Fiber Optic Communication Lab
 
																									FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION LABARATORY
The lab is equipped with optical simulation CAD tools such as OPTSIM and Photonics CAD to support a strong research  activity in this area.  Fiber optic work benches imported from New port Corporation is available. The projects carried out in this  laboratory covers a wide range of applications both in telecommunications and sensors with the use of both multimode and single-mode fibers.Fiber optic Communication laboratory supports UG and PG laboratory course
 

 
 
                
 
 
        
 

Lab in charge: Dr.R.K.Jeyachitra
Contact details: 
Name             : Dr.R.K.Jeyachitra
Designation  :Associate Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli – 620 015, Tamil Nadu
Phone : 0431-2503320
Mail Id : jeyachitra@nitt.edu
 
Courses Offered:
 
	
		
			| S.No. | Graduate Programme | Courses | Semester | 
		
			| 1. | UG | EC407  Fiber OpticCommunication Laboratory | VII | 
		
			| 2. | PG | EC608 Fiber Optic and Communication Laboratory | II | 
	
 
List of Experiments:
	
		
			| S. No | UG Experiments (EC407) | 
		
			| 1 | Handling ofFibers | 
		
			| 2 | Characteristics of LaserDiode and LED | 
		
			| 3 | Characteristics of PhotoDetector | 
		
			| 4 | Characteristics ofAPD | 
		
			| 5 | Measurement  of  Numerical Aperture | 
		
			| 6 | Measurement of Attenuation and BendingLoss | 
		
			| 7 | ProximitySensor | 
		
			| 8 | PhotonicsCAD | 
		
			| 9 | Fiber DispersionMeasurement | 
		
			| 10 | Study of BER andQ-Factor   | 
		
			| 11 | WDMLink | 
		
			| 12 | Analog and voice communication through optical link | 
		
			| S. No | PG Experiments (EC608) | 
		
			|        1. | Simulation & BER calculation using OPTSIM. | 
		
			|        2. | EDFA Design for D-WDM using OPTSIM | 
		
			|        3. | Characteristics of AWGN & BSC channel. | 
		
			|        4. | BPSK Modulator | 
		
			|        5. | Convolutional encoder & decoder | 
		
			|        6. | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. | 
		
			|        7. |  Measurement of attenuation and bending loss in glass multimode fiber. | 
		
			|        8. |  (a) Proximity Sensor  (b)Analog communication through optical link   | 
		
			|        9. | Measurement of numerical aperture. | 
		
			|        10. | Installation of Glomosim. | 
		
			|        11. | Characteristics of WDM Link   | 
	
 
Fiber Optic Communication Communication Laboratory Equipments:
	
		
			| S.No | Equipments | Numbers | Funding agency | Approximate cost in Lakhs | 
		
			| 1 | New Port Fiber Optic Kit | 03 | Institute Plan Fund | 12.0 | 
		
			| 2 | Benchmark Optical Fiber Laboratory System | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 10.63 | 
		
			| 3 | Photonics CAD version 1.6 | 05 | TEQIP | 3.64 | 
		
			| 4 | OPTSIM version 5.2 | 07 | Institute Plan Fund | 6.09 | 
		
			| 5 | CRO | 04 | Institute Plan Fund | 0.75 | 
		
			| 6 | Function Generators | 04 | Institute Plan Fund | 0.49 | 
		
			| 7 | Computers | 07 | Institute Plan Fund | 2.31 | 
		
			| 8 | 5KVA Online UPS | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 1.65 | 
		
			| 9 | RSOFT CAD – Fullwave (GUI v2019.03) | 03 | Institute Plan Fund | 7.49 | 
		
			| 10 | Digital Communication trainer kit | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 1.78 | 
		
			| 11 | Digital Storage Oscilloscope | 02 | TEQIP | 1.24 | 
		
			| 12 | Optical Spectrum Analyzer | 01 | TEQIP | 16.58 | 
		
			| 13 | Fiber optic workbench - Light Runner | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 8.61 | 
		
			| 14 | Computers – Hp Prodesk | 05 | TEQIP | 3.23 | 
		
			| 15 | Avalanche Photodiode Module with Accessories | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 1.31 | 
		
			| 16 | LED Module with Accessories | 01 | Institute Plan Fund | 0.79 | 
	
Software / Tools:
	
		
			| S.NO | LIST OF EQUIPMENTS | Cost of each equipment (Lakhs) | 
		
			| 1 | New port fiber optic kit | 12.0 | 
		
			| 2 | Benchmark optical fiber laboratory system | 10.63 | 
		
			| 3 | Photonics CAD version 1.6 | 3.64 | 
		
			| 4 | OPTSIM Version 5.2 | 6.09 | 
		
			| 5 | CRO | 0.75 | 
		
			| 6 | Function Generator | 0.49 | 
		
			| 7 | Computers | 2.98 | 
		
			| 8 | 5KVA online UPS | 1.651 |