PHOTONICS
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year - Curriculum FISICA DELLA MATERIA
Teaching Staff: Francesco PRIOLO
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: FIS/03 - Physics of matter
Taught classes: 48 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: FIS/03 - Physics of matter
Taught classes: 48 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
Aim of this course is to provide knowledge on the basic principles of radiation-matter interaction, photon manipulation and guiding, lasers, photon detectors and solar cells.
Detailed Course Content
Absorbance, spontaneous emission and stimulated emission - Optical amplifiers – atomic lasers – p-n junction - LEDs - semiconductor lasers – photon detectors – solar cells – optical waveguides – optical fibers - optical modulators – photonic crystals - nanocavities
Textbook Information
Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley & Sons Inc.