Optoelectronics

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Principles and applications of optoelectronics including sources, detectors, imagers, transmitters, fiber optics, systems and integrated optics. This course is designed as an elective course for the EET senior undergraduate students. This course introduces some critical components that are needed in fiber optic communication systems. This includes optical transmitters (Light emitting diode, and laser diodes), optical receivers (i.e., photodetector), modulators and demodulators, optical couplers (how to connect more than two fibers together), and optical amplifiers (including the basic principle of erbium doped fiber optic amplifiers). The topics covered in this course include Optics Review, Lightwave Fundamentals, Measuring Light, Optical Waveguides, Light Sources and Detectors, Couplers and Connectors, Noise and Detection, and System Design. Relevant laboratory experiences are used to reinforce the topics covered in class.