Silicon Photonics

3-0-9 units · Undergraduate

Introduces students to the field of silicon photonics with topics spanning silicon-photonics-based devices, circuits, systems, platforms, and applications. Covers the foundational concepts behind silicon photonics based in electromagnetics, optics, and device physics; the design of silicon-photonics-based devices (including waveguides, couplers, splitters, resonators, antennas, modulators, detectors, and lasers) using both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation tools; the engineering of silicon-photonics-based circuits and systems with a focus on a variety of applications areas (spanning computing, communications, sensing, quantum, and biology); the development of silicon-photonics-based platforms, including fabrication and materials considerations; and the characterization of these silicon-photonics-based devices and systems through hands-on laboratory activities. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.