ECE/PH 483/583 Guided Wave Optics, Spring 2007


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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:  MWF 3-4 or by e-mail appointment

Class TA:   Linda Engelbrecht,      Office:  in Dearborn 302A lab,           E-mail:  engelbrl@onid.orst.edu          Office Hours (Dear 302A):  E-mail to set up appointment and TBA

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

Labs:    Tuesday  9-10:30, 1-2:30    Location: Dearborn 222

Lab Assignments:
Lab 1 (Week 2) – Introduction / Lab Safety / Photodetectors

Lab 2  (Week 3) – Cleaving optical fibers / Measuring NA / Laser beam profiles/  (Pictures of optical fibers - link)  /Quiz on Lab 1
Lab 3  (Week 4) – Optical fiber / SM and MM modes / Measuring index profiles / Paper on index profile measurements/ Quiz on Lab 2
Lab 4 (Week 5) – Optical sources / Diode Lasers & LEDs / Quiz on Lab 3

Lab 5 (Week 6) – Attenuation / Dispersion / OTDR / Fusion splicing (demo)/ Quiz on Lab 4
Lab 6 (Week 7) – Er-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and WDM / Fiber laser (demo)/ Quiz on Lab 5
Lab 7 (Week 8) – Project proposal / Start project / Progress report / Specs on various Corning fibers: 100/140; 62.5/125; SMF 28; InfiniCor300; InfiniCor600; donated Corning fiber

Week 9 – Progress report / Finish project

Week 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) omit since late getting set up

 

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    Fiber sensor review paper by Eric Udd;    Chapter 5 – Optical Fiber Waveguides
Week 4    Chapter 6 – Optical Sources
Week 5    Chapter 5 – continued
Week 6    Chapter 6 - continued
Week 7    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, 5, 6, 12, 18, 19   (due Fri, Apr 13, 2007)                             Homework #1 Solutions
Homework Assignment #2:  Ch 1:  3, 14, 23, 27, 30  Ch 2:  6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13   (due Fri, 4/20/07)                Homework #2 Solutions

Homework Assignment #3:  Ch 3: 1, 2, 3, 13, 15, 24   Ch 5: 7, 8, 20, 21 (due Mon, 4/30/07)                          Homework #3 Solutions

Literature Review Assignment:    (due Wed, 5/16/07) note new due date!
Homework Assignment #4:  Ch 6: 5, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 26   (due Wed, 5/23/07)                                             Homework #4 Solutions
Homework Assignment #5:  Ch 4: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 13, 20  Ch 5: 9, 10, 23, 26 (due Wed, 5/30/07)                      Homework #5 Solutions

 

Midterm Exam Solutions:

MT #1: 

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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/

 

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May 9, 2007 tkp