Course Catalog 2009-2010 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Mihail Dumitrescu

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Monday 16 - 18, SJ 212 A	International Students Jatko-opiskelijat Luonnontieteiden ja ympäristötekniikan tiedekunta

Requirements

Pakolliset laskuharjoitukset ja tentti.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Introduction to basics of photonics, stressing semiconductor lasers: edge-emitting lasers (including Distributed Feedback and distributed Bragg reflector lasers), vertical micro-cavity optical sources (including Resonant-Cavity Light Emitting Diodes, Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers), optical amplifiers, detectors (including resonant-cavity photodetectors), semiconductor solar cells (including multi-junction solar cells), semiconductor optics.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Exercises and examination

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits	L. A. Coldren, S. W. Corzine	ISBN-10: 0471118753				English
Book	Fundamentals of Photonics	Saleh, Teich			Wiley, New York, 1991 (or newer)		English
Book	Semiconductor Optolectronic Devices: Introduction to Physics and Simulation	Joachim Piprek	0-12-557190-9				English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

Kurssi luennoidaan englanniksi ja materiaali on englanninkielistä.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Introduction to basics of photonics, stressing semiconductor lasers: edge-emitting lasers (including Distributed Feedback and distributed Bragg reflector lasers), vertical micro-cavity optical sources (including Resonant-Cavity Light Emitting Diodes, Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers), optical amplifiers, detectors (including resonant-cavity photodetectors), semiconductor solar cells (including multi-junction solar cells), semiconductor optics.	Lectures Excercises Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	12.03.2009
Modifier	Mihail Dumitrescu