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Reminder:Feedback for Fiber Optics

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://goo.gl/g6BPFU

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Solutions for Assignment 08 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 08 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 8 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Solutions for Assignment 07 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 07 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 7 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Hall ticket for March 26th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the March 26th  NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on March exams to download the hall ticket(s) for the March 26th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/51559/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 26th 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team

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Regarding Q.5 of Assignment 7

Dear students,


There is some correction in ques. 5 of assignment 7.

The correct expression for  $E_g (y)$ is:

$E_g (y)=1.35-0.72y+0.12y^2 eV$

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Week 8: Video Lectures Released (Fiber Optics)

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of eighth week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 08 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Assignment 8 Released (Fiber Optics)

Please find the assignment 8 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 08. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 8 is March 22, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00

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Solutions for Assignment 06 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 06 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 6 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Solutions for Assignment 05

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 05 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 5 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Regarding Q. 10 of assignment - 6 (Fiber Optics)

In Q. 10 of assignment 6, please read "maximum effective index difference" instead of "effective index difference".

The revised Q.10 is : 

Q. 10: Let us consider a directional coupler with coupling coefficient (κ) 0.786 mm^-1. If we require maximum fractional power in coupled port (ζ_max), greater than 0.02 then the maximum effective index difference between core and cladding at wavelength 1300 nm is

(a) 2.3×10^-3
(b) 1.3×10^-3
(c) 0.5×10^-3
(d) 0.1×10^-3

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Assignment 7 Released (Fiber Optics)

Please find the assignment 7 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 07. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 6 is March 15, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00

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Week 7: Video Lectures Released (Fiber Optics)

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of seventh week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 07 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Extended date of Assignment 5

Due date for the submission of assignment 5 (original 01 March 2017) has now been extended to 05 March 2017, 11:00 pm.

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Assignment 6 Released (Fiber Optics)

Please find the assignment 6 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 06. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 6 is March 08, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00

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Week 6: Video Lectures Released (Fiber Optics)

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of sixth week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 06 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum

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Solutions for Assignment 04

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 04 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 4 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Week 5: Video Lectures Released (Fiber Optics)

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of fifth week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 05 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Assignment 5 Released (Fiber Optics)

Please find the assignment 5 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 05. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 5 is March 01, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00.

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Last 1 week for Exam Registartion - Hurry up!!!

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 22 February 2017 at 10:00am.

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Online

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the exam allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 15th March 2017.


FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

The sample format is attached here for your reference:


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Photos of Toppers in every course are published on the website http://nptel.ac.in/noc along with the name of the college/organization you belong to.

Click here to take a look at a sample page: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/individual_course.php?id=noc16-ce12

Best of luck for the exams.

- NPTEL team

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Solutions for Assignment 03 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 03 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 3 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Week 4: Video Lectures Released (Fiber Optics)

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of fourth week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 04 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Solutions for Assignment 02 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 02 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 2 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Assignment 4 Released (Fiber Optics)

Please find the assignment 4 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 04. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 4 is February 22, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00.

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Extended date of Assignment 2 (Fiber Optics)

Due date for the submission of the second assignment (original 08 Feb 2017) has now been extended to 11 Feb 2017, 11:00 pm.

NOTE: THERE WILL NOT BE ANY EXTENSION FOR FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS.

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Solutions for Assignment 01 (Fiber Optics)

Dear students,

We have uploaded the solutions for assignment 01 in the course online portal. Please find the solutions under the course outline in Week 1 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the solutions, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Week 3: Fiber Optics-Video Lectures Released

Dear students,

We have uploaded the lectures of third week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 3tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Assignment 3 Released

Please find the assignment 3 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 3. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 3 is February 15, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00.

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Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd FEBRUARY 2017 (Thursday) until 22nd FEBRUARY 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 

The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 26^th March 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same exam city will be allocated for both the sessions) through this form.

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00AM -12.00PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00PM - 5.00PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/March%202017%20Exam%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 12 -16th March 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.

2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.

3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.

4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.

2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.

3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.

The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.

If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.

Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.

If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till February 22, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after February 22 2017.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM

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Extended date of Assignment 1 (Fiber Optics)

Due date for the submission of the first assignment (original 01 Feb 2017) has been extended to 08 Feb 2017

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Assignment 2 Released

Please find the assignment 2 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 2. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment many times.

Last date for submitting Assignment 2 is February 8, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00.

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Week 2: Video Lectures Released

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of second week in the course online portal. This week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 2 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Week 1: Video Lectures Released

2017-01-19

Dear Students,

We have uploaded the lectures of first week in the course online portal. In the first week, we are having five lectures. Please find the lectures under the course outline in Week 1 tab. If you face any difficulty in understanding the concepts or any derivation, feel free to ask questions in the discussion forum.

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Assignment 1 Released

2017-01-19

Please find the assignment 1 based on the video  lectures uploaded under week 1. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment only once so be sure before clicking on Submit Answers button.

Last date for submitting Assignment 1 is February 1, 2017 (Wednesday)- 23:00.

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Welcome to the course - Fiber Optics!