6.097 Fundamentals of Photonics (U)

L TR9:30-11,Room 12-142; R01 F2, 36-112
Professor Franz Kaertner, kaertner@mit.edu, Room 36-393
Prereq.: 6.003, 6.013J or 8.07
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This subject qualifies as an Electromagnetics and Energy Systems Engineering Concentration subject.

Fundamentals of optical and optoelectronic phenomena and devices based on classical and quantum properties of radiation and matter, culminating in lasers and applications. Fundamentals include: Maxwell’s electromagnetic waves, resonators and beams, classical ray optics and optical systems, quantum theory of light, matter and its interaction, classical and quantum noise, lasers and laser dynamics, continuous wave and short pulse generation, light modulation; examples from integrated optics, semiconductor optoelectronics and nonlinear optics.