Introduction to Photonics

COURSE OUTLINE: Introductory course in photonics leading to more advanced courses such as Lasers, Optical Communications, Optical Sensors and Photonics Integrated Circuits. The learning objectives are: (1) Learn the fundamental principles of photonics and light-matter interactions, (2) Develop the ability to formulate problems related to photonic structures/processes and analyze them, and (3) Understand processes that help to manipulate the fundamental properties of light.

Introduction to Photonics.
Introduction to Photonics.
Diffraction & Interference.
Tutorial on Ray Optics & Wave Optics.
Lab Demonstration : Diffractions & Interference.
Interferometers.
Coherence.
Spatial & Temporal Coherence.
Tutorial on Wave Optics.
Lab Demonstration : Michelson Interferometer.
Electromagnetic Optics.
Fiber Optics.
Photon Properties.
Lab Demonstration: Fiber modes, NA and MFD.
Photon Optics.
Tutorial Photon Optics.
Photon Interaction - 1.
Photon Interaction - 2.
Lab Demonstration : Interaction of light with matter.
Optical Amplification.
Three Level Systems.
Four Level Systems.
EDFA Introduction.
EDFA Tutorial.
Lasers Part 1.
Lab Demonstration: EDFA Characterization.
Lasers part- 02.
Lasers part- 03.
Lasers part- 04.
Lab Demonstration: Fiber Laser.
Semiconductor light Source and detector Band structure.
Semiconductor light Source and detector Light emission.
Semiconductor light Source and detector LED Characteristics.
Lab Demonstration : Semiconductor Sources.
Lab Demonstration: Semiconductor Detectors.
Semiconductor Detectors 3.
Semiconductor Detectors 2.
Semiconductor Detectors 1.
Semiconductor light Source and detector Laser Characteristics.
Semiconductor Detectors - 4.
Light manipulation-Mallus' Law.
Light manipulation-Birefringence.
Light manipulation-Faraday Rotation.
Lab Demonstration: Manipulation of Light Intensity & Polarization.
Non-linear optics-Pockels effect.
Non-linear optics-Kerr Effect.
Lab Demonstration: Manipulation of Light Electro Optic Modulator (EOM).
Non linear optics stimulated Brillouin scattering.
Non linear optics stimulated Raman scattering.