWGN) and bandwidth constraints, and to evaluate its performance in terms of bit error rate (BER).
AAV3 [heures: 82, B2, B3, C1, C3]: Optical communication systems. By the end of the module, students will be able to identify and use models describing the physical phenomena and behaviour of components commonly used in optical communication systems. The objectives are to understand the architecture of an optical chain meeting a given set of specifications and to define test protocols, whether experimental or simulation-based, to analyse and validate its performance.
Assessment methods
average of several short formative assessments