SYLLABUS

COURSE TITLE FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTOELECTRONICS

FACULTY/INSTITUTE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL
SCIENCES
COURSE CODE
DEGREE PROGRAMME
FIELD OF STUDY DEGREE LEVEL FORMA STUDIÓW/STUDY
MODE
PHYSICS PRIMARY
COURSE FORMAT
YEAR AND SEMESTER 3RD YEAR, 5TH SEMESTER
NAME OF THE TEACHER DR. MIROSŁAW ŁABUZ
COURSE OBJECTIVES

- TO FAMILIARIZE STUDENTS WITH LASERS, FIBERS, FIBER DETECTORS, AND LED DIODES
USED IN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

- TO MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF PHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF OPTOELECTRONIC

EQUIPMENT ACTION

- TO TRAIN SOLVING COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING PHYSICAL PARAMETERS

AND QUANTITIES OF LASERS, FIBERS, AND LED DIODES

PREREQUISITES - KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICS AND MODERN

PHYSICS

- KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WITHIN THE FIELD OF

MATHEMATICS AND SOLVING COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS

KNOWLEDGE:

- HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOMETRIC AND WAVE OPTICS,

LEARNING OUTCOMES PHOTOMETRY, ACOUSTICS, ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM,

- HAS THE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING METROLOGY, AND

MEASUREMENTS METHODOLOGY

- HAS THE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING FUNDAMENTALS OF

THE WORK OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE FIELD OF
PHYSICS

- HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS,

ELECTRONICS, AND INFORMATICS TO UNDERSTAND BASIC
TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES
 - HAS THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PROCESSES OF GENERATING
SEMICONDUCTOR AND OPTOELECTRONIC ELEMENTS

SKILLS:

- HAS ABILITY TO PLAN OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE

AREA OF OPTOELECTRONICS

- IS USING AN MATHEMATICAL APPARATUS AND

MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN DESCRIBING AND MODELING
PHYSICAL PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES

- HAS ABILITY TO EVALUATE CRITICALLY OBSERVATIONS AS

WELL AS THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS

- HAS ABILITY TO INTRODUCE IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORM THE

RESULTS OF DISCOVERIES MADE IN PHYSICS IN THE AREA OF
OPTOELECTRONICS

- HAS DEEP ABILITY OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS

IN ENGLISH, BEING THE BASIC LANGUAGE FOR
OPTOELECTRONICS

FINAL COURSE OUTPUT - SOCIAL COMPETENCES

- UNDERSTANDS THE NECESSITY OF A CONTINUOUS STUDY, IS

ABLE TO INSPIRE AND TO ORGANIZE THE PROCESS OF STUDY
OF OTHER PERSONS

- IS ABLE TO COOPERATE AND WORK IN A GROUP, WITH

DIFFERENT ROLES PLAYED IN IT

- IS AWARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TAKEN RESEARCH

INITIATIVES, EXPERIMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS, IS AWARE OF
SOCIAL ASPECTS OF A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE
GAINED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TOGETHER WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY RELATED TO IT

COURSE ORGANISATION –LEARNING FORMAT AND NUMBER OF HOURS

LECTURE: 30 H
EXCERCISES : 30 H
TOTAL: 60 H
 COURSE DESCRIPTION
LECTURE

- THE REGION OF OPTICAL RADIATION AND ITS PROPERTIES

- BAND STRUCTURE, ISOLATORS, SEMICONDUCTORS, CONDUCTORS, P-N JUNCTION
- LASERS: SPONTANEOUS AND STIMULATED EMISSION, POPULATION INVERSION, PUMPING
PROCESS, 3- AND 4-LEVEL LASERS, CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION
- LASER CONSTRUCTION: LASING MEDIUM, REFLECTORS, STABLE AND UNSTABLE
RESONATORS, RESONATOR STABILITY CRITERION, RESONATOR MODES, TYPES OF LASERS,
LASER APPLICATIONS
- DIODES: VISIBLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES, LIGHT EMITTING DIODES, SEMICONDUCTOR
DIODES, LASER DIODES
- FIBER OPTICS – CLASSIFICATION OF FIBERS, SINGLE AND MULTIMODE FIBERS, PROPERTIES,
PARAMETERS, MATERIALS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, ATTENUATION, DISPERSION, NUMERICAL
APERTURE
- ZIG-ZAG MODEL: TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODE, AND TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODE,
CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION
- MATERIAL, WAVEGUIDE AND CHROMATIC DISPERSION
- MODAL DISPERSION IN FIBERS: GRADED-INDEX FIBERS, STEP-INDEX FIBER
- FIBERS SPLICING – TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT
- MODULATORS: ELECTROOPTICAL, MAGNETOOPTIC, ACUSTOOPTIC,
- EQUIPMENT AND LAYOUT: CURRENT MODULATION, GIGANTIC IMPULSE, LONGITUDINAL
MODES SYNCHRONICITY, FREQUENCY MODULATION, MODES SELECTION, COUPLERS
- LIGHT DETECTORS: PHOTODETECTION, PHOTOMULTIPLIER, SEMICONDUCTOR
PHOTODIODE, P-I-N PHOTODIODE, AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE
- DISPLAY UNITS: LIQUID CRYSTAL, MOSAIC, FERROELECTRIC, LUMINESCENCE,
ELECTROLUMINESCENCE
- IMAGE CONVERTER: CCD MATRICES, AMPLIFIER
- OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: ARTICLE NUMBER DETECTOR, CD RECORDS READER,
LASER PRINTER, DATA TRANSMISSION
- OPTOELECTRONIC SENSORS: BLOCK SCHEME, MODULATORS, CLASSIFICATIONS, WAVE
PARAMETERS MODULATION: INTENSITY, WAVELENGTH, POLARIZATION, PHASE, RAYLEIGH
AND RAMAN DISPERSION, BRAGG GRATING

EXCERCISES

- P-N JUNCTION, POTENTIAL BARRIER, DEPLETION REGION, FORWARD AND REVERSE

DIRECTION
- EINSTEIN COEFFICIENTS, 2-LEVEL SYSTEM, 3- AND 4-LEVEL LASERS
- GEOMETRIC OPTICS: LENSES, MIRRORS, REFLECTION AND REFRACTION, REFRACTIVE
INDEX, TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION, PRISM, MATRIX OPTICS
- WAVE OPTICS: POLARIZATION, DIFFRACTION AND INTERFERENCE
- LASER RESONATOR STABILITY, RESONATOR TYPES
- FIBERS: NUMERICAL APERTURE, ATTENUATION, DISPERSION, PENETRATION DISTANCE,
EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
GRADING SYSTEM
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD NEEDED
TO ACHIEVE EXPECTED LEARNING
OUTCOMES EXPRESSED
IN TIME AND ECTS CREDIT POINTS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
MATERIALS
LECTURE, SOLVING CALCULATION PROBLEMS DURING
EXERCISES
- STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN
LEARNING,
- STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROPER PROBLEMS BEFORE EACH CLASS
- ASSESSMENT AFTER EACH CLASS, INCL. TESTS AND
VERBAL ANSWERING
EXAM (50%)
TESTS, ACTIVITY (50%)
LECTURE: 30 H
EXCERCISES: 30 H
CLASSES PREPARATION: 15 H
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS: 15 H
EXAM PREPARATION: 15 H
TOTAL: 105 H
ECTS: 4
ENGLISH
PRIMARY OR REQUIRED BOOKS/READINGS:

- BOOTH K., HILL S., THE ESSENCE OF OPTOELECTRONICS

- PALAIS J.C., FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS
- MAITY A.B., OPTOELECTRONICS AND OPTICAL FIBER
SENSORS
- SILFVAST W.T., LASER FUNDAMENTALS

SUPPLEMENTAL OR OPTIONAL BOOKS/READINGS:

- EINARSSON G., PRINCIPLES OF LIGHTWAVE

COMMUNICATIONS
- W. DEMTRODER, LASER SPECTROSCOPY
- OTHONOS A., KALLI K., FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS:
FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING