Lahore University of Management Sciences

EE538: Photonics Fundamentals

Fall 2016

Course Catalog Description

The term photon-ics is an optical analogue of electron-ics i.e., instead of electrons, photons are running in engineering
systems. The last decade has seen tremendous progress in photonics systems in various fields including
telecommunications, consumer electronics, sensing, security, agriculture, and health care. Realizing the potential of
photonics, United Nations declared 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). Since
globally there is a strong emphasis on research and development towards photonics systems for myriad of applications
therefore, this course will prepare our students for pursuing this important area.
The course will cover core concepts of photonics including geometrical optics, polarization, interference, diffraction,
Gaussian beams and laser sources. Each covered concept will be augmented with discussions on industrial and research
applications.

Course Details
Credit Hours 3
Core
Elective
Open for Student Category Graduate Students in EE/PHY/CHEM
Closed for Student Category

Course Prerequisite(s)/Co-Requisite(s)
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Course Offering Details

Lecture(s) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 2 Duration 75 min Timings
and Venue
Recitation (per week) Nbr of Rec (s) Per X Duration
Week
Lab (if any ) per week Nbr of Session(s) Per x Duration
Week
Tutorial (per week) Nbr of Tut(s) Per x Duration
Week

Instructor Imran Cheema

Room No. 9-349
Office Hours TBA
Email imran.cheema@lums.edu.pk
Telephone 042-35608467
Secretary/TA TBA
TA Office Hours TBA
Course URL (if any) LMS
 Lahore University of Management Sciences

Course Learning Outcomes

The students should be able to:

CLO 1 CLO 1: Design and analyze simple paraxial optoelectronic systems

CLO 2 CLO 2: Understand polarization, interference, and diffraction and their impact on design and analysis of optoelectronic
systems

CLO 3 CLO 3: Understand Gaussian beams, their propagation in optical systems, and their importance in designing and
analyzing various optoelectronic systems

CLO4 CLO4: Understand laser sources and their significance in optoelectronic systems

Grading Breakup and Policy

Assignments: 20%
2 Class tests: 15%+15%
A report on a product or research idea based upon the knowledge acquired in the course: 10% (Report format: TBA)
Final Examination: 40%

Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings
Text books:

1) Hecht, Optics, 4th edition. San Francisco: Addison Wesley, 2002.ISBN: 0-8053-8566-5.
2) B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1991. ISBN: 0-471-83965-6.

Week Topics Recommended Readings

1 Introduction and Motivation for Studying Photonics
1-5 Geometrical Optics Chapter 5,6 (Hecht), Chapter 1 (Saleh & Teich)
6-7 Polarization Chapter 8 (Hecht), Chapter 6 (Saleh & Teich)
8-9 Interference & Coherence Chapter 9,12 (Hecht), Chapter 2, 10 (Saleh & Teich)
10-11 Diffraction/Fourier Optics Chapter 10 (Hecht) Chapter 4 (Saleh & Teich)
12-13 Gaussian Beam Optics Chapter 3 (Saleh & Teich)
13-14 Optical Cavities & Lasers Chapter 9,14 (Saleh & Teich)

Examination Detail

Yes/No: Yes
Combine Separate: N/A
2 Class Tests
Duration: 75 minutes
Preferred Dates: TBA
Exam Specifications: Closed book, closed notes. A formula sheet is allowed.

Yes/No: Yes
Final Exam Combine Separate: N/A
Duration: 180 minutes
Exam Specifications: Closed book, closed notes. A formula sheet is allowed.