Course Number

EE 5336

Catalog Description

This course is directed at the issues of integrated photonics.  Four major area are covered:  1) fundamental principles of electromagnetic theory;  2) waveguides;  3) simulation of waveguide modes, and  4) photonic structures.  The emphasis is slightly heavier into  optical waveguides and numerical simulation techniques because advances in optical communications will be based on nanostructure waveguides coupled with  new materials.  Topics include:  Maxwell's equations;  slab, step index, rectangular and graded index wave guides;  dispersion;  attenuations;  non-linear effects;  numerical methods;  and coupled mode theory.  Mathematica will be used extensively in this class.

Prerequisites

EE 3311 & EE 3330, or permission of instructor.