Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Lec. İsmail YARİÇİ

Photonics and Device Applications

Course Code	: EE444
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: English
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

Objectives of this course are: understanding clearly the basic principles of photonic devices, understanding clearly effects of various processes on device characteristics, to design new photonic devices

Course Content

Wave properties of light •Dielectric waveguides and properties •Optical fibers and properties •Attenuation and dispersion •Semiconductors •Light emitting diode, basic operations, material properties, design parameters and applications •LASER, basic operations, material properties, design parameters and applications •Photodetectors, basic operations, material properties, design parameters and applications • Photovoltaic devices, basic operations, material properties, design parameters and applications

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	Ability to use photonics and related physics fundamentals in engineering applications
2.	Ability to use optoelectronics and related physics fundamentals in engineering applications
3.	Ability to design and simulate basic photonic devices used in engineering Ability to design and simulate basic photonic devices used in engineering Ability to design and simulate basic photonic devices used in engineering
4.	Ability to design and simulate basic optoelectronic devices used in engineering
5.	Ability to define and solve problems of optoelectronic-photonic devices from materials to production with relevant parameters

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Kasap S. O., “Optoelectronics and Photonics Principles and Practices”, Prentice Hall,
2.	Pierret R. F., “Semiconductor Device Fundamentals”, Addison-Wesley, 1996

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Wave properties of light: ligth propagation in homojeneous media, refractice index, group index and group velocity

Week 2 - Theoretical

Wave properties of light: Snell Law, total internal reflection, Frensel equations, interference

Week 3 - Theoretical

Dielectric waveguides: symmetric dielectric waveguide, structure, parameters, single and multi mode waveguides

Week 4 - Theoretical

Dielectric waveguides: dispersion and related parameters

Week 5 - Theoretical

Optical Fibers: step index fiber, nümerical aparture, dispersion in single mode fibers

Week 6 - Theoretical

Optical Fibers: bit rate, electrical and optical bandwidth, light absorption and scattering

Week 7 - Theoretical

Optical Fibers: Loss mechanism in fibers, Attanuation, and fiber manifacturing

Week 8 - Theoretical

Semiconductor and Light Emitting Diodes: introduction to the semiconductors, pn junction, band diagrams

Week 9 - Theoretical

Semiconductor and Light Emitting Diodes LEDs, materials, basic operations, characterization and application of fiber optic communications

Week 10 - Theoretical

Lasers: photon amplifications, stimulated emission, rate equations, optical fiber amplifiers

Week 11 - Theoretical

Lasers: gas lasers and output spectrums,laser osilation conditions, basic operations and characterisations

Week 12 - Theoretical

Photodetectors: p-n junction , basic operations, absorption coefficient, quantum efficiency, pin photodiode, avalanche photodiode

Week 13 - Theoretical

Photovoltaic devices: solar spectrum, fundemental of photovoltaic devices, current-voltage characterisation, series resistance and electrical equivalent circuits, materials, and efficiency

Week 14 - Theoretical

Overview

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Attending Lectures	1	%5
Quiz	1	%5
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	3	70
Individual Work	14	0	1	14
Quiz	1	4	1	5
Midterm Examination	1	12	2	14
Final Examination	1	20	2	22
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11
OÇ-1	4			4			3				4
OÇ-2	4			4			4				4
OÇ-3	4	4	4			4
OÇ-4	4	4	4			4
OÇ-5	4				5		4

Person Responsible for Information Package

Lec. İsmail YARİÇİ