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Aims :

This course is intended to provide basic knowledge and understanding of: wave propagation at optical frequencies, light properties, optical fibers, Laser sources and their application to telecommunication systems.

Prerequisites by Topic:

1. Electromagnetic Fields.
2. Microwaves.
3. Antennas.
4. Basic linear algebra concepts
5. Basic integral and differential calculus

Topics :

1) Basic concepts of plane-wave propagation and polarization.
2) Plane-wave incidence at any angle and transmission-line analogy; Snell’s laws.
3) Total reflection and total transmission.
4) Propagation in multilayer dielectric slab.
5) Optical fibers: variational methods, exact methods, dispersion, losses.
6) Theory of the modal coupling; application to optical lattices and photonic crystals.
7) Basic concept of optical modulation; electro-optic modulator.
8) Stimulated emission in direct transition semiconductors. Theory of Fabry-Perot Laser and DFB optical amplifiers.
9) Photodetectors. Interferometers. Beam splitters and quarter-wave plates.


Textbooks :

1) T. Rozzi, A. Di Donato, Componenti e Circuiti Ottici, Pitagora Editrice, Bologna, 2005
2) S. O. Kasap, Optoelectronics and photonics: principles and practices, Prentice Hall, 2001.
3) Ramo, Winnery, Van Duzer, Fields and waves in communication electronics, John Wiley, 1995.
4) T. Rozzi e M. Mongiardo, Open E.M. Waveguides, IEE Press, London 1997

Exam :

Written and oral text.

Tutorial Session :

To be defined once the lessons scheduling is known.