EE 3315:  Optoelectronics
Term:  Spring 2005
Class Times:  MWF 1-1:50
Room:  Junkins 113
Textbook:  Integrated Photonics, Cliffor Pollock and Michal Lipson, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
Prerequisites: C- or better in 2350
Course Objective:
To provide a working knowledge of: 1) fundamental principles of electromagnetic theory, 2) waveguide, 3) simulation of waveguide modes, and 4) photonic structures.  
Grading:        20% Homework, 50% Tests (2), 30% Final Exam (Final exam is here in word and pdf)
Coures Website:  engr.smu.edu/ee/3315
Instructor:  
                    Dr. Marc P. Christensen
                    Office:  Junkins Room 317
                    Telephone:  x81407
                    Email:  mpc@engr.smu.edu
                    Office Hours:  T 3:30-4:30, W 2:00-3:00, Th 4:00-5:00pm or by appointment

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Course Schedule (subject to change):
Dates
 Topic / Handouts

1.  Introduction and Overview
1/14
1. A Brief History of Telecommunications
1/14
2. Development of the Optical Waveguide
1/14
3. Types of Optical Communication Systems
1/14
4. Opportunities in Optoelectronics

2.  Maxwell's Equations
1/19
1. Introduction:  Tools of the Trade
1/19
2. Maxwell's Equations
1/19
3. Constitutive Relations
1/19
4. The Wave Equation
1/19
5. Solutions to the Wave Equation
1/21
6. Transverse EM Waves and the Poynting Vector
1/21
7. Phase Velocity
1/21
8. Group Velocity
1/24
9. Boundary Conditions Example Mathematic Sheet for Fresnel Calcuation
1/26
10. Total Internal Reflection
1/26
11. Wave Description of TIR
1/26
12. Phase Shift Upon Reflection

3.  The Planar Slab Waveguide

1. Intro

2. Infinite Slab Waveguide

3. EM Analysis of Planar Waveguide

4. Longitudinal Wavevector

5. Eigenvalues for the Slab Waveguide

6. The Symmetric Waveguide

7. Intuitive Picture of the Mode

8. Properties of Modes

9. Number of Guided Modes in a Waveguide

10. Normalized Propagation Parameters

11. Numerical Aperture

4.  Step-Index Circular Waveguide Mathematica Sheet

1. Intro

2. Wave Equation in Circular Co-ordinates

3. Solution of the Wave Eqn for Ex

4. Field Distributions in the Step Index Fiber

5. Boundary Conditions for the Step-Index Waveguide

6. The Spatial Modes of a Step-Index Waveguide

7. Normalized Frequency and Cutoff

8. Fundamental HE11 Mode

9. Total Number of Modes in a Step-Index Waveguide

5.  Rectangular Dielectric Waveguides Mathematica Sheet

1. Intro

2. Wave Equation Analysis of Rectangular Waveguides
SKIPPED
3. Perturbation Approach to Correcting Beta
2/23
4. Effective Index Method

6.  Dispersion inWaveguides Mathematica Sheet
2/25
1. Intro

2. Three Types of Dispersion

3. Material Dispersion

4. Modal Dispersion

5. Waveguide Dispersion

6.  Simulataneous Effect of Material and Modal Dispersion

7.  Graded Index Waveguides Mathematica Sheet

1. Intro

2. Ray Tracing Model in Graded Index Material

3. Modal Picture of the Graded Index Waveguide

4. Direct Numerical Solution of the Wave Equation

8.  Attenuation and Nonlinear Effects

1. Intro

2. Intrinsic Absorption Loss

3. Rayleigh Scattering

4. Optical Fiber Manufacturing

5. Losses in Rectangular Waveguides

6. Mechanical Losses

7. Nonlinear Effects in Dielectrics

8. Stimulated Raman Scattering

9. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

10. Self Phase Modulation

11. Optical Solitons

9.  Numerical Methods

1. Intro

2. Beam Propagation Method

3. Superposition of Waves

4. The Fourier Transform in Guided Wave Optics

5. Beam Diffraction

6. BPM

7. Matlab Program for 1-D BPM

8. Waveguide Coupler

9. FDTD

10.  Coupled Mode Theory

1. Intro

2. Derivation of Coupling Equation Using Ideal Modes

3. Nondegenerative Coupling Between Modes in a Waveguide

4. Degerate Mode Coupling

5. Coupling by Periodic Perturbation

11.  Coupling Between Sources and Waveguides

1. Intro

2. Coupling of Modes Between Waveguides

3. Coupling From and Optical Fiber to an Integrated Waveguide

4. Coupling to an Optical Source

5. Surface Coupling a Beam to a Slab Waveguide

6. Grating Couplers

12.  Waveguide Modulators

1. Intro

2. Figures-of-Merit for a Modulator

3. Electrooptic Modulators and the Electrooptic Effect

4. Phase Modulators

5. Power Required to Drive a Phase Modulator

6. Electro-Optic Intensiry Modulators

7. Interferometric Modulators

8. Electro-Absorption Modulators

9. Acousto-optic Modulators

10. Applications of Acousto-optic Waveguide Devices

13.  Photonic Crystals

1. Intro

2. Basic Physics of the Photonic Crystal

3. The Photonic Band Gap

4. Photonic States of a 1D Photonic Crystal

5. Photonic States of a Continuous Medium

6. Omni-direcdtional Photonic Band Gap

7. 2-D Photonic Band Gap Structures

14.  Integrated Resonators and Filters

1. Into

2. Fiber Bragg Gratings

3. Resonators

4. 1-D Cavity Resonator

5. 2-D Cavity Resonator

6. 2-D Resonator Coupled to a Single Waveguide

7. Ring Resonator as an Add/Drop Filter

8. Sharp Bends Using Resonators