Using the Active Learning Suite This exercise is designed to enhance your understanding of  fundamentals of optical communications. To use the simulator you must click HERE and use your SSU email and the password I provided in class (the password will not be sent via email). Once you logged onto the simulator, click on Telecommunications and then Fiber Optics and Photonics. Read the following virtual experiments. Try to understand the basic idea of the module. Write two questions followed by your complete answer for EACH of the modules:

• Comparing Copper wired and fiber optics
• Studying dependency of a communication distance light
• Study of total internal reflection
• Determining the angle of acceptance
• Investigation of effects of dispersion
• Study of loss mechanism Parts 1-3 (3 modules)
• exploration of the causes of chromatic dispersion (Part 1-2)

You will NOT receive points if your questions are NOT meaningful, insightful, sufficiently strong, or clear. For sections which no descriptions are provided, you are required to read about the topic on your own. Feel free to play with other modules. Submission: Your submission must include:

• Minimum of 20 questions and answers
• A brief evaluation of the simulator (e.g., was it useful?)
• complete the survey
• Include any errors or suggestions about the simulator

LATE submissions will NOT be accepted. Please bring your hardcopy to class.