ELE 453 Optical Electronics

Hakan E. T ureci, Fall 2013

Hakan T ureci, tureci@princeton.edu, EQuad B312, x8-1993 Omer Malik, omalik@princeton.edu, EQuad C319g

Objectives
The goal of this course is to expose students to fundamentals of light-matter interactions, waveguides and resonators, nonlinear optics and lasers.

Lectures
Lectures TTh 11:00 am - 12:20 pm in Sherrerd 101 Mostly blackboard, some ppt Take notes! Additional reading, announcements: PU BlackBoard

Pre-requisites
Quantum Mechanics Electromagnetic Field Theory/Radiation Theory/Waves PS#0 not graded (do not return), for calibration

Problem Sets
Regular Problem sets & Matlab-based exercises posted on PU BlackBoard Regular Oce hours (to be announced)

Final
Oral Exam or Presentation (depending on the number of students)

Grading
Problem sets: 60 % Final: 30 % Participation: 10 %

Sources

Books: Fundamentals of Photonics, B. E. A. Saleh & M. C. Teich Light (vol. 2), H. Haken

Syllabus
0. Introduction to Optical Electronics: Light & Matter 1. Electromagnetic eld theory of light 1.1 Maxwells equations 1.2 The Wave equation 1.3 The Source-Field problem 2. Trapping and guiding light 2.1 Optical resonators 2.2 Optical waveguides 2.3 Geometrical Optics & Gaussian Optics 3. Classical light - matter interactions 3.1 Classical sources and Drude-Lorentz Model 3.2 The basic quantum source Two level system 3.3 Bloch equations 3.4 Linear photonic media and dispersion theory 3.5 Reection, refraction, absorption, gain 5. Lasers: Basics 5.1 Maxwell-Bloch equations 5.2 Laser characteristics: Thresholds, spectra etc. 5.3 Rate Equations 6. Lasers: Advanced topics 6.1 Dynamical aspects of lasers: Q-switching, mode locking, pulsed lasers 6.2 Semiconductor lasers: Diode & Quantum Cascade Lasers