Devices for Optical Communications
This module introduces a range of topics on the advanced physics and technology of photonic devices used in optical communications and related application areas, making it suitable for ICGEE students undertaking a PhD in Photonics.
General information:
- Devices for Optical Communication module is available in first semester 2011/2012 academic year, starting from September 2011
- Host Institution: Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Electronic and Communications Engineering
- Delivery mode:
- for Dublin located students: on-site in DIT, 1.5 hours lectures per week, 1 hour average laboratory per week
- for students from other locations: Mixed mode via remote delivery: online lectures delivered through the ICGEE VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) combined with 12-hour block on-site laboratory/tutorial activities (2 day workshop on-site in DIT)
Course content:
- Lasers: Review of light properties, light-matter interaction, fundamentals of lasers, resonator and beam optics.
- Semiconductor devices: p-n junctions, LEDs, lasers, VCSELs , semiconductor optical amplifiers, optical modulators, optical switches, optical detectors.
- Optoelectronic devices for optical communications:
- Optical transmitters and receivers,
- Fibre amplifiers: EDFA, PDFA & Raman,
- WDM and filters: dielectric, AWG and grating devices, optical switches.
- Research directions
Devices for Optical Communications - Module Descriptor
Lecturer: Dr. Yuliya Semenova
Senior Researcher
School of Electronic and Communication Engineering
Dublin Institute of Technology
My research is focused on:
- Optical sensing
- The physics and applications of liquid crystals in photonics
- Engineering, medical and environmental applications of optical sensors with a specific interest in
- Microfibre and nanowire sensors for bio- and chemical sensing
- Liquid crystal - photonic crystal fibre sensors of electric and magnetic fields, temperature, pressure and other environmental parameters.
Below are some ongoing research projects:
- Smart Sensors for Engineering Structures (SSES), MATERA-ERAnet Project.
This project is in collaboration with Warsaw University of Technology and a Polish helicopter manufacturer, Aero_AT Ltd. The research is focused on the development of smart composite structures for the aviation industry based on a hybrid sensing approach in a composite in order to provide simultaneous in-situ distributed measurement of strain, temperature and vibration.
- Fibre Bragg Grating-Based Sensors in Polymer Optical Fibres for Biomedical Applications, India-Ireland Cooperative Science Programme 2011.
This project aims to develop new biomedical sensors based on polymer optical fibres. The fabrication of FBGs in plastic optical fibre is a key part of this project and opens up the possibility of developing new sensors systems for biomedical applications, for example sensors for artificial limbs and sensors embedded in clothing which can continually monitor stress to improve posture for those suffering from orthopaedic injuries.
List of Journal & Conference Publications
ICGEE is funded by:
