| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Metallic waveguides |
Propagation in metallic waveguides. Fundamental mode. Unimodality region. Higher order modes. Dispersion. Metallic waveguide junctions: mode matching, and its numerical implementation (lab: 4 hours). Waveguide excitation. |
10
|
| Representation of high frequency circuits |
Equivalent transmission lines, scattering matrix. |
6
|
| Dielectric waveguides |
Propagation in dielectric waveguides. Guided modes. Radiative modes. Evanescent modes. Slab waveguide. Dielectric multilayers. Optical fiber. |
8
|
| Chromatic dispersion and nonlinear effects in optical fibers |
Chromatic dispersion and nonlinear effects in optical fibers. Losses, optical amplification, spontaneous emission noise. Polarization mode dispersion. Wavelength division multiplexed systems. Development of a numerical code for the evaluation of system performance (lab: 10 hours). |
6
|
| Exercises |
Exercises on the above topics. |
6
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
36 |
| for exercises only |
6 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
14 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
|
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
14 |
| Total hours |
50
|