Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 574 Nonlinear Optics

Coupled-mode-analysis applied to nonlinear wave interactions, harmonic generation, parametric amplification, backward wave amplifiers, backward oscillation in laser systems, phase conjugation and multiple-wave mixing systems, Pockels and Kerr effects, and electro-optical modulations in optical communication systems.

Credit Hours: 3 Lecture

Prerequisites: ECE 375 or consent of instructor

Course Coordinator: Mohammad R. Sayeh

Textbooks:

1. "Nonlinear Optics, Second Edition", Robert Boyd, Academic Press, New York, 2003.

References:

1. "Optical Waves in Crystals", A. Yariv and P. Yeh, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1984.

2. "Optical Waves in Layered Media", P. Yeh, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1988.

3. "Introduction to Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics", P. Yeh, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1993.

Goals:

1. This course introduces graduate students to the field of nonlinear optics. The application of this field in fiber optic communications and computer data storage is emphasized.

Last Review: Spring Semester 2004