Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge of the photonic materials, structures and fabrication technologies, devices (e.g., integrated photonic and optical devices), and their applications (e.g., optical data- and telecommunications and sensors )
Credits: 5
Schedule: 11.01.2021 - 24.02.2021
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Markku Sopanen, Zhipei Sun
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Markku Sopanen, Zhipei Sun
Contact information for the course (valid 07.12.2020-21.12.2112):
Please send emails to prof. zhipei sun (zhipei.sun@aalto.fi), if you have any questions or concerns.
CEFR level (applies in this implementation):
Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):
Teaching language: English
Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
- Photonic materials, structures, and device fabrication technologies
- Integrated optics and photonics
- Applications (e.g., optical data- and telecommunications and sensors).
Applies in this implementation:
1. Introduction. Overview of the course & photonics.
2. Theory of optical waveguides. Ray theory of the slab waveguide, electromagnetic theory of waveguides, TE and TM modes, planar guides with graded index profiles, channel waveguides.
3. Optical fibers and amplifiers. Optical properties, guided modes, pulse propagation, group velocity dispersion, modal dispersion. Rare-earth doped fiber amplifiers, gain and amplified spontaneous emission, optical noise in amplifiers, Raman amplifiers.
4. Silicon photonics. Introduction to silicon photonics, its applications and recent progress.
5. Structural coloration. Fundamentals of structural coloration in nature.
6. Plasmonics. Fundamentals of plasmonics and their applications; graphene and other nanomaterials based plasmonics.
7. Project works
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Exercises, seminar presentations and examination.
Applies in this implementation:
1. home assignment
2. Poster presentation
3. team work
4. class participation
5. final exam
Workload
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Lectures and lab work: 41 h
Independent study: 94 h
Applies in this implementation:
Lectures: 24 h
Home assignment: 6 h
Exam: 3 h
Team work: 40 h
Independent study: 60 h
DETAILS
Study Material
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
1. B. E. A. Saleh, & M. Carl Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics.
2. G. T. Reed, & A. P. Knights, Silicon Photonics: An Introduction.
3. G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems.
4. K. Izuka, Elements of Photonics, Vol. II, Fiber and Integrated Optics
Applies in this implementation:
•B.E.A. Saleh, M.C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, 2007
•A. Yariv, Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 5th edition, Oxford University Press, 1997.
•G. P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Wiley, 2002.
•C. R. Pollock, Fundamentals of Optoelectronics, Irwin, 1995.
•P. C. Becker, N. A. Olsson, and J. R. Simpson, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Fundamentals and Technology, Academic Press, San Diego, 1999
•Reed, Graham T. - Knights, Andrew P. Silicon photonics: an introduction, Wiley
Substitutes for Courses
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
S-104.3410 Photonics and Integrated Optics
Prerequisites
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
No.
Registration for Courses
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
WebOodi. Course starts already from the first lecture, therefore signing up for the course needs to be completed one week before the course starts.
Applies in this implementation:
Please be the first lecture, in which we will discuss more details about the course and the practical arrangment.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
NOTE! Course starts already from the first lecture, therefore signing up for the course needs to be completed one week before the course starts.
Applies in this implementation:
Please be the first lecture, in which we will discuss more details about the course and the practical arrangment.
Details on the schedule
Applies in this implementation:
Please find the schedule in mycourses website.
- Teacher: Sopanen Markku
- Teacher: Sun Zhipei