CME 460 - Optical Fiber Communications
Term Project
Fall 2011

Students are instructed to choose one project from the table below.
Submit your selections to me via email at m.banat@ieee.org in order of preference no later than 30 November 2011. In the email, please give the names and students IDs of all participating students.

Course Instructor: Dr. Mohammad M. Banat
Project No. Project Name Brief Description No. of Students
1 Graded Index Profiles Sketch several refractive index profiles 2
2 Ray Theory - Step Index Sketch several ray trajectories in a step index fiber 3
3 Ray Theory - Graded Index Sketch several ray trajectories in a graded index fiber 4
4 TE Modes Sketch TE modes in a dielectric slab waveguide 3
5 TM Modes Sketch TM modes in a dielectric slab waveguide 4
6 Heterodyne Optical ASK Simulate system and determine BER 4
7 Heterodyne Optical FSK Simulate system and determine BER 4
8 Heterodyne Optical PSK Simulate system and determine BER 4
9 Optical CDMA Using Orthogonal Optical Codes Simulate system and determine BER 4