ECE1232-Introduction to Lasers and Optical Electronics

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Pittsburgh

Spring 2008

Instructor: Prof. Kevin P. Chen

Coordinates:

Lecture room: Phone Email Office WWW

352 Cathedral of Learning 412-6249675 kchen@engr.pitt.edu Benedum Hall 442 http://www.engr.pitt.edu/electrical/faculty-staff/chen/ECE1232/index.htm

Notice

Lectures: Tuesday       6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Office hours: Monday            10:30 am to 12:00 noon Wednesday       10:30 am to 12:00 noon

Teaching Assistant: Mr. Tong Chen

Office: Email: Office hours

Benedum Hall 762 toc2@pitt.edu Tuesday       13:00 pm to 14:30 pm Thursday      13:00 am to 14:30 pm

Lecture Notes: Week 1: Maxwell equations (Chapter 5.1-5.4) Week 2: Polarization, Snell's law (Chapter 6.1 and 6.2) Week 3: Dielectric Waveguide (Chapter 8.2 and 8.3) Week 4: Fiber Optics (Chapter 9) Week 5: Resonator Optics (Chapter 10) Week 6: Photon and Atom (Chapter 13)

Assignments & Solutions: HW 1 Solution 1 HW 2 Solution 2 HW 3 Solution 3 HW 4 HW 5

COURSE TEXT:  

Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Edition, by Saleh and Teich, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-35832-9

REFERENCES:

• Optics by Eugene Hecht, 4th Edition, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-8053-8566-5
• Elements of Photonics by Keigo Iizuka, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-40815-8
• Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communication by Yariv and Yeh, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-195-17946-3

COURSE DESCRIPTION:                                 

• Basic tools in understanding a wide range of engineering applications of photonics
• Guided-wave optics: planar waveguides, optical fibers
• Resonant cavities, lasers, pn junctions, semiconductor lasers
• Photodetector, optic modulators, integrated optics elements
• Polarization and modulation of light

MARKING SCHEME

Assignment:                             10%

Middle term:                            30%  

Final exam:                              60%

Total:                                     100%

The final score is the sum of scores from quizzes, assignments, and the final, there is no curve.

Letter grades:

A+: 95%-100%             A: 85%-89%                   A-: 80%-84%                    B (+/-): 70%-79%         

C(+/-): 60%-69%          D: 55%-59%                   F: 0%-54.9%       

Policy:

• No late withdrawal
• Make-up exams can only be arranged with a 48-hour notice before exams and with valid proofs
• Appeal of your grade can be made within 7 days when it becomes available
• Under NO circumstance, a F grade can be changed to a passing grade once it is assigned