Subject Code: EC4L002 Subject Name: Opto-Electronics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credits: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Introduction to Electronics
Review of basic principles from physics, optical wave representation, interferometers, optical resonators, planar mirror resonators, modes of resonators, spherical mirror resonators, confinement, gaussian beams, photons and matter, energy levels; Photon optics: interactions of photons and atoms, population inversion, spontaneous and stimulated emission; Lasers: gain mechanism, rate equations, pumping, gain and gain coefficient,  laser oscillation theory,  laser types, power and spectral distribution , polarization, mode selection, light emitting diodes, fabry-perot lasers, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (edfa); Photo detectors: properties of photo detectors, photoconductors, photodiodes. Avalanche photodiodes, phototransistors and noise mechanisms, signal-to-noise analysis, and modulation of optical signals, formats, and receivers; Noise and detection:  types of noise and distortion which affects optical signals, methods of reducing effects of noise and distortion, optimal detection methods and devices; Overview of opto-electronic networks: fddi, fiber channel, sonnet.
Text Books:
  1. Saleh and Teich,  “Fundamentals of Photonics,”  Wiley Interscience, 2nd edition, 2007.  
  2. J. Senior, “Optical Fiber Communications. Principle and Practice,” Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-8131732663.
Reference Books: 
  1. Wilson and Hawkes “Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice Hall; 3rd Ed., 1997, ISBN-13: 978-0131039612.
  2. Journal Readings (IET- Optoelectronics)