Course No：11120930
Title：Optoelectronic integrated circuits and designs
Class Hours/Week: 1.5 - 1 Credit：2
Category：Specialty course
Prerequisites： Optical electronics
Audience：Senior
Teaching manner：Multimedia teaching
Course objectives and basic requirements:
The course gives a general introduction to the fundamental of OEICs and the microfabrication processes so that the students can have a good understanding on the classical theory such as the optical waveguide theory and the coupled mode theory. The students will also grasp the principles, structures, and applications of some typical OEIC devices after the learning of this course. Furthermore, the latest progresses on OEICs will be presented as a special topic, which will excite the interests on the area of OEICs and also improve the ability to solve problems.
Course introduction:
It is exactly the trend to realize optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs) in the future. In this course, the following four parts will be included: 1. The fundamental of OEICs, such as the optical waveguide theory, the coupled mode theory; 2. The principles and structures of some typical OEIC devices, such as Y-branches, Mech-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI), arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG); 3. Several kinds of optical materials for OEICs and several essential effects such as the thermo-optical effect, the electro-optical effect; 4. The fabrication processes for OEICs.
Syllabus and lecture schedule:
Chapter 1. introduction. 1 class hour
Chapter 2. planar optical waveguides and the coupled mode theory. 6 class hours
planar optical waveguides 2 class hours
the coupled mode theory 4 class hours
Chapter 3. the optical characteristics of optical crystals in the external fields 2 class hours
Chapter 4. passive integrated optical devices (2 class hours)
Directional couplers, Y-branch, Mech-Zehnder interferometer, arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG).
2 class hours
Integrated electro-optical devices, Integrated acoustic optical devices, thermal-optical switches and modulators, magnetic-optical isolators and circulators. 4 class hours
Chapter 5 active optical devices and system integration 2 class hours
Chapter 6 optical materials for OEICs 3 class hours
Chapter 7 fabrication processes and measurement of optical waveguide devices. 3 class hours
Chapter 8 Recent progresses of OEICs 1 class hour
Related teaching sections:
Projects & experiments:
1. Design of a directional coupler (using the demo version of the commercial software)
To have a good understanding on the common numerical simulation tools for the designs of photonic integrated circuits, and know how to use these tools for the designs. In this project, the fundamental of the mask design will be also introduced.
2. Visiting of the clean room
To know the environmental requirements for the fabrications of OEICs.
3. The demonstration of the depositions of the optical thin films and the ICP etching process.
To know the requirements and procedures of these two important fabrication processes for OEICs, and observe some interesting phenomena.
4. Testing of some simple optical waveguide devices.
To know the common instruments for the measurement of simple optical waveguide devices and the most important parameters for the devices.
Test and Grading Criteria：
Close-book exam
Suggested textbooks or references:
Textbook: Tiantong Tang, and Zhaohong Wang. Integrated Optics (the first edition). Science Press, Aug., 2005
References: Cezhou Zhao. Fundamental and technologies for semiconductor guided-wave optical devices. National Defense Industrial press.