ECE 495 Class Calendar

 

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MLK DAY

 

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Hard Launch of the Silicon Photonics Course

 

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Course Introduction

Lecture Slides

History Of Lasers

 

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Photonic Integrated Circuits - Introduction and Labs 1 & 2 Discussion

Lecture Slides

Si Photonics

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Photonic Integrated Circuits, Waveguides

Lecture Slides

Si Waveguides

Y Branch

Rectangular Dielectric Waveguides

Discussion of the Effective Index Method

 

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Lab 1 Introduction to Silicon Photonics Project

Please go to the DRS Website and under the "Training" tab at the top, complete the "Laser Safety" training module. Print the certificate and bring it with you to the first lab. You will not be allowed to peform the labs without taking the training. If you have already done this training (but within the past 2 years), you may bring a copy of an existing certificate.

 

 

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Mach Zehnder Interferometers

Lecture Slides

Notes

Coupling Light Into Si Waveguides

Si Photonics Lithography

 

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Tutorial on Layout

See Lab 2 for more detailed instructions on building an MZI

KLayout Tutorial

MZI Tutorial

 

 

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Lab 2 Silicon Photonics (MZI Design). 2 week lab.

NOTE: Appendix B is performed on a Windows machine.

KLayout Tutorial

MZI Tutorial

 

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Fundamentals: Emission and Absorption

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

Stimulated Emission and Optical Gain

 

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Fundamentals: Laser Gain

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

Renk Book Chapter (A's and B's)

Laser Oscillation

 

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Silicon Photonics Designs Due Sunday Night!

Lab 2 Report is Due!

 

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Fundamentals: Threshold and Lab Writeup Discussion

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

HeNe Laser

Linewidth Broadening Mechanisms

 

Silicon Photonics Designs Due LAST NIGHT

YOU HAVE NOW MISSED THE DEADLINE!

 

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Fundamentals: Output Power

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

Laser output Power

 

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Resonators: Modes

Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Cavity (or Resonator) Notes

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Resonators: Fabry-Perot Interferometers

Lecture Slides

Lecture Notes

Interferometer Notes 1

Interferometer as a Spectrum Analyzer

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Lab 3 HeNe Laser

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Resonators: Gaussian Beams

Lecture Slides

New Lecture Slides

Gaussian Beams

Gaussian Beams

Silicon Photonics Chips Fabricated For You This Week

 

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Semiconductor Light Absorption

Lecture Slides

Review of Semiconductors

Review of Semiconductors

 

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Lab 4 HeNe Emission and Beams

We are using a new camera...the dimensions are listed here.

Lab 3 due "this week"

 

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Photodetectors

Lecture Notes

Lecture Slides

Photodiodes

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Semiconductor Light Emission

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

The LED

 

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Lab 7 Si-Photonics (Data Analysis)

Due the week of April 1

Instructions After Course Ended

Link To Data

Sample Data and Zip File With SEM Images

 

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SPRING BREAK

 

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SPRING BREAK

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SPRING BREAK

 

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SPRING BREAK

 

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SPRING BREAK

 

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Light Emitting Diodes

Lecture Slides

Lecture notes

***Final Project Guidelines***

 

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Edge Emitting and VCSEL Diode Lasers

Lecture Slides

Laser Diodes

***Final Project Guidelines***

 

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Lab 5 Photodetectors

Si No Attenuator

Si Attenuator

Ge No Attenuator

Ge Attenuator

 

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Semiconductor Laser Efficiency

!!!!!!!!! Link to Lecture

*******ZOOM PASSWORD*******

Lecture Slides

VCSELs

We will have an in-class discussion of your final project ideas today.

 

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April 2020
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Distributed Bragg Reflectors

Lecture Slides

DBRs in VCSELs

 

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Lab 6 LEDs

Lab 5 due this week at regular time 

 

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VCSEL Confinement and Modes

Lecture Slides

Transverse Modes in VCSELs

VCSEL Confinement

VCSELs: Commercial Application Notes

Please Have Your Final Projects Identified by Today

 

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Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

Lecture Slides

Optical Fiber Basics

 

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Lab 8 Diode Lasers

 

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Optical Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers

Lecture Slides

 

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Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

Lecture Slides

 

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Lab 9 Fiber Lasers. We'll be in 5074ECEB this week for lab.

Pump Laser Data Sheet, the Thick Black Line is the LI Curve

 

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Optical Interconnects

Lecture Slides

 

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Optical Interconnects

Lecture Slides

 

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Photonic System Components

Lecture Slides

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Final Project Presentations I

Schedule

 
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Lab 10 Free Space Interconnect

     

 

 

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Final Project Presentations II

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Final Project Presentations III

Schedule

 

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READING DAY

All lab reports due tonight midnight. This includes one 'redo' should you choose to use it.

 

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