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Photonics
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Readings/Assignments/Projects/Grades
1. The course notes entitled Photonics (this document) is an abbreviated version of Notes on
Lasers and Light which highlights the most important aspects of light, lasers, fiber optics, and optical
communications and signal processing. It forms the outline for the course and integrates readings,
course notes, assignments, mini-projects, and a final project. This is your key reference. You are
responsible for the parts that are covered in class or assigned for reading.
2. Homework will be assigned from this document (see problems at the end). Assistance in solving
these problems and review sessions will be given by Thomas Wu <xwu[at]ee.upenn.edu>, a Penn Ph.D.
student in Electrical Engineering. Late homework is not accepted.
3. Notes on Lasers and Light covers in greater technical detail selected aspects of the properties of
light and the operation of lasers. It provides a readily available source for selected technical and
scientific aspects of the course for which you may want additional information.
4. Fiber Optic Communications by Joseph C. Palais is a general text covering the photonic
landscape from optical basics to fiber optics fundamentals to systems aspects of fiber communications.
Chapters 1 through 5 provide background material for the first part of the course while the remaining
portion (especially chapters 6, 8, 9, 12) form the text for the second half of this course on fiber optics.
The bibliography at the end (pg. 315) is useful for further reading.
5. The series of articles entitled Designers Guide to Fiber Optics provides a good, although dated,
overview of fiber optics system design and will be coordinated with the text by Palais. A series of
papers starting with the article, Lightwave Communications: The Fifth Generation by D. Emmanuel,
provide an overview of fiber optical communication systems. Of particular interest are all-fiber systems
and the use of non-linear optics and solitary waves in modern systems.
6. Optical Communication Systems by J. Gowar is dedicated to the details of the generation,
transmission, and reception of photonic signals for communications. This book covers material from
basic wave propagation to systems concepts. Several relevant chapters are included in the course
material. Fiber Optic Networks by P. Green provides some of the useful systems and networks aspects
of the course. Several chapters of this text are also included.
Session I
Before Session I, skim chapters 1 - 3 (pg. 1 - 78) of Fiber Optic Communications, and read the
attached course notes Photonics for Session I (pg. 5-12). After Session I, skim the first half of the
handout Notes on Lasers and Light, read the project description (end of this document), review the
reading material listed above as needed, and do review problems (end of this document) for next session
as assigned in class.
Session II
Read the second half of the handout Notes on Lasers and Light, the attached course notes
Photonics for Session II and chapters 2 - 3 (pg. 36 - 78) of Fiber Optic Communications. Skim this
document and look at the requirements for the final project. Do review problems for next session.
Session III
Read the reprinted material from the text An Introduction to Lasers and their Applications, the
course notes Photonics for Session III. Do review problems for next session and finalize choice of
teams and topic for your final photons project.
Session IV
Skim chapters 4 and 6 of Fiber Optic Communication and read chapter 5. Also read the first
half of the handout Designers Guide to Fiber Optics, the course notes Photonics for Session IV. Do
review problems for next session. You will be asked to identify the participants in your project and the
general topic of your final project.
Session V
Skim chapters 7, 8, 9 and 12 of Fiber Optic Communication, read the second half of the
handout Designers Guide to Fiber Optics, the course notes Photonics for Session V. Do review
problems for next session. Be prepared to give a two minute summary of your final project to the class.
After class, prepare for quiz at the beginning of Session VI.
Session VI
Skim chapters 9 and 12 of the text Fiber Optic Communications and review the material on
optical Fouler transforms and optical signal processing in Photonics, review Fourier transforms and read
the paper "The Use of Optical Fourier Transforms to Obtain Pleomorphism, Size and Chromatic
Clumping in Nuclear Models," by C. P. Miles and D. L. Jaggard, Anal. Quant. Cytology J. 3, 149-156
(1981) or read alternative material assigned in class. Do review problems and have a draft of your
photonics project ready. The final project is due at the start of the next term (approximately two weeks
after our final classroom session). Be prepared with VU graphs for a five to ten minute talk that
provides an overview of your final project. Prepare for the course quizz.