University of California at Santa Cruz

Baskin School of Engineering

Electrical Engineering Department

EE 130: Introduction to Optoelectronics and Photonics

EE 230: Optical Fiber Communications
Course Expectations
Learning occurs by the active involvement of the student. The student is expected to come to class prepared to think and learn. The lecture period
will be used to establish fundamental concepts. During lecture time, you will be asked to participate in solving problems. Always bring your
calculator. It also is helpful to bring your textbook along.
To get the most out of this class, you need to read the assigned sections in the textbook before coming to class.

Working Together
You are encouraged to work in groups and discuss about the homework assignments. However, each has to write his/her own solution and fully
understand them.

Academic Dishonesty
Any confirmed academic dishonesty including but not limited to copying homeworks or cheating on exams, will result in a no-pass or failing grade.
You are encouraged to read the campus policies regarding academic integrity. Examples of cheating include (but are not limited to):
Sharing results or other information during an examination.
Working on an exam before or after the official time allowed.
Submitting homework that is not your own work.

Reading another student's homework solution before it is due.

Allowing someone else to read your homework solution before the assignment is due.
If there is any question as to whether a given action might be construed as cheating, see me before you engage in any such action.

Homework Assignments
Homeworks will be assigned and collected during class sessions. Late homework will not be accepted or graded. Homework is graded in terms of
it being complete, well organized, readable and showing evidence of thoughtful attention to the problem itself. Sloppy submissions will not be
considered for grading.

Tentative Schedule
Lect. Date

Topic
Introduction

Additional Reading
Reading Assignment (EE 130) (EE 230)
Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals
of Photonics Ch. 1

Geometrical Optics:

9/27

Ray Tracing - Snell's Law, Reflection,

and Refraction
Simple Optical Components - Lenses,
Mirrors, and the Eyes
Optical Confinement in Fibers
Graded-Index Optics - Fermat's
Principle, Graded Index Fibers
Dispersion

Electromagnetic Optics - Wave Nature of Light http://www.opticsforteens.org/

2

Agrawal,
Chapter 1 and 2.1

Agrawal 2.2

10/2

Light waves in a homogeneous medium

Saleh and Teich,

Homework
due

Refractive Index
Group velocity and group index
Magnetic field, irradiance, and Poynting
vector

Snell's Law and TIR

Fresnel Equations

Fundamentals of
Photonics Chapters 2
and 5

Resonator Optics - Multiple interference and

optical resonators
3

10/4

Resonator Modes
Finesse, spectral width, loss, and photon
lifetime
The resonator as a spectrum analyzer

More on EM Optics

10/9

10/11

10/16

10/18

Kasap,
Saleh and Teich,
Fundamentals of
Photonics Chapters 4
and 10

Goos-Hanchen shift and optical

tunneling
Temporal and spatial coherence
Diffraction principles

Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers

5

Saleh and Teich,

Fundamentals of
Photonics 6.1, 6.2,
Chapter 9

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Slab Waveguide, Modes, V-Number

Modal, Material, and Waveguide
Dispersions

Numerical Aperture, Coupling Loss

1.5, 1.6, 1.7
Step-Index Fiber, Multimode and Single
Mode Fibers

Bit-Rate, dispersion and optical

bandwidth
Graded-index fibers

HW #1

Agrawal 2.1, 2.2

1.8, 1.9, 1.10

Agrawal 2.2

Agrawal 2.3, 2.4, 2.5,

2.6, 2.7

HW #2

Absorption and Scattering

Fiber Manufacture

Photons and Atoms:

8

10/23

The photon
Atoms, Molecules, and solids
Interaction of Photons with atoms

Semiconductor Science and Light Emitting

Diodes

10/25

2.1, 2.2
Agrawal 3.1

HW #3

2.3, 2.4, 2.5

Semiconductor concepts and energy

bands
Direct and indirect bandgap
semiconductors pn junction principles
The pn junction band diagram
Light-emission processes in
semiconductors

Agrawal 3.2

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Stimulated Emission Devices Lasers

10

10/30

Stimulated emission and light

amplification
Einstein coefficients
Optical fiber amplifiers
Gas laser and He-Ne Laser

The output spectrum of a gas laser

Lasers
11

11/1

2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10

Agrawal 3.3

Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals

of Photonics Ch.11
Laser oscillation conditions
Semiconductor lasers, (laser diodes)
Rate equation

Agrawal 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

HW #4

11/6

Midterm #1

3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7,

3.8, 3.9

Semiconductor Detectors - Photodetectors

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6

12

Light emitters for optical fiber

communications

11/8

Principle of the pn junction photodiode

Absorption coefficient and photodiode
materials
Properties of semiconductor detectors
The pin photodiodes

Agrawal 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,

4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7

Avalanche photodiodes
Receivers

13

11/13

Receiver structure
Receiver noise
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
BER Bit Error Rate
Receiver Sensitivity Minimum
averaged received power

Sensitivity degradation

4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11

Agrawal 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,

4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7

HW#5

Optical Fiber Communication

14

15

16

11/15

Multiplexing and coupling

System design and performance

WDM

Agrawal 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,

5.4, 8.1, 8.2

11/20

Solar Cells

5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7

11/22

Thanksgiving, no class

Agrawal 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5,

4.6, 4.7

11/27

Optical Fiber Sensors

Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals

HW#6

of Photonics Ch. 22
11/29

Midterm #2

12/4

Final Presentations

12/6

Final Presentations

12/12
(Wednesday)

Final Exam (EE 130), 4:00-7:00 PM

Claire Gu
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