JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisites

Nil.

Course Objective

To make the students understand the application of Optoelectronics and

Lasers in the quantifying.

Course Outcome

Upon completion of this course the student shall be able to apply his

instrumentation knowledge and understand how light and LASER can be used for measurements.

UNIT - I

Optical Fibers and Their Properties: Introduction to optical fiber - fiber characteristics - principles of light propagation through a fiber - Different types of fibers and their properties - Losses in the optical fiber - Dispersion - advantages and disadvantages of optical fibers

UNIT - II

Laser Fundamentals: Introduction to lasers - Laser characteristics – Laser configuration – Three level and four level lasers – Q-switching – Mode locking – Types of lasers: Gas lasers, Solid lasers, Liquid lasers and Semiconductor lasers

UNIT - III

Optoelectronic Components: Optical sources: LED, LD - Optical detectors: PIN, APD - Electro-optic, Magneto optic and Acousto-optic Modulators.

UNIT - IV

Industrial Applications of Optical Fibers: Interferometer method of measurement of length – Moire fringes – Measurement of pressure, Temperature, Current, Voltage, Liquid level and strain - fiber optic Gyroscope – Polarization maintaining fibers – Applications.

UNIT - V

Laser instrumentation: Industrial applications of lasers – Lasers for measurement of distance, length, velocity, acceleration, current, voltage and atmospheric effect - Bio-medical applications - Holography: Principle, Methods, Holographic Interferometers and applications.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Optical Fiber Communication – Principles and Practice, J.M. Senior, Prentice Hall of India, 1985.
• 2. ‘Introduction to Optoelectronics, J. Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes, Prentice Hall of India, 2001. R16 B.TECH EIE.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Understanding Fiber Optics, 4th or 5th edition; Jeff Hecht; Prentice Hall publishers
• 2. Optical Fibre Communication and Sensors, M. Arumugam, Anuradha Agencies, 2002.
• 3. Optical Fibre Communication, G. Keiser, McGraw Hill, 1995.
• 4. Lasers: Theory and Applications – by Thyagarajan K. and Ghatak A.K., Plenum Press
• 5. Monte Ross, Laser Applications, McGraw Hill, 1968. R16 B.TECH EIE.