An
advanced fiber optics curriculum, for vocational and trade schools, industrial
arts and university levels. Courses can be tailored in length from 10
to 15 weeks. Recommended prerequisites: a basic understanding of electronics
and mathematics. Course includes a text for classroom or lecture, lab
course containing a comprehensive series of student experiments, and lab
kit with all required components.
Part One of the classroom
text places fiber optics into perspective as a transmission medium and
describes its advantages over other media. Part Two examines fiber sources,
detectors, and connectors, in contrast to the distinctly different characteristics
of their electronic counterparts. Part Three explains in detail how fiber
optic systems are assembled. It covers link system design, installation,
special fiber optic hardware, applications and equipment.
