1 | Maxwell equations. Wave equation. Transverse electromagnetic waves and Poynting vector. |
2 | Phase velocity. Group velocity. Boundary conditions for dielectric interfaces. Refraction. Reflection. Total internal reflection. |
3 | Waveguides. Planar slab waveguide. Eigenvalues for the slab waveguide. Optical mode confinement. Dispersion in waveguides. |
4 | Coupling of modes between waveguides. Coupling between optical sources and waveguides. Grating couplers. The coupling coefficient. |
5 | Propagation optical fibers. Dispersion. |
6 | The solitons in nonlinear fibers. |
7 | Optical nonlinearities in semiconductors. Electro-optic modulators. |
8 | MIDTERM |
9 | Optical detectors. Photoconductive detectors. The p-i-n diode. |
10 | Spectral characteristics. Noise. Avalanche photodiodes. |
11 | Optical sources. Radiation and amplification. Optical gain. Optical amplifiers. |
12 | Semiconductor lasers. Transparency and threshold current. Materials for semiconductor lasers. |
13 | Electro-optic and opto-electric transducers. Optical bistability. |
14 | Optoelectronic integrated circuits. Optical fiber telecommunication. Optical signal processing and computing. |