EECS 434: Principles of Photonics
Instructor:
Prof. Tal Carmon
3105 ERB I, phone 734-615-2749, email tal.carmon@gmail.com
Class: MW 3:30-5:30pm EECS 3433;
Lecture 3:30 to 5:00.
Discussion 5:00 to 5:30
Topics for discussion:
1) HW
2) Research related questions where optics is relevant
3) How to solve optics related problems (and maybe win $15,000...)
see problems in appendix below
Lab: Four labs in ERB1 1st Floor Lab meeting at the lobby.
Prerequisites: EECS 330 or 334 or permission of instructor.
Office Hours: TBA:
Please send email before coming to office hour that contain the following details:
1) Topic you want to discuss in office hour
2) Time and date you want to meet
Grading: homework 10%, Laboratory 30%, midterm 30%, final 30%
Homework policy: TBA
Software requirements:
1) Comsol Multiphysics version with RF module version 3.3a or higher. Available at
CAEN labs (or remotely accessed).
Textbooks: B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, "Fundamentals of Photonics"
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991.
Alternate References:
E. Hecht, "Optics."
A. Yariv, "Optical Electronics."
Saunders College Publishing, Fourth Edition, 1991.
H.A. Haus, "Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics."
Prentice Hall, 1984.
Course Description
EECS 434 provides an introduction to photonics, lasers, and fiber-optic. The course starts
from Maxwell's equations to derive appropriate equations for optics. After treating reflection at
interfaces, mirrors and interferometers are studied. Guided wave optics is discussed, including
the important areas of dielectric waveguides and fiber optics. Other topics are also covered, such
as resonator optics, laser oscillation and electro-optic modulators. Then, the attention turns to
optical design optical devices and research in optics. The course includes four hands-on
laboratories using interferometers, lasers, fibers and detectors.
| 1 | Sep 9 |
Lecture 1 Ch. 5 S&T: Electromagnetic Optics |
| 2 | Sep 14 |
Lecture 2 Ch. 5 S&T: Electromagnetic Optics |
| 3 | Sep 16 |
Lecture 3 Ch. 5 S&T: Absorption and Dispersion |
| 4 | Sep 21 |
Lecture 4 Ch 6 + notes. Reflection of Plane Waves from Interfaces |
| 5 | Sep 23 |
Lecture 6 Ch 7+notes S&T: Fabry-Perot and Interferometers |
| 6 | Sep 28 |
5 LAB: Michelson Interferometer or Scanning Fabry-Perot, No lecture on this day. |
| 7 | Sep 30 |
Lecture 7 Project: interactive photonic website. |
| 8 | Oct 5 |
Lecture 8: Ch 9 S&T: Resonator Optics |
| 9 | Oct 7 |
Lecture 9 Ch 9 S&T: Dialectric resonators. |
| 10 | Oct 12 |
Lecture 10 Ch. 14 S&T: Lasers |
| 11 | Oct 14 |
Lecture 11 Midterm Exam, open notes, open book (S&T) |
| 12 | Oct 21 |
Lecture 12 Ch. 8 S&T: Plane Mirror Waveguides |
| 13 | Oct 26 |
Lecture 13 Ch. 8 S&T: Planar Dielectric Waveguides |
| 14 | Oct 28 |
14 LAB: Lasers, No lecture on this day. |
| 15 | Nov 2 |
Lecture 15 Ch. 9 S&T: Fiber Optics: Step Index Fibers |
| 16 | Nov 4 |
Lecture 16 Ch. 9 S&T: Fiber Optics: Multimode & Graded Index Fibers |
| 17 | Nov 9 |
Lecture 17 Ch. 9 S&T: Fiber Optics: Attenuation and Dispersion |
| 18 | Nov 11 |
18 LAB: Fiber Coupling, No lecture on this day. |
| 19 | Nov 16 |
Lecture 19 Ch. 9 S&T: Fiber Optics: Attenuation and Dispersion |
| 20 | Nov 18 |
Lecture 20 Notes: Bent fiber modes and ring resonators |
| 21 | Nov 23 |
Lecture 21 Notes: Electro-optics, Modulators |
| 22 | Nov 25 |
LAB 22: Fiber Sensor, no lecture at this day |
| 23 | Nov 30 |
Lecture 23 Notes: Non-imaging optics and concentrating light |
| 24 | Dec 2 |
Lecture 24 Notes: Optical Design, thermally stable lens and structures. |
| 25 | Dec 7 |
Lecture 25: Ch. 19 S&T: Acousto-optics |
| 26 | Dec 9 |
Lecture 26: Exam preparation |
| 27 | Dec 14 |
Final Exam: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, room TBA, open notes, open book (S&T) |