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ECE 536 - Integrated Optics and Optoelectronics
Last offered Spring 2022
Official Description
Integrated optical and optoelectronic devices; theory of optical devices including laser sources, waveguides, photodetectors, and modulations of these devices. Course Information: Prerequisite: One of ECE 455, ECE 487, PHYS 486. Recommended: ECE 488.
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Subject Area
- Microelectronics and Photonics
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Description
Lectures and discussions on integrated optoelectronic devices. Optoelectronic devices including semiconductor lasers, optical waveguides, photodetectors, modulators, and integration of these devices are presented.
Topics
- Introduction and review: Maxwell equations and boundary conditions; elementary semiconductor electronics
- Dielectric optical waveguides; the effective index method, gains guidance and index guidance in semiconductor laser; losses and gains in waveguide
- Coupled mode theory; directional couples; distributed-feedback structures; and coupled laser arrays
- Quantum theory of absorption and gain spectrum; electron-photon interaction; interband and intersubband transitions; optical matrix selection rules
- Semiconductor interband and intersubband quantum-well lasers; quantum-dot lasers; Fabry-Perot and distributed-feedback lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
- Electro-optical phase and amplitude modulators using bulk and quantum-well structures; electroabsorption modulators using quantum-confined Stark effects and Franz-Keldysh effects
- Types of photodetectors; quantum efficiency; gain and bandwidth
- Photonic integrated circuits; integrated laser-modulator; multi-section phase; gain; and distributed Bragg reflector devices
Detailed Description and Outline
Topics:
- Introduction and review: Maxwell equations and boundary conditions; elementary semiconductor electronics
- Dielectric optical waveguides; the effective index method, gains guidance and index guidance in semiconductor laser; losses and gains in waveguide
- Coupled mode theory; directional couples; distributed-feedback structures; and coupled laser arrays
- Quantum theory of absorption and gain spectrum; electron-photon interaction; interband and intersubband transitions; optical matrix selection rules
- Semiconductor interband and intersubband quantum-well lasers; quantum-dot lasers; Fabry-Perot and distributed-feedback lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
- Electro-optical phase and amplitude modulators using bulk and quantum-well structures; electroabsorption modulators using quantum-confined Stark effects and Franz-Keldysh effects
- Types of photodetectors; quantum efficiency; gain and bandwidth
- Photonic integrated circuits; integrated laser-modulator; multi-section phase; gain; and distributed Bragg reflector devices
Texts
S. L. Chuang, Physics of Photonic Devices, 2nd ed., New York: Wiley, 2009.
Recommended: L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, New York: Wiley, 1995.
Recommended: L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, New York: Wiley, 1995.
| Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integ Optics & Optoelectronics | N | 33990 | DIS | 4 | 1100 - 1220 | T R | 3013 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg | Umberto Ravaioli |