Courses
Fall 2020
ECEN 5626: Active Optical Devices
3 credits, graduate course
The course is designed to help students gain complete understanding of active optical devices by clearly defining and interconnecting the fundamental physical mechanism, device design principles and device performance. Topics to be covered include semiconductor optical devices (LEDs, lasers, photodetectors) and displays (liquid crystal, electroluminescent, plasma and optofluidic).
Fall 2019
ECEN 5345: Introduction to Solid State
3 credits, graduate course
The course provides an introduction to solid-state physics and the optical properties of materials. Topics covered include: optical constants, free electrons and metals, plasmons, free electron gases and k-space, phonons, energy bands and Fermi surfaces, transport, semiconductors and doping, excitons, quantum wells, and electro-optic effects.
Spring 2019
ECEN 3250: Microelectronics
3 credits, undergraduate course
This course seeks to develop a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. It will focus on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications. Topics covered include: diode circuits, semiconductor physics of pn junction, MOS transistor operation and circuits, BJT operation and circuits, CMOS logic gates, differential pairs, and frequency response.
Spring 2017
ECEN 3250: Microelectronics
3 credits, undergraduate course
This course seeks to develop a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. It will focus on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications. Topics covered include: diode circuits, semiconductor physics of pn junction, MOS transistor operation and circuits, BJT operation and circuits, CMOS logic gates, differential pairs, and frequency response.
Fall 2016
ECEN 5626: Active Optical Devices
3 credits, graduate course
The course is designed to help students gain complete understanding of active optical devices by clearly defining and interconnecting the fundamental physical mechanism, device design principles and device performance. Topics to be covered include semiconductor optical devices (LEDs, lasers, photodetectors) and displays (liquid crystal, electroluminescent, plasma and optofluidic).
Spring 2016
ECEN 3250: Microelectronics
3 credits, undergraduate course
This course seeks to develop a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. It will focus on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications. Topics covered include: diode circuits, semiconductor physics of pn junction, MOS transistor operation and circuits, BJT operation and circuits, CMOS logic gates, differential pairs, and frequency response.
Fall 2015
ECEN 5156: Physical Optics
3 credits, graduate course
The goal of this course is to To develop a working knowledge fundamentals of optics that are necessary to understand the present day opto-electronic systems. The course covers the application of Maxwell's equations to optical wave propagation in free space and in media. Topics include polarization, dispersion, geometrical optics, interference, partial coherence, and diffraction.
Spring 2015
ECEN 3250: Microelectronics
3 credits, undergraduate course
This course seeks to develop a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. It will focus on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications. Topics covered include: diode circuits, semiconductor physics of pn junction, MOS transistor operation and circuits, BJT operation and circuits, CMOS logic gates, differential pairs, and frequency response.
Fall 2014
ECEN 5626: Active Optical Devices
3 credits, graduate course
The course is designed to help students gain complete understanding of active optical devices by clearly defining and interconnecting the fundamental physical mechanism, device design principles and device performance. Topics to be covered include semiconductor optical devices (LEDs, lasers, photodetectors) and displays (liquid crystal, electroluminescent, plasma and optofluidic).
Spring 2014
ECEN 3250: Microelectronics
3 credits, undergraduate course
This course seeks to develop a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. It will focus on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications. Topics covered include: diode circuits, semiconductor physics of pn junction, MOS transistor operation and circuits, BJT operation and circuits, CMOS logic gates, differential pairs, and frequency response.
Fall 2013
ECEN 5345: Introduction to Solid State
3 credits, graduate course
The course provides an introduction to solid-state physics and the optical properties of materials. Topics covered include: optical constants, free electrons and metals, plasmons, free electron gases and k-space, phonons, energy bands and Fermi surfaces, transport, semiconductors and doping, excitons, quantum wells, and electro-optic effects.
Fall 2011
ECEN 4606: Undergraduate Optics Lab
3 credits, laboratory course
The course provides an introduction to the practical and hands-on applications of photonics. Topics covered include: hands-on techniques for laser and optical systems; imaging, microscopy, and optical image processing; interferometry and diffraction for metrology; optoelectronic components such as laser diodes, LEDs, and photodiodes; circuit design for optoelectronic systems, and an optical communication systems.
Spring 2011
ECEN 5345: Introduction to Solid State
3 credits, graduate course
The course provides an introduction to solid-state physics and the optical properties of materials. Topics covered include: optical constants, free electrons and metals, plasmons, free electron gases and k-space, phonons, energy bands and Fermi surfaces, transport, semiconductors and doping, excitons, quantum wells, and electro-optic effects.
Fall 2010
ECEN 4606: Undergraduate Optics Lab
3 credits, laboratory course
The course provides an introduction to the practical and hands-on applications of photonics. Topics covered include: hands-on techniques for laser and optical systems; imaging, microscopy, and optical image processing; interferometry and diffraction for metrology; optoelectronic components such as laser diodes, LEDs, and photodiodes; circuit design for optoelectronic systems, and an optical communication systems.
Spring 2010
ECEN 4645/5645: Introduction to Optical Electronics
To be team taught with Professor M. Popovic. 3 credits, joint graduate/undergraduate course
This course provides a foundation in modern photonics through an introduction to the fundamentals of optoelectronic devices. It will focus on many of the essential optical components for communications. The course topics will include: electromagnetic theory, mirrors and interferometers, waveguides and optical fibers, resonators, lasers, modulators and detectors. Prerequisite: ECEN 3410, Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission
Fall 2009
ECEN 5345: Introduction to Solid State
3 credits, graduate course
The course provides an introduction to solid-state physics and the optical properties of materials. Topics covered include: optical constants, free electrons and metals, plasmons, free electron gases and k-space, phonons, energy bands and Fermi surfaces, transport, semiconductors and doping, excitons, quantum wells, and electro-optic effects.