EECE 5651 — Introduction to Photonic Devices
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: TBostonOakland, CALive CastTraditional
Introduces fundamentals of photonic devices and guided-wave optoelectronics. Photonic devices play a key role in long-haul telecommunications, datacom/high-performance computing, as well as quantum communication and computation. Introduces basics of passive and active components used in these applications with coverage of electromagnetic and fiber optics, dielectric waveguides, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology, sources (semiconductor lasers), and photon detectors and external modulators (electro- and acousto-optic).
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Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 23% | 23.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 44% | 14.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 54% | 8.0 |
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Meeting times
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Professors
Fall
- Siddhartha Ghosh (100% of students) · reviews
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