COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EED 4025 OPTICS AND PHOTONICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN HÜSEYIN SABUNCU

Offered to

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Course Objective

1: To understand the general principles of optics.
2: To learn optical physics for the modeling of optical systems.
3: To learn about photonics.
4: To understand the key components of a photonic system.
5: To understand how lasers operate.
6: To learn about different methods to guide light.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to understand geometrical and wave optics.
2   Students will be able to analyze an optical system.
3   Students will be able to analyze polarization effects of light.
4   Students will be able to use different methods to generate of light.
5   Students will be able to distinguish between coherent and incoherent photon sources.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

EED 3507 - ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE THEORY

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to optics and photonics.
2 Nature, production, and measurement of light. Geometrical Optics
3 Matrix methods in paraxial optics
4 Wave equations, superposition of waves
5 Interference of light, optical interferometry
6 Coherence, holography.
7 Midterm Exam
8 Matrix treatment of polarization, production of polarized light
9 Fraunhofer diffraction. The diffraction grating, Fresnel diffraction
10 Multilayer films, Fresnel equations
11 Lasers and light sources. Generating coherent light.
12 Characteristics of laser light.
13 Optical waveguides
14 Fiber Optics
15 Review

Recomended or Required Reading

- Optics, Hecht.
-Introduction to Optics, Pedrotti
- Fundamentals of Photonics, Saleh and Teich, Wiley, 2007

Diğer ders materyalleri:
- Photonics and Lasers, Quimby

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework, Exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

metin.sabuncu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Reading 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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