Photonics deals with the application of optical and optoelectronic technologies in information technology. Areas of interest include fiber optics communications, data storage, sensing, imaging and display systems. This course covers the generation, transmission, modification, and detection of light. The goal is to understand the fundamental principles used in the analysis and design of modern photonic devices and systems. This is a prerequisite for ECEN 4606 Optics Lab
Topics:
- Geometrical Optics: imaging
- Wave Optics: interference, diffraction, Gaussian beams, Fourier optics
- Electromagnetic Optics: EM wave propagation, dielectric materials, absorption and dispersion, polarization, anisotropic media
- Guided-wave Optics: waveguides, optical fibers
- Photon Optics
- Laser fundamentals
- Fundamentals of photon detectors
- Electro-Optics: modulators and switches
Prerequisites:
ECEN 3400, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Photonics, B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Wiley, New York, 1991
References:
- Optics
, E. Hecht, Addison-Wesley, 1998
- Modern optics,
R. D. Guenther, Wiley, 1990
- Optical Physics
, S. G. Lipson, H. Lipson, D. S. Tannhauser, Cambridge University Press, 1998
Grading: Homework 35%, Midterm 30%, Final 35%
Course webpage: http://ece.colorado.edu/~piestun/Photonics/Photonics.htm
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 3:00 PM
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