Subject:
Electrical Engineering
Credit units:
3
Offered:
Term 2 only
Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours and 2 Practicum/Lab hours
College:
Engineering
Department: Electrical and Cmptr Engin
Description
Topics include physical optics, Gaussian beams, thin film optics, Fabry-Perotresonators, diffraction, dielectric planar waveguides, optical fibers in optical communications, dispersion, bit-rate and bandwidth, direct and indirect semiconductors, E-k diagrams, semiconductor device principles, hetero junctions, light emitting devices, stimulated emission, Einstein coefficients for lasing devices, gas lasers, semiconductor lasers, new solid state lasers, emitters for optical communications, photodetectors, heterojunction photodiodes, noise in detectors, photodetectors for optical communications, polarization, Fresnel's ellipsoid, birefringence, light modulation, nonlinear effects, Pockels effect and modulators.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 473 and EE 301) or (EP 317 and PHYS 456).
Note:Students with credit for EP 431 will not receive credit for this course.
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