Hours:
16 hours (4 credits)

Room:

Aula Riunioni del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Via G. Caruso 16, Pisa - Ground Floor

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Short Abstract:

This course will introduce integrated optical devices and circuits for communications. Emphasis will be on the simulation and design of Silicon-based passive integrated devices (e. g., splitters/couplers, edge and grating couplers), exploiting both analytic and numerical techniques. Front lectures will be complemented with exercises using MATLAB and Tidy3D software.

Course Contents in brief:

1. Introduction to integrated photonics
2. Waveguide design
   1. Slab waveguide
   2. Rectangular waveguide
3. Numerical tools for photonic integrated circuits
   1. Mode solver
   2. FDTD
4. Couplers and splitters
5. Optical I/O
   1. Grating coupler
   2. Edge coupler

Schedule:

1. 17/12/2025: h 08:30- 12:30
2. 18/12/2025: h 08:30- 12:30
3. 13/01/2026: h 08:30- 12:30
4. 15/01/2026: h 08:30- 12:30