ECE 537 Integrated Photonics
Fundamentals of electromagnetic theory, waveguides, photonic
structures including photonic crystals and integrated micro-ring resonator,
numerical simulations of photonic integrated circuits using the beam propagation
method, finite-difference time-domain method, rate equations, and fabrication
processes.
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture
Prerequisites:
ECE 441, or consent of instructor.
Course Coordinator:
Mohammad R. Sayeh
Textbooks:
“
Integrated Photonics”, C. Pollock and M. Lipson, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Boston, 2003.
References:
“Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits”, L. A. Coldren, S. W. Corzine, John
Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1995.
“Integrated Photonics: Fundamentals”, G. Lifante, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003. “Computational Electrodynamics”, A. Toflove, S. C. Hagness, Artech House, Boston, 2005.
“Electromagnetic Simulation Using The FDTD Method”, D. M. Sullivan, IEEE Press, New York,
2000.
Goals:
This course introduces graduate students to the
fundamentals of photonic integrated circuits, design of photonic structures,
and simulation and analysis photonic integrated circuits.
Projects:
Students will be using in-house and freely available
software tools to study and analyze various aspects of nanoelectronic
devices and expected to generate novel design ideas and find solutions to
these technological problems. Demonstrate how computer programming (Matlab/Fortran/C/others)
can facilitate learning of nanoscale phenomena and device design.
Major CAD Packages:
OptiFDTD by Optiwave Systems Inc.
Last Review: Spring Semester 2009
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