Description
System architecture and applications of a terrestrial and space optical communication network. Encoding methods, transfer rate optimization, system requirements, error management. Multiplexing systems (single channel, dense and/or reconfigurable) according to the context. Phase encoding and decoding systems (transponder systems, coherent detection, polarization encoding). Terrestrial amplification systems and space relays. Operation and limitations of the physical components of an optical network: Properties of dielectric waveguides (optical fibers), concepts of propagation in space, light sources (LEDs and semiconductor lasers), optical fiber amplification (rare-earth and nonlinear optics), light detectors (conversion of light into electrical signal), passive components (Bragg gratings, couplers, circulators), and active components (EO modulation by nonlinear optics).