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ECE/PH 483/583 Guided Wave Optics, Spring 2006

GRADES

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Spring 2005 Midterm Exam for Review

Spring 2006 Midterm Solutions

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Welcome to the ECE 483/583 Guided Wave Optics web site. This site contains information and downloadable materials for the class and laboratory that you will need during the course. Below are links to the documentation for each required lab experiment. You should download the PDF file that corresponds to each experiment and complete the preparatory reading and questions before your assigned lab time. Keep in mind that your preparation for each experiment will help you be successful in the lab.

Instructor: Thomas K. (Tom) Plant [tkp], Office: KEC 3123; Phone: 737-2984; E-mail: tkp@eecs.orst.edu, Office Hours: MW 8-9, MWF 3-4 or by e-mail appointment

Class TA: David Dutton, Office: in Dearborn 300 lab, E-mail: duttond@onid.orst.edu Office Hours (Dear 300): E-mail to set up appointment and TBA

Class Meeting Times: MWF 2:00-2:50, Location: KEC 1001

Labs: Tuesday 9-12, 1-4 Location: Dearborn 300

Lab Assignments:
Lab 1 – Introduction / Lab Safety / Photodetectors

Lab 2 – Cleaving optical fibers / Measuring NA / Laser beam profiles
(Pictures of optical fibers - link)
Lab 3 – Optical fiber / SM and MM modes / Measuring index profiles
Lab 4 – Optical sources / Diode Lasers & LEDs

Lab 5 – Attenuation / Dispersion / OTDR / Fusion splicing
Lab 6 – Er-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) / Fiber laser
Lab 7 – Fiber sensors (Sagnac and FBG strain sensor)

Lab 8 – Project proposal / Start project / Progress report

Lab 9 – Progress report / Finish project

Lab 10 – Project demonstrations to class / Final reports

Lab Quizes:
Quiz #1 solutions (Safety, Photodetectors)
Quiz #2 solutions (Cleaving, measuring NA, beam profiles)
Quiz #3 solutions (SM and MM fibers, mode patterns, index profiles - SI and GRIN)
Quiz #4 solutions (Waveguide sources – LDs and LEDs)
Quiz #5 solutions (OTDR, attenuation)

Quiz #6 solutions (EDFA and fiber laser)

Simulation Files:
Linear Technology - LT Spice

Photodiode Circuit
Laser Diode Circuit

Reading Assignments:
Week 1    Chapters 1 and 7 – FO Communication Systems and Detectors
Week 2    Chapters 2 and 3 – Optics review and Lightwave Fundamentals
Week 3    Chapter 5 – Optical Fiber Waveguides
Week 4    Chapter 6 – Optical Sources
Week 5    Chapter 5 – continued
Week 6    Chapter 6 - continued
Week 7    Fiber sensor review paper by Eric Udd; Fiber-optic chemical sensors and biosensors by Otto Wolfbeis

Week 8 Chapter 4 – Planar dielectric waveguides (theory)
Week 9 Chapter 5 and notes – optical fiber waveguides (theory)

Week 10 Student project presentations

Homework Assignments:
Homework Assignment #1: Ch 7: Problems 1, 2, 6, 12, 19, 22 (due Fri, Apr 14, 2006) Homework #1 Solutions
Homework Assignment #2: Ch 1: 14, 23, 26, 30 Ch 2: 6, 9, 10, 15 (due Fri, 4/21/06) Homework #2 Solutions

Literature Review Assignment
Homework Assignment #3: Ch 3: 1, 2, 3, 9, 13, 20 Ch 5: 7, 8, 20, 21 (due Wed, 5/24/06) Homework #3 Solutions
Homework Assignment #4: Ch 4: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 13, 20 Ch 5: 9, 10, 23 (due Fri, 6/2/06) Homework #4 Solutions

Some Optics Companies in Oregon & Washington:

http://www.nlightphotonics.com/
http://www.aculight.com/
http://www.flextronics.com/manufacturing/Photonics/designNPI.asp
http://www.maxtek.com/
http://www.pnl.gov/
http://www.phoseon.com/
http://www.flir.com/
http://www.bluerr.com/
http://www.pkinetics.com/
http://www.hindspem.com/
http://www.esi.com/careers/default.asp

http://www.coherent.com

Optics Jobs - A small collection of your TA's favorite search sites

http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Employment/NationalOpenings.htm
http://www.spieworks.com/employment/
http://www.workinoptics.com/
http://optics.org/jobs/

Interesting Reading

http://optics.org/
http://www.photonics.com/