This three-day course introduces students to the fundamental concepts in the generation, modulation, transmission and detection of light using modern photonic devices. These principles provide the foundation necessary to understand modern photonic and fiber optic systems.
Instructor:
Dr. Raymond M. Sova is a section supervisor of the Photonic Devices and Systems section and a member of the Principal Professional Staff of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He has a Bachelors degree from Pennsylvania State University in Electrical Engineering, a Masters degree in Applied Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. With nearly 17 years of experience, he has numerous patents and papers related to the development of high-speed photonic and fiber optic devices and systems that are applied to communications, remote sensing and RF-photonics. His experience in fiber optic communications systems include the design, development and testing of fiber communication systems and components that include: Gigabit ethernet, highly-parallel optical data link using VCSEL arrays, high data rate (10 Gb/sec to 200 Gb/sec) fiber-optic transmitters and receivers and free-space optical data links. He is an assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins University and has developed three graduate courses in Photonics and Fiber-Optic Communication Systems that he teaches in the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Part-Time Program.
Following the completion of this course, students will be able to perform quantitative analysis of photonic systems using the basic principles covered in this course that include: wave propagation through dielectric media and optical waveguides, polarization analysis using the Jones matrix approach and Fresnel equations, generation and detection of light from semiconductor devices including semiconductor lasers, light emitting diodes, photodetectors and solar cells and the modulation of light through the electro-optic and acousto-optic effects.
The fundamental concepts established in this course can be used to understand advanced topics in RF-photonics, fiber-optic communications, free-space optical communications, high-speed optoelectronics, bio-photonics, solid-state lighting and solar energy.
Course Outline:
Wave optics/beam optics
Electromagnetic optics: dielectric media
Electromagnetic optics: attenuation and dispersion
Polarization optics
Planar waveguides
Fiber optic waveguides
Photon optics / photons & atoms
Photons in semiconductors
Semiconductor photon sources
Semiconductor photon detectors
Electro-optics/Acousto-optics
Applications: optical communications – free space optics and fiber optics
Applications: RF-photonics – analog links and high performance microwave sources
