| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Reano | April 5, 2006 |
| | 694H | Integrated Optics |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Fundamentals of planar lightwave circuits and guided wave devices; propagation in anisotropic media; electrooptic and |
| | nonlinear optical effects; emerging concepts in RF photonics and nanobiotechnology. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr (even yrs). | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 312 or grad standing. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Vector algebra and calculus; knowledge of basic electromagnetics |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | none |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides, 2nd Ed. | Okamoto | Academic Press |
| | ISBN: 0-12-525096-7 |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] Photonics, by Yariv and Yeh |
| | [2] Optical Waves in Crystals, by Yariv and Yeh |
| | [3] Nonlinear Optics, by Boyd |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Students will learn the fundamentals of guided wave propagation in planar rectangular dielectric waveguides. (Criterion |
| | 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students will learn concepts for design and synthesis of planar lightwave devices (modulators, resonators, switches, |
| | filters, couplers, interferometers, multiplexers, bistable devices). (Criterion 3(c),(e)) |
| | 3. Students will be exposed to emerging research topics in RF photonics and nanobiotechnology. (Criterion 3(h),(i),(j)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Wave theory of planar optical waveguides (4) |
| | Coupled mode theory (5) |
| | Electomagnetic wave propagation in anisotropic media (5) |
| | Electrooptic effect and devices (5) |
| | Nonlinear optical effects and devices (5) |
| | Periodic structures (2) |
| | Surface plasmons (2) |
| | Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) (2) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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