The goal of this course is help the students relate what they have learnt in classroom to what they can see in the lab of a variety topics related to photonics. In addition, it will take away the “fear factor” by providing experience of operating various equipment. The students will learn to establish good practices in experimentation including keeping a lab notebook, keeping the experiment station clean and to write lab reports of journal-manuscript quality/style.

Suggested reading

• Fundamentals of Photonics by B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Wiley, 1991.
• Optical Electronics in Modern Communications by A. Yariv, Oxford, 5th Edition, 1997.

List of topics covered

• LabView,
• Beam Propagation,
• Waveguides,
• Acousto-Optics,
• Electro-Optics,
• Liquid Crystal Display,
• Fiber Sensor,
• Laser Diode,
• Fiber-Optic Link,
• Wavelength-Division Multiplexed System,
• Simulation of Photonic Systems