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| Topics
| (No. of Lectures)
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| 1.
| Introduction, Overview
| (1)
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| 2.
| Geometrical optics
| (2)
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| 3.
| Light guiding in fibres-ray theory
| (2)
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| 4.
| Basic electromagnetic theory
| (4)
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| 5.
| Wave propagation in fibres, Modes
| (5)
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| 6.
| Dispersion in fibres, Bandwidth
| (3)
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| 7.
| Fiber manufacturing, Attenuation
| (2)
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| 8.
| Basics of LEDs and lasers
| (4)
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| 9.
| Thick and thin lens, Light coupling
| (2)
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| 10.
| Photodetectors and noise
| (4)
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| 11.
| Optical communication
| (3)
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| 12.
| Intensity based fibre optic sensors
| (2)
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| 13.
| Interferometry, interferometric sensors
| (2)
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| 14.
| Nonlinearity in fibres
| (3)
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| 15.
| Soliton propagation in fibres
| (3)
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| 16.
| Optical amplification
| (3)
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