ECE 227C: Semiconductor Lasers III

Spring 2010

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Larry Coldren and Dr. Milan Masanovitch

 

Rm. 3205F ESB, coldren@ece.ucsb.edu

Office Hours

MW 1:45

Web Page

http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/courses/ECE227/227C_S10Coldren/

Class Time

Monday and Wednesday 12-2

Place

Phelps 1437

Reader

Erik Norberg

 

Rm. 3205A ESB, norberg@ece.ucsb.edu

 

 

Textbook

Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Larry Coldren and Scott Corzine, Wiley, NY (1995)

ISBN: 0-471-11875-3 a

 

Course Coverage

Download Syllabus

 

Handouts

 

MMI paper

 

Losses in optical waveguides

 

Curved waveguides

 

Chapter on AWG

 

Powerpoint from lecture 050510

 

Example problems 051910

 

Homework
MATLAB (or equivalent plot software) is required for all plots. 

Please include equations, labels, and units when appropriate. 

Due Date

Assignment

Solution

4/7/10

6.1

HMWRK1

4/14/10

6.4, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10

HMWRK2

4/21/10

6.11, 6.12, 7.1, 7.3

HMWRK3

4/28/10

7.2, 7.4, 7.5

HMWRK4

5/5/10

7.11

HMWRK5

5/12/10

Midterm redo

Midterm solutions

5/19/10

8.1, 8.2

HMWRK6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grading and Rules

Your grade will be based on your performance in 3 areas:

1) The homework sets (~30%)

2) The midterm (~35%)

3) The final exam (~35%)

 

Homework will be assigned one week before the deadline, and will be collected in class on Wednesdays unless otherwise specified.

Late homework will not be accepted, except in case of severe hardship (post-deadline papers…etc).

The midterm will be on Monday May 3rd.

The final exam will be at 12pm on Tuesday June 8th.

Both midterm and final will be open-book exams.

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Please use MATLAB or similar graphing programs for plots and include the equation used to create the graph.

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