S-108.199 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND INSTRUMENTS Lectures start on Wednesday 19 January 2005 at 13:15 in room H302 Contents of the course: optical fibers, fiber optic components, transmitters and receivers, fiber optic measurements, modulation and demodulation, transmission system engineering, WDM network elements, deployment considerations Lab works: fiber amplifier, spectral responsivity, WDM, simulation, fiber nonlinearity Course webpage: http://metrology.tkk.fi/courses/esite_s108_199.html Wavelength tunable transmission grating cavity laser for optical communications 1450-1580 nm