PHYS/ELEC 569: Spring 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Ultrafast Optical Phenomena

This course covers the generation, propagation, and measurement of short laser pulses, of duration less than one picosecond. Concepts include mode locking, the effects of dispersion, optical pulse amplification, and time-domain non-linear optical phenomena. Intended as an introduction to ultrafast phenomena for graduate students or advanced undergraduates; a basic understanding of electromagnetic waves and of quantum mechanics is assumed.

ELEC 462/562: Fall 2023

Optoelectronic Devices

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of semiconductor optoelectronic devices. After reviewing the basic elements of quantum mechanics of electrons and photons, light-matter interaction (including laser oscillations), and semiconductor physics (band structure, heterostructures and alloys, optical processes), the details of modern semiconductor devices for the generation, detection, and modulation of light are studied.