EC ENGR 170A · EE 170APrinciples of Photonics
Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Development of solid foundation on essential principles of photonics from ground up with minimum prior knowledge on this subject. Topics include optical properties of materials, optical wave propagation and modes, optical interferometers and resonators, optical coupling and modulation, optical absorption and emission, principles of lasers and light-emitting diodes, and optical detection.
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Enforced requisites: courses 2, 101A.
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EC ENGR 170A
- EC ENGR 2Physics for Electrical Engineers
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- EC ENGR 101AEngineering Electromagnetics
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EC ENGR 170A
- EC ENGR 170BLasers and Photonic Devices
- EC ENGR 271Classical Laser Theory
- EC ENGR 272Dynamics of Lasers
- EC ENGR 273Nonlinear Photonics
- EC ENGR 274Optical Communication and Sensing Design
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