ECE 1272 - SIMULATION AND DESIGN OF SILICON PHOTONICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description The goal of this course is to enable students to design basic photonic integrated circuits by providing them with an intuitive understanding of core photonic components (e.g. waveguides, couplers, resonators, etc.) as well as a solid grasp of the tools needed to simulate multi-component designs. By the end of the course, students should understand the steps needed to take a PIC design from original concept to fabrication at a foundry. This includes such topics as: on-chip filtering/routing using ring resonators and Bragg gratings; methods for optimizing bandwidth and on/off-chip coupling efficiency using edge and grating couplers; integrated high-speed silicon PN modulator design and optimization; integrated high-speed germanium PIN photodetector design and optimization; full photonic circuit simulation using the S-parameter method. Prerequisites: an undergraduate course covering the fundamentals of electromagnetic waves.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: B or better in the following courses: ECE 1259 or PHYS 1361 or ECE 1232 or PHYS 1363 or CHEM 1470 or CHEM 1472 or ECE 1240

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