Topics

• Basic principles of wave optics
• Dynamic polarisation properties of passive materials
• Theory of optical transitions in semiconductors
• Basic principles of optical amplification in semiconductors
• Concepts and properties of optoelectronic devices
• Analysis and properties of fiberoptic point-to-point connections
• Basic system concepts of fiberoptic communication

Contact

• Prof. Dr. H. Jäckel, ETZ H 87, +41 (44) 632 27 57

Group research activities

• High Speed Electronics and Photonics Group (4.37 MByte )

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Lectures

• Foreword and Content (224 KByte )
• Chapter 1: Perspectives of Optical Communications (3.34 MByte )
• Chapter 2: Physics of Classical Optical Processes in Dielectrics (2.19 MByte )
• Chapter 3: Guided Waves in Optical Waveguides (2.64 MByte )
• Chapter 4: Optical Signal Processing and Mode Coupling (2.2 MByte )
• Chapter 5: Optical Processes in Semiconductors (2.66 MByte )
• Chapter 6:Optical Sources and Amplifiers (Part 1), (Part 2) (5.1MByte, 0.88 MByte )
• Chapter 7: Optical Detectors and Receivers (1.03 MByte )
• Chapter 8: Optical Modulators (1.34 MByte )
• Chapter 9: Optical Point-to-Point Communication Systems (0.46 MByte )
• Chapter 10: Optical Multi Channel Systems (OTDM/OWDM) (1 MByte )

• Appendix to Chapter 2 (0.44 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 3 (1.99 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 4 (0.72 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 5 (0.2 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 6 (3.77 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 7 (0.21 MByte )
• Appendix to Chapter 8 (0.49 MByte )

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Planar Waveguides (Roman Kappeler)
• Exercise 2: Optical Fibres (Ping Ma)
• Exercise 3: Integrated Optics (Ping Ma)
• Exercise 4: Optical Interactions (Roman Kappeler)
• Exercise 5: Optical Gain in Quantum Wells (Roman Kappeler)
• Exercise 6: Laser Diode (Yuriy Fedoryshyn)
• Exercise 7: PIN-Photodiode (Yuriy Fedoryshyn)
• Exercise 8: Digital Optical Link (Yuriy Fedoryshyn)