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Syllabus



Syllabus

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This page includes a calendar listing lecture topics and key dates.



Textbook


The primary course text is:

Amazon logo Saleh, B. E. A., and M. C. Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics. New York, NY: Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 9780471839651.

Readings assigned from this book will be supplemented by lecture notes, selections from other books, journal articles, and other handouts.



Class Format


First Lecture per week:

  • Quiz (10 minutes)
  • Review of last class and student questions
  • Lecture

Second Lecture per week:

  • Homework due
  • Review of last class and student questions
  • Lecture


Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Workgroups


This class is offered concurrently to students at MIT and in Singapore via the Singapore-MIT Alliance. Students will assigned to Workgroups for weekly homeworks and Design Review projects. Each group will consist of 2-3 students at MIT and 2-3 students in Singapore.



Assignments


Students will be given weekly homework assignments. One solution will be submitted per workgroup. All members of the group receive the same homework grade.



Design Review Projects


Workgroups must complete four design review projects during the term. These begin with an introduction and discussion during class, and proceed via Web site discussion forums and optional appointments with Prof. Kimerling. The final deliverables are:

  • 20 minute presentation (5-6 slides), during which all workgroup members must speak.
  • Two days later, submit corrected slides and a final two-page report.


Weekly Quizzes


The weekly quizzes cover two lectures from the previous week. They test student attentiveness, and assess each student's ability to:

  1. Grasp Concepts, and
  2. Retain Facts.


Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework (7)30%
Quizzes (7)30%
Design Reviews (4)30%
Final Exam10%



Course Calendar



LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Optical Materials Design 1
2Optical Materials Design 2
3System Design: TDM, WDMHomework 1 due
4Ray Optics, EM Optics and Guided Wave Optics
5Waveguide DesignHomework 2 due
6WDM Filters: The Microcavity and the Ring Resonator
7Photonic CrystalsHomework 3 due
8Electrons in Semiconductors
9Photons in Semiconductors and DielectricsHomework 4 due
Design Review 1
10LEDs
11Optical Amplifiers and Lasers
12Crystal GrowthHomework 5 due
13Nonlinear Optics and Modulators
14Defects and Strain
15III-V ProcessingHomework 6 due
16Detectors 1Homework 7 due
Design Review 2
17Detectors 2
18Microphotonics 1
19Microphotonics 2
20Nanophotonics
Design Review 3 (Part 1), Real-Time Design Review 4 (Part 1)
Design Review 3 (Part 2), Real-Time Design Review 4 (Part 2)
21Photonics Toolkit
Final Exam

 








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