EECE5651 (Introduction to Photonic Devices) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces fundamentals of photonic devices and guided-wave optoelectronics. Photonic devices play a key role in long-haul telecommunications, datacom/high-performance computing, as well as quantum communication and computation. Introduces basics of passive and active components used in these applications with coverage of electromagnetic and fiber optics, dielectric waveguides, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology, sources (semiconductor lasers), and photon detectors and external modulators (electro- and acousto-optic).
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