INSTRUCTORS
LECTURES Tuesday and Thursday – 12:40 to 2:00 pm in 293 Cory
DISCUSSION SESSION Wed – 2:10 to 3:00 pm in 293 Cory
TEXTBOOK
- S.L. Chuang, Physics of Photonic Devices, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2009
REFERENCES (On reserve at Engineering Library)
- Yariv & Yeh, Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, Oxford University Press, 2006
- L A Coldren; S W Corzine; Milan Mashanovitch, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, John Wiley & Sons, 2012
- Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed. Wiley, 2007
- [Reference for discussion session] Lukas Chrostowski and Michael Hochberg, Silicon Photonics Design: From Devices to Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2015
COURSE OBJECTIVE
- Develop a physical understanding of optoelectronic devices, including light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, modulators; solar cells
- Acquire basic skills for analyzing and designing semiconductor optoelectronic and photonic integrated devices.
PREREQUISSITES
- EE 130: p-n junction, semiconductor physics, concept of energy bands, Fermi levels.
- PHYS 137A/B: (recommended) Basic concept of quantum mechanics, perturbation theory
- EE 117: (recommended) Concept of dielectric waveguide, electromagnetic waves.
HOMEWORK
Homework is usually assigned on Thursdays and due the following Thursday in class. Discussion and collaboration is permitted, but you must write your own derivations and do your own calculations.
EXAM & GRADES (grades will be posted in bCourses)
Homework 20%
2 Midterms 20% + 20%
Final Exam 20%
Final Project 20%
EECS Department Policy on Academic Dishonesty: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Policies/acad.dis.shtml
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