About Us ABET ECE 1232Introduction to Lasers and Optical Electronics(3 credits) VDescription: Introduction to, and application of, basic laser and optical electronic principles; optical modulation and detection systems. Prerequisites: ECE 1249 Text: Optoelectronics and Photonics; Principles and Practice, S.O. Kasap, Prentice Hall 2001 Course Objectives: Introduce students to concepts basic to the understanding of lasers and optical electronics. Topics Covered: Light propagation, group velocity, Snell’s law, interference, Goos-Hanchen shift, tunneling, coherence, diffraction principles, dielectric waveguides and fibers, slab guide, modes, V-number, modal and waveguide dispersion, fibers, multimode, single-mode, group velocity and delay, dispersion, bit-rate. Semiconductor science and light emitting diodes-review of semiconductor principles, LEDs, heterojunction LEDs. Stimulated emission and lasers, fiber amplifiers, gas lasers, line-broadening, laser diodes, quantum well devices, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, photodectors, quantum efficiency and responsivity, pin diode, avalanche photodiode, heterojunction photodiodes, phototransisitors. Polarization and modulation of light-polarization states, propagation in an anisotropic medium, birefringenent devices (retardation plates, Soleil-Babinet cmpensator), optical activity, electro-optic effects, Pockels and Kerr effects, modulators. Nonlinear optical effects and second harmonic generation Class/Laboratory Schedule: Two 75-minute lectures per week. Professional Component Contributions: Students learn how to design optical waveguides and fibers, modulators, laser resonators and detection systems. Prepared by: Joel Falk Date Prepared: February 23, 2005
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