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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 6.974 (Spring 2006) 
  • Course Title:
  • Fundamentals of Photonics: Quantum Electronics 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate / Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Franz Kaertner 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 6.974 / 6.097 Fundamentals of Photonics: Quantum Electronics



    Spring 2006




    Course Highlights


    This course features a complete set of lecture notes. Quizzes and the final exam are also available in the exams section.


    Course Description


    This course explores the fundamentals of optical and optoelectronic phenomena and devices based on classical and quantum properties of radiation and matter culminating in lasers and applications. Fundamentals include: Maxwell's electromagnetic waves, resonators and beams, classical ray optics and optical systems, quantum theory of light, matter and its interaction, classical and quantum noise, lasers and laser dynamics, continuous wave and short pulse generation, light modulation; examples from integrated optics and semiconductor optoelectronics and nonlinear optics.
     

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