2023 2024 MBA - Nptel IISC

Yes IISc banglore offered Electronics & Communication Engineering Photonic Integrated Circuits in collaboration with NPTEL, here I am telling this program syllabus :

COURSE OUTLINE

Principles: Introduction, optical waveguide theory, numerical techniques and simulation tools, photonic waveguide components, - couplers, tapers, bends, gratings, electro-optic, acouto optic, magneto-optic and non-linear optic effects; modulators, switches, polarizers, filters, resonators, opto-electronic integrated circuits, amplifiers, mux/demux, transreceive modules.
Technology: materials-glass, lithium niobate, silicon, compound semiconductors, polymers; fabrication techniques - lithography, ion-exchange, deposition, diffusion process, and device characterization, packaging and environmental issues.
Applications: photonic switch matrices, planar lightwave circuits, delay lines for antenna arrays, optical sensors, moems, photonic bandgap structures, VLSI photonics.

COURSE DETAIL

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No. Topic
1. Overview.
2. Analysis of optical waveguides and devices.
1. Planar waveguides.
2. chanel waveguides.
3. graded index waveguides.
4. coupled mode theory.
5. variational method.
6. beam propagation method.
3. Materials and Fabrication technology.
1. materials.
2. general fabrication steps.
3. Photolithography.
4. Ti: LiNbO3 process.
5. Proton exchange process.
6. Silicon based IC process.
7. Compound semicondutor process.
8. Solgel and other processes.
4. Dynamic and Active devices.
1. Electro-optic devices.
2. Acousto-optic devices.
3. Thermo-optic and magneto-optic device.
4. integrated optical amplifiers.
5. Applications Examples.
1. optical communications.
2. fiber optic sensors.
3. optical signal processing.
4. optical computing.
6. Nonlinear integrated optics.
7. Opto-electronic integrated circuits.
8. Silicon based photonic integrated circuits.
9. Nano photonic strucutres.
10. Micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems.
11. Bio photonic applications.
12. More Recent Developments in PICS.