1.

ECE 4520 (5520) – Optoelectronic Engineering

2. Course credit hours: 3

Contact hours per week: 3
Credit category: Engineering Topics (Contains significant design)

3. Course coordinator: Dr. Satish Mahajan

4. Textbook: None

Supplemental materials:
a. Fundamentals of optoelectronics, Pollock
b. Introduction to Semiconductor Materials, Tyagi
c. Electro-Optical Devices and Systems, M. A. Karim

5. Course information:
2020 Catalog Device theory for optical communication and instrumentation systems.
description
Prerequisite(s) C or better in ECE 3540
Course type Selected elective for EE, EE-VE, CmpE

6. Course instructional outcomes:

Course ABET
Outcome Course Outcome (CO) Student
No. Outcome
CO1 Find diffusion profile inside a junction by testing it from outside. SO1
CO2 Compare different optical sources and understand limitations from SO1
the point of view of frequency response and spectral width.
CO3 Convert optical flux into an electrical signal and select an optical SO1,
detector for a given application. SO6
CO4 Realize self-limiting behavior of solar cells and appreciate potential SO1
for future research.
CO5 Understand how geometry and type of an optical fiber along with SO1
wavelength of light affects the number of modes (channels) which
can be transmitted through an optical fiber.

ABET criterion 3 Student Outcomes addressed by this course:

SO
Student Outcome (SO)
No.
SO1 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by
applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
SO6 An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and
interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

7. Course topics:
1. Review of Electromagnetic and Quantum Principles (4%)
 2. Abrupt and Linearly Graded Junctions (7%)
3. Optical Sources (19%)
4. Optical Detectors (30%)
5. Planar Dielectric Waveguide (7%)
6. Cylindrical Dielectric Waveguide (7%)
7. Dispersion in a Waveguide (7%)
8. Coupling and other Losses in a Waveguide (7%)
9. Project Presentation (2%)
10. Test and Solution (10%)

Program criteria (curriculum) addressed by this course:

1. …mathematics through differential and integral calculus…and engineering topics
(including computing science) necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and
electronic devices.
2. …must include advanced mathematics, such as differential equations, linear algebra,
complex variables, and discrete mathematics.

8. Additional topics, assignments, or requirements for dual-level (4000/5000) course:

1. Extra Project will be required for ECE 5520

9. Date: 06/22/2020