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Coming 2Q 2009: “Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing” by Thomas Huser, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society This course provides an introduction to the basics of life sciences, followed by an introduction to the basic properties of photons, and the spectroscopic properties of biological materials, i.e. absorbance, reflectance, polarization, fluorescence and light scattering. Modern optical imaging techniques, based on fluorescence, vibrational and nonlinear concepts and their medical applications will be discussed. After completing you should be able to develop an understanding of:
Thomas R. Huser is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Chief Scientist for the NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) at the University of California at Davis.
"Introduction to Fiber Optics" by Ira Jacobs, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society This course provides an overview of fiber optic communications technology and applications. It assumes some general technical background in telecommunications, but no prior knowledge of fiber optics. It is intended for personnel who are either new to fiber optic communications, or who are working in one aspect of the field and desire an understanding of how the various aspects are interrelated. The basic components of an optical fiber communication system include the transmitter (laser and LED), the fiber (multimode, single mode, dispersion-shifted) and the receiver (PIN and APD detectors, coherent detectors, optical preamplifiers, receiver electronics). These technologies are defined, their basic operating principles summarized, key parameters affecting system performance identified, and representative values given for both practical systems and current research results. Factors affecting application (both point-to-point and networking) are identified. Emphasis is on physical principles, performance limits, and technology and application directions. After completing this course you should be able to develop an understanding of:
Ira Jacobs has been Professor of Electrical Engineering, and a member of the Fiber and Electro-Optics Research Center at Virginia Tech since 1987, where he teaches courses and conducts research in fiber optics and telecommunications.
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"Introduction to Optical Fiber Communication Systems" by Alan Willner, sponosred by the IEEE Photonics Society As point-to-point links become more sophisticated, single-channel and WDM systems must dynamically adapt to changing environmental and traffic conditions in order to avoid SNR degradation. This scenario erupts into a much greater challenge when channels originate at different locations, as is the case with add/drop multiplexers, reconfigurable cross-connects, circuit-switched networking, and, eventually, optical packet switching. This course is intended for people interested in non-static and reconfigurable WDM systems and networks. After completing this course you should be able to develop an understanding of:
Alan Willner received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, has worked at AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore, and is Professor of Electrical Engineering at USC.
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"Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Networks and Technology" by Stamatios Kartalopoulos, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is a photonic technology that is capable to increase the number of wavelengths in the same fiber, thus achieving higher aggregate bandwidth that exceeds 1 Tbit/s. Currently, WDM technology is considered the only optical communications technology for the present and the future to be deployed in access as well as long-haul and ultra-long haul applications and in various network Topologies. WDM is made possible by new photonic technology that brought to bear new photonic components. Among them are optical filters, modulators, gratings, optical amplifiers, couplers, splitters, optical add-drop multiplexers (OADM), optical cross-connects, tunable lasers, superfast and sensitive photodetectors, optical switches, polarizers, compensators and equalizers and new improved fiber. Currently, WDM technology is considered the only technology in bandwidth demanding communication services and applications for the present and for the future, which is deployeable in access, in long-haul and ultra-long haul applications, as well as in various network Topologies (ring, tree, mesh). This course identifies the photonic phenomena that determine the bounds of photonic transmission and countermeasure strategies, DWDM principles, optical components, systems and networks. After completing this course you should be able to develop and understanding of:
Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos, PhD, is currently the Williams Professor in Telecommunications Networking at the Telecommunications graduate program of the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa. He is also principle consultant of Photon Experts, a consulting company on optical communications networks, systems and technology.
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"Optoelectronic Devices for Fiber Optics" by Joe C. Campbell, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society This course provides an introductory, tutorial-type overview of key optoelectronic devices for optical communication systems, specifically, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, optical modulators, and some WDM components. It covers a broad range of devices with an emphasis on fundamental device physics and operating principles. Important performance parameters including design tradeoffs will also be discussed. The laser section will discuss applications and the types of lasers that are utilized for specific systems. Topics include multiple quantum well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, wavelength tunable lasers and vertical cavity surface emitting lasers. Photodetector Topics will be wide-bandwidth PINs and avalanche photodiodes as well as receivers with optical preamplification. State-of-the-art integrated receiver circuits will also be discussed. In the modulator area Mach-Zehnder interferometers and quantum-confined-Stark-effect devices will be covered. There will be a brief description of recent developments in optical switching using MEMs technology. After completing this course you should be able to develop and understanding of:
Joe C. Campbell joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in January of 1989 as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering.
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Coming 2Q 2009: "Silicon Lasers and Light Emitters" by John Bowers, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society Silicon photonics is an exciting research field with the promise of revolutionizing communications by enabling highly integrated electronic and photonic circuits. This course will review the research on light emission in silicon and silicon photonic ICs. A novel, wafer scale approach that uses a CMOS compatible bonding process to bond III-V layers onto a SOI wafer to enable the fabrication of silicon lasers will be discussed. After completing you should be able to develop an understanding of:
John Bowers is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and in the Technology management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also CTO and cofounder of Client Networks.
"Solid-State Lighting" (2 Module Course) by E. Fred Schubert, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society This course presents an introduction as well as reference materials for professionals working in solid-state lighting. Course materials include the operating principles, device physics, fabrication, and applications of light-emitting diodes. Course materials also include a detailed discussion of daylight illumination sources, planckian sources, human vision, eye sensitivity, photometric and radiometric quantities, and color rendering capabilities of light sources. After completing this course you should be able to develop and understanding of:
E. Fred Schubert is currently the Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor of the Future Chip Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.
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"Tunable Semiconductor Lasers" by Jens Buus, sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society This course describes the state-of-the-art of tunable lasers, tunable laser technologies and control of tunable lasers. It also includes a brief introduction to the basics of semiconductor lasers, as well as background on DFB lasers, in particular how a grating works as a wavelength selective element in DFB and DBR lasers. Tuning mechanisms and tuning properties will be described, and the operation of modified structures with extended tuning range will be explained, including sampled gratings and super structure gratings. The properties of codirectional couplers and the use of these in tunable lasers will be discussed. Devices such as external cavity lasers, wavelength selectable lasers, and tunable VCSELs, will also be described. Throughout the course numerous examples of laser structures from the recent technical literature will be presented. Practical issues such as characterization, operation, and control of tunable lasers, as well as switching speed and reliability, will be included. After completing this course you should be able to develop an understanding of:
Jens Buus is an electrical engineer (MSc in electrophysics). He graduated from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In addition he holds Lic. techn. (PhD) and Dr. techn. (DSc) degrees from this University. Since January 1993 he has been a self employed consultant (Gayton Photonics Ltd). He has worked as project manager of 6 international research projects under the European RACE, ACTS and IST programmes.
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"Wireless OFDM" by Alexander Haimovich, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society The expansion of information services in the last decade has affected the way we live and work. Notwithstanding dampened expectations that the Internet will soon take over commerce, education and other aspects of daily life, the Internet continues to grow faster than any other global infrastructure in history. Alongside the Internet, we have witnessed a phenomenal growth in wireless communications. Third generation (3G) cellular service is being launched in various parts of the globe. Supported by timely updates in the 802.11/HIPERPLAN standards and by affordable prices, wireless local area networks (W-LAN) equipment is becoming widespread. Increasingly, the driving force behind future growth in the telecommunications industries is seen to be the broadband wireless access to the Internet and wireless data connections to mobile users. However, economical and architectural considerations limit the ability of 3G cellular to provide tetherless Internet connections to densely packed users. Hybrid approaches utilizing WiMAX, mesh networks, and WLAN or Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) are being proposed and deployed. The ever-increasing appetite for capacity and data rates is driving the research and development of 4G wireless access technologies. This course will delve into Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with particular attention given to problems arising from wideband applications, for example, the problem of peak-to-average power ratio and remedies. After completing this course you should be able to develop an understanding of:
Alexander Haimovich, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA. Dr. Haimovich has served as a Director of the New Jersey Center for Wireless Telecommunications, Newark, USA. He has 25 years of R&D experience in communications and radar, about half of this time in industry and the other half in academia.
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