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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: EEE3014 Module Title: OPTOELECTRONICS
Module Provider: Electronic Engineering Short Name: EE3.OPT
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: HOMEWOOD KP Prof (Elec Eng)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability

Autumn Semester
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment
Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
Examination: written
100%

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites

EE2.epd advised
Module Aims

Part A of the course is intended to provide students with an understanding of optical communications at an engineering level, in order that they are aware of the fundamental building blocks of an optical communications system, as well as some of the limitations.  Part B of the course is complementary, describing more detailed descriptions of some of the devices utilised in part A, both in terms of the physical operation as well as the geometry and construction of the devices.
Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the module the students should be capable of:

 

 

·         Understanding the fundamentals of optical waveguiding in fibres and waveguides

 

 

·         Understanding the impact of engineering parameters on optical systems, such as the light source spectral width, detector sensitivity, and noise

 

 

·         Designing simple transmitters and receivers

 

 

·         Appreciating future system advances, and novel devices

 

 

·         Understanding the operation of devices such as lasers, leds and photodiodes

 

 

Appreciating the differences in device geometries, and the reasons for alternative fabrication strategies
Module Content

A: OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (15h) (GTR)
[1-4] Revision of optical fibres & the basics of waveguiding

[5-6] Optical Sources and Detectors: Introduction to the engineering parameters of these devices to enable understanding of transmitters and receivers.

[7-8] Noise in Optical Systems: types of noise in optical systems and differences between electrical and optical systems.

[9-11] Intensity Modulation / Direct Detection – transmitters and receivers: the basics of system implementations, types of receivers, equivalent circuits, Signal to Noise Ratio in systems.

[12-14]Systems: Binary systems, optical power budgets, WDM, Fibre amplifiers, polarisation issues.

 

 

[15] Future systems – new and novel optical technologies

 

 


B: OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES (15h) (KPH)

 

 

[1 -3] Revision of semiconductor physics

 

 

 

 

[4 - 5] Low dimensional device physics

 

 

 

 

[6] Growth of alloys and multilayer devices

 

 

 

 

[7 -9] Conventional and novel light detectors

 

 

 

 

[10] LEDs

 

 

 

 

[11 –12 ] Introduction to Lasers

 

 

 

 

[13] Heterojunction and quantum well lasers

 

 

 

 

[14] Strained layer semiconductors

 

 

 

 

[15] Silicon optical emitters
Methods of Teaching/Learning

Lectures
Selected Texts/Journals

WILSON, J. & HAWKES, J.F.B.
Optoelectronics – An Introduction
0–13–103961X
Prentice–Hall
 
B-C
 
REED, G.T & KNIGHTS, A.P
Silicon Photonics: An Introduction
0-470-87034-6
Wiley
 
 
SENIOR, J.
Optical Fibre Communications
0–13–635426–2
Prentice–Hall
 
B-C 
REED, G.T
Silicon Photonics: The State of the Art
978 - 0 – 470 – 02579 - 6
Wiley
 
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Last Updated

12 August 2010