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Course Catalog 2013-2014
FYS-6606 Photonics, 5 cr |
Additional information
Kurssi luennoidaan englanniksi ja materiaali on englanninkielistä.
Lectured in english and the material is in english.
The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Tapio Niemi
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Pakolliset laskuharjoitukset ja tentti.
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
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Learning Outcomes
Introduction to basics of photonics. Especially optoelectronics and nanophotonics. Layred optical structures, periodic structures, waveguides, micro-cavity components, photonic crystals
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Electromagnetic waves, transfer matrix formalism, waveguides | ||
| 2. | Periodic structures,photonic band gap, Bragg reflectors, microcavities, fabrication technology | ||
| 3. | Coupled-mode theory, directional coupling,distributed feedback, distributed feedback lasers, lasing threhold, fiber Bragg gratings | ||
| 4. | Photonic crystals, slow light, negative refraction |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Compulsory exercises and examination
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Photonics | Yariv, Amnon | 0-19-517946-3 | No | English | ||
| Lecture slides | Tapio Niemi | No | English | ||||
| Other online content | Timely research reports, journal articles | No | English |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Introduction to basics of photonics. Introduction to theories and fabrication of optoelectronic and photonic components. Theory is presented as background information for periodic structures. Their various applications include distributed feedback lasers, microcavities, fiber Bragg gratings and photonic crystals. Fabrication technology includes introduction to nanolithography. |