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Home / Graduate Programs / Courses / Optoelectronics

ECE 556

Optoelectronics

Spring
Required Course:
No

Course Level

Graduate

Units

3

Prerequisite(s)

ECE 352 and ECE 381

Course Texts

A. Yariv, Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 5th Ed., Oxford University.

Schedule

150 minutes lecture per week, laboratory demonstrations

Course Description

Properties and applications of optoelectronic devices and systems. Topics include radiation sources, detectors and detector circuits, fiber optics, and electro-optical components. Graduate-level requirements include additional homework and a term project.

May be convened with ECE 456.

Assessment

  • Homework: ~8 problem sets
  • Exams: 2 in-class exams, 1 final exam
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