I run an experimentally focused optics group centered around lasers and their application. Topics of interest include quantum technology, multiphoton and super-resolution microscopy, liquid lenses, beam combining, ultrashort pulse generation, nonlinear materials, orbital angular momentum generation, and spectroscopy.
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lasers and their applications, ultrashort pulse generation, power scaling, spectroscopy, reconfigurable optical devices, beam combining, nonlinear optical materials, quantum technologies
ECEA 5605 - Active Optical Devices: LEDs and Semiconductor Lasers
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Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
You will learn about semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers, and the important rules for design. You will do several homework assignments to cement your understanding of the material, as well as answering short questions during the presentation segments. After this course, you will be able to analyze and design semiconductor LED and laser sources.
ECEA 5606 - Active Optical Devices: Nanophotonics and Detectors
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Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
Nanophotonics and Detectors covers the basics of nanophotonic light emitting devices and optical detectors, including metal semiconductor, metal semiconductor insulator, and pn junctions, photoconductors, avalanche photodiodes and photomultiplier tubes.
ECEA 5607 - Active Optical Devices: Displays
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Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
The Displays course will cover the basics of electronic display devices, including liquid crystals, electroluminescent, plasma, organic light emitting diodes, and electrowetting based displays.
ECEN 3250 - Microelectronics
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Develops a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. Focuses on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications.
ECEN 5156 - Physical Optics
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Covers the application of Maxwell's equations to optical wave propagation in free space and in media.Topics include polarization, dispersion, geometrical optics, interference, partial coherence, and diffraction. Recommended prerequisite: ECEN 3410.
ECEN 5345 - Introduction to Solid State Physics
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Fall 2019
Provides an introduction to the electronic, photonic and phononic properties of solid state materials and devices. Covers optical constants, free electron gas, plasmons, energy bands, semiconductors and doping, excitons, quantum wells, phonons and electrooptical effects. Makes use of quantum mechanical methods. Department enforced prerequisite: basic quantum mechanics.
ECEN 5626 - Active Optical Devices
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Fall 2020
Analysis of active optical devices such as semiconductor laser, detector and flat panel display by clearly defining and interconnecting the fundamental physical mechanism, device design and operating principles and device performance. Recommended prerequisite: ECEN 5355.
