Fundamental theory of wave propagation in optical fiber systems. Specifications and Standards for optical fibers and optical devices. Measurement instrumentation for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of optical circuits and fiber-optic networks. Quantitative analysis of testbeds used in optoelectronic measurement systems. Analysis of erbium-doped fiber optical amplifiers and semiconductor optical amplifiers. Theory of optical interference and interferometric evaluation deployments, including Mach–Zehnder, Sagnac, and Michelson interferometers. Experimental evaluation configurations employing incoherent and coherent light sources. Measurement of fundamental optical fiber parameters. Use of Optical Time Domain Reflectometry techniques for the characterization of optical fiber networks. Characterization of optical sources and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Frequency and impulse response of optical sources and photodetectors. Experimental evaluation techniques for photonic integrated circuits. Applications in the evaluation of optical logic circuits.