EC ENGR 173DA · EE 173DAPhotonics and Communication Design
Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course 170A or Bioengineering C170. Introduction to measurement of basic photonic devices, including LEDs, lasers, detectors, and amplifiers; fiber-optic fundamentals and measurement of fiber systems. Modulation techniques, including AM, FM, phase and suppressed carrier methods. Possible projects include lasers, optical communication, and biomedical imaging and sensing. Choice of project preliminary design. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 173DB).
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 101A.
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EC ENGR 173DA
- EC ENGR 101AEngineering Electromagnetics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- 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
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
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EC ENGR 173DA
- EC ENGR 173DBPhotonics and Communication Design
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.