1 DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES • Course code: MCD6104

1 DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES • Course code: MCD6104

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES
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Course code:
MCD6104
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Course title:
Basics of photonics
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Language of the lecturer: polish
Course form
Number
of hours/week*
Number
of hours/semester*
Form of the course
completion
ECTS credits
Total
Student’s
Workload
Lecture
2
Classes
Laboratory
2
30
30
Grade
Grade
2
2
Project
Seminar
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Level of the course (basic/advanced): basic
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Prerequisites: physic optics, solid state physics
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Name, first name and degree of the lecturer/supervisor: Marek Tłaczała, prof. dr hab.
inż.
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Names, first names and degrees of the team’s members: Ryszard Korbutowicz, dr hab.
inż.; Beata Ściana, dr inż.; Damian Pucicki, dr inż., Damian Radziewicz, dr inż.
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Year: III Semester:VI
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Type of the course (obligatory/optional): obligatory
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Aims of the course (effects of the course): effects of the course will be education
students about basic optical phenomena in semiconductors, discuss about basic physic
and advanced constructions of semiconductor devices and optoelectronic circuits and
applying optoelectronic circuits in a chosen domains
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Form of the teaching (traditional/e-learning): traditional
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Course description: course will explain basic optical phenomena in solid states, light
influence on solid state, description of construction and principle of operation basic
optoelectronic devices, description their parameters, operating conditions and power
supplying. Description a chosen domain of applying this devices (eg motorization,
power industry, microsystems and mechatronics)
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Lecture:
Particular lectures contents
Number of
hours
1. Optoelectronics – introduction, definitions, classification
2. Basic optics phenomena in semiconductors – generation and absorption
3. Measurement systems in optoelectronic
4. Fundamentals of constructions optoelectronic structures
5. Advanced semiconductor light sources – LED
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6. Semiconductor laser – basic phenomena – lasers: DBR, DFB, QCL
7. Advanced light detectors: MSM, QWIP, MQW
8. Optical waveguide line, basic requirements and elements
9. Organic optoelectronic, fundamentals, mechanisms, devices
10. Displays, laser projectors, LCD panel
11. IR optoelectronic
12. Displays – basic functions, classification
13. Optoelectronic circuits in mechatronic
14. Optoelectronic circuits in motorization
15. Optoelectronic logic circuits
16. Test
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Classes – the contents:
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Seminars – the contents:
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Laboratory – the contents: photoluminescence measurements, semiconductor laser (IU, P-I characteristics, temperature dependence), optoelectronic logic, optical
waveguide line
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Project – the contents:
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Basic literature:
B. Mroziewicz, M. Bugajski, Wł. Nakwaski, Lasery półprzewodnikowe, WNT 1985,
J. E. Midwinder, Y. L. Guo, Optoelektronika i technika światłowodowa, WKŁ 1995,
J. I. Pankove, Zjawiska optyczne w półprzewodnikach, WNT 1984,
J. Piotrowski, A. Rogalski, Półprzewodnikowe detektory podczerwieni, WNT 1985,
B. Ziętek, Optoelektronika, Wyd. UMK, 2004
Z. Bielecki, A. Rogalski, Detekcja sygnałów optycznych, WNT 2001
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Additional literature:
A. Smoliński, Optoelektronika światłowodowa, WKŁ 1985,
J. Hennel, Podstawy elektroniki półprzewodnikowej, WNT 1986,
J. Godlewski, Generacja i detekcja promieniowania optycznego, PWN 1997,
J. Siuzdak, Wstęp do współczesnej telekomunikacji światłowodowej, WKŁ 1997,
M. Marciniak, Łączność światłowodowa, WKŁ 1998,
G. Einarsson, Podstawy telekomunikacji światłowodowej, WKŁ 1998,
K. Booth, S. Hill, Optoelektronika, WKŁ, Warszawa 2001,
R. Bacewicz, Optyka ciała stałego, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej,
Warszawa 1995.
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Conditions of the course acceptance/credition:
* - depending on a system of studies
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