Dispersion Effect, and Its Impact On Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers, Interaction Between Light and Matter# Absorption, Stimulated Emission, Spontaneous Emission and The Connection Between These Effects, Continuous Wave (cw) Lasers, Dynamics in Lasers and Its Application to Study Q-switch Pulsed Lasers, Light Propagation In Anisotropic Materials# Snell Equation and The Index Ellipsoid, The Electro-optic Effect and Its Application to Modulate Intensity, Phase, and Polarization of Light. Learning Ouctomes# at The End of The Course, The Students Will Be Able To# 1. Gain a Deep Understanding and Be Able to Model The Following Effects# Dispersion and Its Impact On Optical Pulse Propagation In Fibers, Interaction Between Light and Matter For Obtaining Optical Amplifiers and Lasers With an Emphasis On Optical Communication Systems, Propagation of Light in Anisotropic Media, and The Electro-optic Effect and Its Implementation to Modulate Light. 2. Know How to Calculate Fundamental Limitations of Optical Amplifiers And Lasers, and On Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Optical Fibers. 3. Know From The Practical Perspective, to Formulate The Equations Needed For a Numerical Analysis and The Design of Distributed Optical Amplifiers While Considering Noise and Pumping. 4. Have a Sufficient Theoretical Knolwdge to Begin an Experimental Work in The Field of Photonics.

Faculty: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Pre-required courses

44140 - Electromagnetic Fields or 114246 - Electromagnetism and Electrodynamics


Course with no extra credit (contained)

44339 - Photonics and Lasers


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