Photonics (2025)

Course code: MATR377

Scope: 10 credits.

Lecturers: Doc. Ivan Kassamakov, C318, email: ivan dot kassamakov at helsinki dot fi.

PhD. Patrick Grahn patrick dot jh dot grahn at helsinki dot fi

Assistants:

M.Sc. Joonas Mustonen, joonas.mustonen at helsinki.fi

M.Sc. Petri Lassila, petri.lassila at helsinki.fi

General info

Course content: The course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts in photonics, which have increasing applications in the area of information technology, optical sensing, lightning, energy, healthcare and life science. The course will focus on the interaction of photons and matter, the propagation of light in optical fibers, the operation principles of light emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers, detectors and optical modulators.

Exam:

TBA

Course material

Literature: S.O. Kasap: Optoelectronics and Photonics – Principles and Practices, Pearson 2013, 2nd Ed. and E. Hecht: Optics, Addison Wesley 2001, 4th Ed. (or older)

Timing in studies: Advanced studies, 2nd – 3rd year or later.

Prerequisites: First year classes in electromagnetism and calculus (MAPU), Electronics I, Optics (recommended).

Grading: The course grade will be based on both the exercises (40%) and the exam (60%) at the end of the course.

News

18-12-2024: Course Page created (under construction)

Lectures

Mondays in D105 (Physicum)

13.01. – 28.04.2025 at 10.15 – 12.00

Exceptions:

No teaching: 03.03.; 21.04.

Exercises

Mondays in D115 (Physicum)

13.01. – 28.04.2025 at 12.15 – 14.00

Exceptions:

No sessions: 03.03.; 21.04.

Problem Sets

Exercise submission via Google Classroom

Exercise 1 DL. 20.01. at 10.00 Models 1
Exercise 2 DL. 27.01. at 10.00 Models 2
Exercise 3 DL. 03.02. at 10.00 Models 3
Exercise 4 DL. 10.02. at 10.00 Models 4
Exercise 5 DL. 17.02. at 10.00 Models 5
Exercise 6 DL. 24.02. at 10.00 Models 6
Exercise 7 DL. 10.03. at 10.00 Models 7
Exercise 8 DL. 17.03. at 10.00 Models 8
Exercise 9 DL. 24.03. at 10.00 Models 9
Exercise 10 DL. 31.04. at 10.00 Models 10
Exercise 11 DL. 07.04. at 10.00 Models 11

FDTD Simulations: DL 28.04.