Introduction - Basics of Light - Ray Model - Wave Model - Signal Distortion - Practical issues in Implementation of Fiber link - Optical Sources - Light Emitting Diodes - Laser - Laser - V + Photon Detector - Photo Diodes and Detector Noise - Photo Detector - Optical Receivers - Receiver Sensitivity Degradation - Fiber Optic Link Design - Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems - EDFA - Integrated Optics - Tutorials - Introduction to Non-Linear Fiber Optics - Non-linear Schrodinger Equation - Group Velocity Dispersion (GVD) - Self Phase Modulation (SPM) - Solitonic Communication - Raman Amplifier - Cross Phase Modulation and four wave mixing - Laboratory Experiments