Optoelectronic devices for telecommunications and sensors. Microoptic components. Thin films: deposition processes and characterization. Optical fibres and integrated optics: ion exchange and ion implantation in glasses; UV and femtosecond laser writing in glasses. Optical amplifiers and lasers in rare-earth-doped glasses and crystals. Microresonators. Introduction to photonic crystals. Microstructured and photonic bandgap fibres.
Knowledge acquired: The course offers a solid background in an area which is at the forefront of research and technology. Optoelectronics (often also identified as “photonics”) is a transversal enabling technology, i.e. making real breakthroughs possible in very many application areas, from environmental control to telecommunications, from security to biomedicine, from food to aerospace.The aim of the course is to provide the basic knowledge necessary for the understanding of the physical phenomena and technologies that have permitted the development, among others, of modern fiber optic communication systems and of many sensing devices.Lectures on theory will be integrated by experts’ seminars and by laboratory practice.Competence acquired:Knowledge of the most important optical materials. Knowledge of optical fibers and of microoptic and fiber-optic components. Fundamentals of integrated optics. Knowledge of optical microresonators and of optical amplifiers and lasers based on rare-earth activated glasses. Knowledge of the main optoelectronic sensors and of their applications.Skills acquired (at the end of the course):Know-how for the fabrication of optical waveguides by ion-exchange technique. Know-how for the optical characterization of optical fibers and planar waveguides. Capability of designing a fiber laser or a glass integrated optical laser.
Teaching Methods
CFU: 3Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 75Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 24
Further information
Office hours: Thursday, 11-13 a.m.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam
Course program
Propagation of guided optical waves.Optical materials, with particular attention to glass materialsThin film technologiesMicrooptical componentsMOEMSConventional and microstructured optical fibersIntegrated optics on glass and silicon substratesOptical amplifiers and lasers based on rare-earth-doped glassesOptoelectronic (especially fiber optic) sensorsOptical microresonators for lasers and sensorsCharacterization of optical materials and optoelectronic devicesIntroduction to photonic crystals