Photonic Devices

Photonic Devices

1. Passive Devices

   • Single Layer
     • Fabry Perot
     • Anti-reflection coating
   • Periodic
     • Infinite
     • Finite Stack
       • quarter wave stack
       • Bragg reflector
     • Transfer Matrices
   • Waveguides
     • Single
       • reflection grating
         • Fiber Bragg Grating (Simusoidal)
     • Coupled
       • beta switch
       • directional coupler
     • effective index
       • Effective Index Method
     • CMT
     • Supermodes

2. Electromagnetic Fields

   • Maxwell's equations
     • wave equation
     • Boundary conditions
       • Interface
       • Fresnels Equations
   • plane waves
   • polarization
     • TE
     • TM
   • Dispersion
     • Group velocity
     • Group Index
     • GVD
     • Frequency stopband
   • Energy
     • Power
     • Momentum

3. Active Devices

   • electrooptic effect
     • Index Ellipsoid
   • Modulators
     • Phase
     • Amplitude
     • LiNbO3
     • Absorption
   • Optical Amplifiers
   • Laser
     • Rate equations