ECE 598PD Class Calendar

 

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MLK DAY

 

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Introduction to Class

Review of Dielectric Waveguides

Notes

Reading

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Modes of Optical Fiber

Mode Families

Notes

Reading

Identities Involving Bessel Functions

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Modes of Optical Fiber

Linking Modes

LP vs TE/TM/HE/EH Modes

Notes

Reading

LP Mode Cutoffs

Mathematica Code

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Angular Momentum

Orbital, Spin, Modes

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

 

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LP Modes and Optical Fiber Propagation

Multimode and Few Mode Fibers, Chirp, Phase Matching, Dispersion

Notes

Reading

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Devices

Mode Coupling, Non-Orthogonality, Higher Order Modes and Orbital Angular Momentum

Notes

Reading

Mathematica Code

 

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Lab Lecture 1

Fiber Modes/Bending Loss

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Optical Fiber Materials: SiO2

Glass Characteristics and Light Matter Interactions, Temperature, Strain

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

 

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Optical Fiber Materials

Glass Basics, Glass Design, Less Common Glasses

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

 

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Specialty Optical Fibers

Geometries, Fiber Fab, Semiconductor and Crystalline Core Fibers, Plastic Fibers, Specialty Fibers

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

Reading

 

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Lab Lecture 2

Fiber Propagation

Notes

Reading

Reading

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Active Fibers

Rare Earth Doping, Emission and Absorption Spectroscopy, Effect of Composition

Notes

Reading

Reading

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Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

Continuous Wave at Low to Moderate Power

Notes

Reading

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High Power Systems

Power Handling Limitations

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Lab Lecture 3, Active Fibers

Pulsed Fiber Lasers

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Light Scattering

Rayleigh, Raman, Brillouin, Spontaneous Scattering

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

***Final Project Guidelines***

 

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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 Scattering

Stimulated Scattering

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

 

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Lab Lecture 4

Stimulated Scattering: Raman and Rayleigh

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

Design Problem (replaces lab HW)

!!!!!!Lecture Locations

*******Password*******

 

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Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Nonlinear Refractive Index, Pulse Propagation, SPM and GVD

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reading

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April 2020
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Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Nonlinear Processes, XPM, FWM

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Lab Lecture 5

Harnessing Nonlinear Processes

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Microstructured Fibers

Photonic Bandgap, Crystal, and Holey Fibers

Notes

Reading

Project 5

Data for Project 5

 

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Microstructured Fibers

Photonic Bandgap, Crystal, and Holey Fibers

Notes

Reading

 

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Fiber Sensors

Point Sensors, Chemical, Gas, Bio, etc. Sensors

Notes

Reading

Reading

Reading

 

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Fiber Sensors

Point Sensors, Environmental Sensors

Notes

Reading

Reading

 

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Lab Lecture 6

Fiber Sensors, Distributed Sensors

Notes

Reading

Project 6

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Current Hot Research Topics In Fiber Photonics

Notes

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Final Project Presentations I

Schedule

 
     

 

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Final Project Presentations II

Schedule

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READING DAY

 

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Final Project Report Due 11am

 

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