DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Master's Degree in Physics
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 1° Year - CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Curriculum
Master's Degree in Physics
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 1° Year - CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Curriculum
PHOTONICS
FIS/03 - 6 CFU - 2° Semester
Teaching Staff
FRANCESCO PRIOLOSALVATORE MIRABELLA
Learning Objectives
Objective of the course is to give the fundamentals of photonics, the science at the basis of emission, control and detection of light quanta.
Detailed Course Content
Absorbance, spontaneous emission and stimulated emission - Optical amplifiers – atomic lasers – p-n junction - LEDs - semiconductor lasers – photon detectors – solar cells – optical waveguides – optical fibers - optical modulators – photonic crystals - nanocavities
Textbook Information
Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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