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Photonic Materials and Devices

3-0-9 units · Graduate

Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics and polymers. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators, fiber and waveguide interconnects, optical filters, and photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin film deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Microphotonic integrated circuits. Telecom/datacom systems. Assignments include three design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

Spring 2006

This course covers the theory, design, fabrication and applications of photonic materials and devices. After a survey of optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics and polymers, the course examines ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave optics; physics of light-matter interactions; and device design principles of LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators, fiber and waveguide interconnects, optical filters, and photonic crystals. Device processing topics include crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin film deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. The course also covers microphotonic integrated circuits and applications in telecom/datacom systems. Course assignments include four design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems applications.

Readings

  • Saleh, B. E. A., and M. C. Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics . New York, NY: Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 9780471839651.
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  • Readings are from Saleh, B. E. A., and M. C. Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics . New York, NY: Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 9780471839651.
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  • LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Optical Materials Design 1 · READINGS: Chapter 5 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Glass, A. M. “Optical Materials.” Science 235 (February 27, 1987): 1003-1009.
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  • LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Optical Materials Design 2 · READINGS: Chapter 5 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Berger, L. I., and B. R. Pamplin. “Properties of Semiconductors.” CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . CRC Press LLC, 2000.
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  • Glass, A. M. “Optical Materials.” Science 235 (February 27, 1987): 1003-1009.
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  • Villars, P. “A Three-Dimensional Structural Stability Diagram for 998 Binary AB Intermetallic Compounds.” Journal of the Less-Common Metals 92 (1983): 215-238.
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  • LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: System Design: TDM, WDM · READINGS: Chapter 22 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kartalopoulos, S. V. “Elastic Bandwidth: The Flexibility of DWDM in Handling Continually Increasing Bandwidth Demands for Future Optical-Fiber Communication Networks.” IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine (January 2002): 8-13.
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  • LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Ray Optics, EM Optics and Guided Wave Optics · READINGS: Chapter 6 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Griffiths, D. J. Introduction to Electrodynamics . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, chapters 4 and 8.
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  • Haus, H. A. Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics . Chapeter 1.
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  • Yeh, P. Optical Waves in Layered Media . New York, NY: Wiley, 2005, chapter 2.
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  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Waveguide Design · READINGS: Chapters 7 and 8 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Glass, Alastair M., David J. DiGiovanni, Thomas A. Strasser, Andrew J. Stentz, Richard E. Slusher, Alice E. White, A Refik Kortan, and Benjamin J. Eggleton. “Advances in Fiber Optics.” Bell Labs Technical Journal 5, no. 1 (January - March 2000): 168-187.
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  • Hopper, F. “Basics on Optical Waveguides: Materials, Systems, and Technologies.” Quaderni di Fotonica. Vol. 8, Societa italiana di ottica e fotonica, 2001, pp. 65-80. ISBN: 9788879571234. ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Fred Hopper. Used with permission.) ↗
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  • Nagel, Suzanne R. “Optical Fiber - The Expanding Medium.” IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine (March 1989): 36-45.
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  • Yeh, P. Optical Waves in Layered Media . New York, NY: Wiley, 2005, chapter 11.
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  • LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: WDM Filters: The Microcavity and the Ring Resonator · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Haus, H. A. Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1983, chapter 7.
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  • Wippich, Mark, and Kathy Li Dessau. “Tunable Lasers and Fiber-Bragg-Grating Sensors.” The Industrial Physicist (June/July 2003): 24-27.
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  • LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Photonic Crystals · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Oullette, Jennifer. “Seeing the Future in Photonic Crystals.” The Industrial Physicist (December 2001/January 2002): 14-17.
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  • Yablonovitch, Eli. “Photonic Crystals: Semiconductors of Light.” Scientific American (December 2001): 46-55.
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  • Yeh, P. Optical Waves in Layered Media . New York, NY: Wiley, 2005, chapters 6 and 11.
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  • Parker, G., and M. Charlton. “ Photonic Crystals .” (A Physics World online article introducing photonic crystal structures.) ↗
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  • LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Electrons in Semiconductors · READINGS: Chapters 9, 12, and 15 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kressel, Henry, and J. K. Butler. “Resume of Relevant Concepts in Solid State Physics.” Chapter 1 in Semiconductor Lasers and Heterojunction LEDs . New York, NY: Academic Press, 1977.
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  • Pierret, R. F. “Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI: Advanced Semiconductor Device Fundamentals.” Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1983.
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  • Yu, P. Y., and M. Cardona. “Fundamentals of Semiconductors.” New York, NY: Springer, 2005, chapters 7 and 9.
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  • LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: Photons in Semiconductors and Dielectrics · READINGS: Chapters 9, 12, and 15 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kressel, Henry, and J. K. Butler. “Resume of Relevant Concepts in Solid State Physics.” Chapter 1 in Semiconductor Lasers and Heterojunction LEDs . New York, NY: Academic Press, 1977.
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  • Yu, P. Y., and M. Cardona. “Fundamentals of Semiconductors.” New York, NY: Springer, 2005 chapters 7 and 9.
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  • LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: LEDs · READINGS: Chapters 15 and 16 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Craford, George M. “LEDs Challenge the Incandescents.” IEEE Circuits and Devices 8, no. 5 (1992): 24-29.
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  • Nakamura, S. “A Bright Future for Blue/Green LEDs.” IEEE Circuits and Devices 11, no. 3 (May 1995): 19-23.
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  • Coldren, L. A., and S. W. Corzine. Diode Lasers and Photonics Integrated Circuits . New York, NY: J. Wiley and Sons, 1995, chapters 1 and 4. ISBN: 9780471118756.
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  • LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: Optical Amplifiers and Lasers · READINGS: Chapters 13 and 14 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Brinkman, William F., Thomas L. Koch, David V. Lang, and Daniel P. Wilt. “Lasers Behind the Communications Revolution.” Bell Labs Technical Journal (January - March 2000): 150-167.
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  • Ryan, James. “In Vending Machine, Brains that Tell Good Money from Bad.” The New York Times, April 1999.
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  • Coldren, L. A., and S. W. Corzine. Diode Lasers and Photonics Integrated Circuits . New York, NY: J. Wiley and Sons, 1995, chapters 2, 3, and 5. ISBN: 9780471118756.
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  • Unger, P. “Introduction to Power Diode Lasers.” High-Power Diode Lasers: Fundamentals, Technology, Applications (2000): 1-54. Contributions by Numerous Experts. Edited by Roland Diehl.
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  • Zory, P. S., Jr., P. F. Liao, and P. Kelley, eds. Quantum Well Lasers . San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 1993, pp. 165-241. ISBN: 9780127818900.
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  • LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Crystal Growth · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Alles, David S., and Kevin J. Brady. “Packaging Technology for III-V Photonic Devices and Integrated Circuits.” AT&T Journal (January/February 1989): 83-92.
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  • Clemans, Jim E., Theophilus I. Ejim, William A. Gault, and Eric M. Monberg. “Bulk III-V Compound Semiconductor Crystal Growth.” AT&T Journal (January/February 1989): 29-42.
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  • Dautremont-Smith, C. William, R. J. McCoy, Randolph H. Burton, and Albert G. Baca. “Fabrication Technologies for III-V Compound Semiconductor Photonic and Electronic Devices.” AT&T Journal (January/February 1989): 64-82.
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  • Johnston, W. Dexter, Jr., Michael A. Digiuseppe, and Daniel P. Wilt. “Liquid and Vapor Phase Growth of III-V Materials for Photonic Devices.” AT&T Journal (January/February 1989): 53-63.
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  • Panish, Mortan B. “Molecular-Beam Epitaxy.” AT&T Journal (January/February 1989): 43-52.
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  • LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: Nonlinear Optics and Modulators · READINGS: Chapters 18, 19 and 31 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Boyd, R. W. Nonlinear Optics . 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 2002. ISBN: 9780121216825.
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  • Rosencher, E., and B. Vinter. Optoelectronics . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780521778138.
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  • LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Defects and Strain · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kimerling, L. C. “Defect Engineering.” MRS Bulletin (December 1991): 42-47.
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  • ———. “The Influence of Electronic Excitation on the Performance and Reliability of Semiconductor Devices.” Reviews of Solid State Science 4 (1990): 335-354.
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  • Liu, Jifeng, et al. “Deformation potential constants of biaxially tensile stressed Ge epitaxial films on Si(100).” Physical Review B 70 (2004): 155-309.
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  • LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: III-V Processing · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Cho, Alfred. Y., and Alastair. M. Glass. “Photonic Materials and Processing.” AT&T Technical Journal (November/December 1990): 77-91.
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  • Fitzgerald, E. A. “In Search of Low-Dislocation-Density Hetero-Epitaxial Structures.” Journal of Materials (April 1989): 20-24.
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  • LEC #: 16 · TOPICS: Detectors 1 · READINGS: Chapter 17
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  • LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: Detectors 2 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Giovane, Laura. Excerpt from thesis “The Role of Strain in Optical Properties of Semiconductors.” ( PDF ) ↗
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  • LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Microphotonics 1 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kimerling, L. C. “Silicon Microphotonics.” ( PDF ) ↗
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  • Pavesi, L., and D. J. Lockwood, eds. Silicon Photonics . New York, NY: Springer, 2004, chapter 3.
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  • LEC #: 19 · TOPICS: Microphotonics 2 · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Kimerling, L. C. “Silicon Microphotonics.” ( PDF ) ↗
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  • LEC #: 20 · TOPICS: Nanophotonics · REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Pavesi, L., et al. “Optical gain in silicon nanocrystals.” Nature 408 (2000): 440-444.
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  • Zia, R., J. A. Schuler, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. “Plasmonics: The Next Chip-Scale Technology.” Materials Today 9 (2006): 20.
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Prerequisites & course information

Subject meets with 3.156 Prereq: 3.23 G (Spring) 3-0-9 units

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