OPTI 515
  Photonic Devices and Systems


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1 Photonics Overview
2 Wave Equations, Bouncing Wave Picture of Slab

Waveguides

3 Wave Optics Approach to the Slab Waveguide
4 Wave Optics Approach, Connection to Bouncing Wave Picture
5 Wave Optics Approach, Effective Index, Mode Normalization
6 Mode Orthogonality and Completeness, Rectangular Waveguides
7 Coupling into Waveguides
8 Side and Prism Coupling
9 Coupled Waveguides
10 Coupled Mode Theory
10 Coupled Mode Theory Appendix
11 Grating Coupling, Introduction to Numerical Methods
12 Finite Difference Time Domain Method
13 Beam Propagation Method
14 Bend Loss and Photonic Crystals
15 Optical Fibers, Introduction
16 Fiber Mode Profiles and LP Modes
17 Fiber Mode Degeneracy
18 Number of Fiber Modes
19 Group Velocity Dispersion
20 Introduction to Photodetectors, Photoemissive Type
21/22 Photodiodes and Solar Cells
23 Midterm Review
24 Spectral Modal Noise
25 Quantum Efficiency, Calorimeters
26 Pyroelectric Photodetectors, Detector Summary
27 Optical Amplifiers, Introduction
28/29/30 EDFAs
31 EDFA Gain and Gain Saturation
32 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
33 Raman Amplifiers
34 Amplified Spontaneous Emission
35 Optical Preamplifiers
36 Optical Amplifier Chains
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38 No additional lecture notes
39 Laser Balance Eq., Gain in Semiconductor Lasers
39 Supplemental material on single frequency semiconductor lasers
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41 Confinement Factor, Longitudinal Modes, Rate Eqs.
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43 Optical Modulators
44 Review for Final Exam