Courses

    Deals with the generation, transmission, modification and detection of light. Applications include fiber optics communications, data storage, sensing, and imaging. Leads to understanding of fundamental physical principles used in the analysis and design of modern photonic systems. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 3400 (minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of ECEN 3300. Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Given data rates, distance, reliability or bit error rates, the information required to specify the type of fiber, the source, the wave length, type of modulation, repeater or optical amplifiers, and detectors will be presented. Same as TLEN 5480. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 3400 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Introduces fundamental concepts, techniques, and technology of modern optical and photonic systems. Individual labs cover particular fields of optical technology, including light sources such as lasers and Leds, interferometers, fiber-optic communications, photodetection, spectrometers, and holography. Practical skills such as how to align an optical system will also be emphasized. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 3400 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Examines optical components and electro-optic devices with the goal of integrating into well design optoelectronic systems. Sample systems include optical storage, zoom lenses, and telescopes. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 3400 (minimum grade D-).
    Covers the application of Maxwell's equations to optical wave propagation in free space and in media.Topics include polarization, dispersion, geometrical optics, interference, partial coherence, and diffraction. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course ECEN 3410 (minimum grade D-).
    Builds up the concepts necessary to understand guided wave optical systems. Topics include slab wave-guides, semiconductor lasers, fiber optics, and integrated optics. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ECEN 4645 or ECEN 5645 and ECEN 5156 (all minimum grade D-).

    Provides advanced training in experimental optics. Consists of optics experiments that introduce the techniques and devices essential to modern optics, including characterization of sources, photodetectors, modulators, use of interferometers, spectrometers,and holograms, and experimentation of fiber optics and Fourier optics. Department enforced prereq., undergraduate optics course such as PHYS 4510. Same as PHYS 5606.

    Same as ECEN 4616. Prerequisites: Restricted to any graduate students or Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Concurrent Degree majors only.

    Analysis of active optical devices such as semiconductor laser, detector and flat panel display by clearly defining and interconnecting the fundamental physical mechanism, device design and operating principles and device performance. Recommended prereq., ECEN 5355.

    Emphasizes the elements that optical communication systems have in common with other communication systems. Works from a general communication system model toward fiber optic applications. Emphasizes the statistical nature of electronic based communication. Topics include 1) general system models, 2) detectors and receivers, 3) optical channels with emphasis on the single mode fiber channel, 4) coherent and incoherent systems: a) sources, b) modulation and c) detection, 5) special topics ranging from optical sensing to quantum communications. Prerequisites: Restricted to any graduate students or Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Concurrent Degree majors only.
    Introduces a system level approach to the analysis and design of optical systems. Topics include holography, Fourier transform properties of lenses, two-dimensional convolution and correlation functions, spatial filtering, and optical computing techniques. Also covers coherent and incoherent imaging techniques, tomography, and synthetic aperture imaging. Recommended prereq., ECEN 3300 and ECEN 3410. Prerequisites: Restricted to any graduate students or Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Concurrent Degree majors only.