Basics of photonics IS-FEE-10001

Acquainting students with the main theme of photonics research (metrology devices and systems, sensors and photonic technologies). Identification of areas of photonics applications including respectively: optical fiber technology, laser technology, optical and fiber-optic telecommunication, semiconductor optoelectronics, integrated optoelectronics. Overview of selected problems of photonics: geometrical and wave optics, propagation of the electromagnetic wave in free space and the dispersion medium. Acquainted with the elements of nonlinear optics. Teaching the principles of operation and measurement of the elements of photonic systems: cylindrical and planar optical fibers, elements of optical fiber network, optical modulators. Acquainted with the materials and microelectronic technologies. Overview of contemporary directions in the field of photonics.
The basics of the optical phenomena theory in semiconductors and optical waveguides. Low dimensional structures - the principle of the use of quantum wells in semiconductor emitters of radiation. Engineering of the photonic bang gap - super-network. Interfaces in photonic structures. Periodic optical structures - a construction of selected elements, methods of analysis and development perspectives. The construction and selected applications of the matrix of sources and detectors with low-dimensional structures. The phenomenon of optical bistability. Bistable photonic components. Optical logic elements. Nonlinear phenomena.

Requirements:
Students should have basic knowledge in the field of mathematics, electrical physics, circuit theory, digital and analog electronics, fundamentals of computer science. The general requirement is that student has studied engineering for at least 2 years. In some cases prerequisites are defined.