332:382 Electromagnetic Fields

1

• 332382 Electromagnetic Fields
• 332481 Electromagnetic Waves
• 332466 Opto-Electronic Devices

2
332382 Electromagnetic Fields

• Prerequisites by Topic1. Electricity and
  Magnetism.2. Vector Analysis.3. Differential
  Calculus.4. Integral Calculus.

3
Week-by-Week Syllabus

• Week 1Vector Algebra vector addition and
  subtraction unit vector position and distance
  vectors components of a vector Vector
  multiplication Week 2Coordinate Systems and
  Transformation Cartesian, Cylindrical and
  Spherical constant coordinate surfaces
  differential length, area and volume Week
  3Vector Calculus Line, Surface and Volume
  Integrals Del Operator Divergence Gradient,
  Curl and Laplacian Divergence Theorem Stoke's
  Theorem Week 4 Coulomb's Law and Field
  Intensity Electric field due to point
  chargesWeek 5 Electric Field due to continuous
  charge distributions Week 6 Electric Flux
  Density Gauss' Law Week 7 Electric
  PotentialWeek 8 Electric Dipole Energy
  DensityWeek 9 Properties of Matter and
  Materials Type Convection and Conduction Current
  Week 10 Polarization, Continuity Equation and
  Boundary Conditions Week 11 Laplace and Poisson
  Equations Week 12 Capacitors, Resistance and
  Conductance Week 13 Magnostatic Fields
  Biot-Savant Law, Ampere's Law Magnetic Flux
  DensityWeek 14Scalar and Vector Potential
  Forces due to Magnetic Fields Magnetic
  Properties of Matter Magnetic Boundary
  Conditions.Weeks 15 16 Review and Final
  Examination

4
332481 Electromagnetic Waves

• Prerequisites by Topic1. Electromagnetic
  Fields2. Differential Calculus3. Integral
  Calculus4. Matrices and Determinants

5
Week-by-Week Syllabus

• Week 1 Review of Mathematical Concepts Complex
  algebra and phasors time averages.Week 2
  Review of Maxwell's equations Physical
  interpretation of Maxwell's equation static,
  steady state and dynamic regimes.Week 3
  Constitutive relations Maxwell's equations in
  material media.Week 4 The wave equation in
  Isotropic Media Empty space, free space,
  lossless media and lossy media.Week 5 The wave
  equation in Isotropic Media Uncharged and
  charged media conducting and non-conducting
  media.Week 6 Polarization Linear, circular and
  elliptical handedness and helicity.Week 7
  Review and Mid-term exam.Week 8 Time-Harmonic
  Waves electromagnetic wave characteristics
  plane waves in lossless and lossy media.Week 9
  Power, Poynting Theorem and Poynting Vector.Week
  10 Boundary Conditions Reflection and
  transmission coefficients standing-wave ratio
  power relations at the interface.Week
  11Reflections and transmissions at multiple
  interfaces quarter- and half-wavelength
  transformers Snell's Laws Fresnel's equations
  Critical Angle, Brewsler's Angle Total
  Reflection.Week 12 Transmission line
  parameters Transmission line equations
  Transient and pulse propagation.Week 13
  Impedances Reflection coefficient, VSWR and
  Power Smith Chart cascaded transmission
  lines.Week 14 Rectangular waveguides TE and TM
  modes Wave propagation in the guide.Week 15
  Dielectric losses and conduction losses, TE10
  mode.Week 16 Final Examination

6
332466 Opto-Electronic Devices

• Prerequisites by Topic1. Electromagnetic
  Fields2. Ordinary Differential Equations3.
  Vector Analysis4. Semiconductor materials and
  devices

7
Week-by-Week Syllabus

• Week 1 The nature of light, Maxwell's equations,
  Wave equations.Week 2 Phase velocity, group
  velocity, dispersion, polarization, plane waves
  in lossless and lossy media.Week 3 Modulation
  of light birefringence, electro-optic effect,
  Kerr modulators, optical beam switching.Week 4
  Fiber optical waveguides, step-index fibers,
  inter-modal dispersion, single mode fibers.Week
  5 Graded index fibers, low dispersion fibers,
  light insertion, semiconductor planar
  waveguides.Week 6 Losses in fiber, bending
  losses, intrinsic fiber losses.Week 7 Laser
  fundamentals, black body radiation, emission and
  absorption of radiation, Einstein relation,
  population inversion.Week 8 Optical feedback,
  threshold conditions, lineshape function,
  population inversion and pumping threshold
  conditions.Week 9 Laser modes,
  non-semiconductor lasers, Q-switching,
  mode-locking.Week 10 Semiconductor LEDs,
  materials, response time, drive circuitry
  semiconductor laser, homejunction lasers.Week
  11 Heterojunction laser, Quantum well
  lasers.Week 12 Photodetectors, photoconductive
  detectors, photodiode detectors.Week 13
  Avalanche photodiodes, CCDs, modulated barrier
  photodiodes.Week 14 Resonant cavity enhanced
  photodetectors, system applications of
  optoelectronic devices.Weeks 15 16 Final Exam

8
Additional Information

• Main goal is optical electronics
• Extra Classes (3 hour sessions)
• Material basically self-taught
• Small class size (group work)
• Loosely structured classes
• Applications