MTech VLSI Design 3rd Sem Syllabus
MTech VLSI Design 3rd Sem Syllabus
Unit I Theory of Optical Wave guides: Wave guide theory : one dimensional planar wave guides, two dimensional wave guides, transcendental equations, wave guide modes, mode cutoff conditions. Unit II Optical Wave guide Fabrication and Characterization: Waveguide fabrication: deposited films; vacuum-deposition and solution-deposition, diffused waveguides, ion-exchange and ion-implanted waveguides, epitaxial growth of III-V compound semiconductor materials, shaping of waveguides by wet and dry etching techniques. Waveguide characterization: surface scattering and absorption losses, radiation and bending losses, measurement of waveguide loss, waveguide profiling. Unit III Fundamentals of Optical Coupling: Transverse couplers. Prism couplers. Grating couplers. Fiber to waveguide couplers. Coupling between optical waveguides. Directional couplers. Applications of directional couplers. Unit IV Guided Wave Modulators and Switches: Physical effects used in light modulators : electro-optic, acousto-optic and magneto-optic effects. Waveguide modulators and switches. Unit V Semiconductor Lasers and Detectors: Laser diodes. Distributed feedback lasers. Integrated optical detectors. Unit VI Recent Progress in Integrated Optics: State-of-the-art technology in guided wave devices and applications, e.g. photonic switching, tunable laser diodes, optical integrated circuits. Text/ Reference 1. T Tamir, Guided Wave Optoelectronics, Springer-Verlag, 1990 2. R Sysm & J Cozens, Optical Guided Waves and Devices, McGraw-Hill, 1993
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