OE 460Silicon Pho Devices & App

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · 4 credits · UGRD

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Section information text: Energy bands in semiconductors, minority and majority carriers and n/p-type doping. PN-junction in semiconductors, free-carrier absorption and recombination, forward and reverse bias pn-junction diodes. Thermo-optic effect, Franz-Keldysh effect, and plasma dispersion effect in semiconductors. TE/TM-mode propagation in semiconductor waveguides. Modeling passive and active silicon photonic (SiPh) devices. Examples of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and applications. Fabrication of passive and active SiPh devices and PICs. Laboratory experiments will cover performance characterization of passive and active SiPh devices and PIC systems.

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Fall 2026 · 1 section

Sep 3 – Nov 19

Section	Days & time	Location	Instructor
01Class #1473	We · 2:00 – 4:50 PMMo Tu Th Fr · 4:00 – 4:50 PM	Moench Hall DL117Myers Hall M107	Siahmakoun, Azad
01 notes: Instructional method: Lecture