Optical technology is increasingly prevalent in communications, sensing, medicine and human interface. This commercial growth is driving optical systems to become smaller, cheaper and more robust - the same pressures that drove the integrated electronics revolution. The goal of this course is to give students the tools to design, fabricate and test integrated optical circuits and systems.
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Pre-requisites and background:听The course content will be influenced by student interest, but will at a minimum give you a firm and unified understanding of waveguide and guided-wave device properties. Design of devices to meet a specific need will be the core concept. Through individual projects, there will be opportunities for you to investigate areas of personal interest.
Computer use:听HW will sometimes require simple scientific programming in Matlab
Lab:听Demonstrations will be given in Dr. Mcleod鈥檚 labs, but no course labwork.
Text:
- Text: Pollock and Lipson
- Reference: Snyder and Love
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