ECE 536: Integrated Optics and Optoelectronics

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536 Integrated Optics and Optoelectronics. Even Yrs.; I; 3 cr. This course introduces the student to the physical principles, design concepts, and technological consequences of passive, electro-optic, and optic-electronic guided wave devices. P: ECE 320, 335, & ECE 434 or 420 or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 320
ECE 335
ECE 420
ECE 434

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

semiconductor device physics (simple band structure, p/n junctions)
Electrostatics

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Pochi Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media, Wiley, 1988
Jasprit Singh, Optoelectronics an introduction to materials and devices

Course objectives

The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of optoelectronic device design and function. Students develop the necessary tools to analyze optical device structures such as waveguides, laser diodes, optical modulators, grating based devices, and resonant cavities.

Topics covered

optical waves in multilayer structures
positive- and negative-index waveguides
optical resonators and laser diodes
optical modulators
distributed feedback grating structures
vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, but does not provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

manufacturability

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

knowledge in the basic techniques of mathematics and the physical sciences basic skill in methods of design and analysis across a broad range of electrical and computer engineering areas

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Weekly homework problems
Midterm exam
Final exam

Person(s) who prepared this description

Luke J. Mawst

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Date last modified: 18-Jul-2007
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