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Photonic Materials and Devices
Art: Georg Agricola, De re metallica - water wheel (125711501), 1556 · Public domain
- Instructors
- Prof. Lionel C. Kimerling, Dr. Sajan Saini
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 48 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 3.46 Photonic Materials and Devices, Spring 2006, Prof. Lionel C. Kimerling, Dr. Sajan Saini — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Materials by section
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Readings
13 files
- Handout: Materials Design by Property Maps Download
- Lecture 2 · Optical Materials Design 2 · References and resources Download
- Lecture 3 · System Design: TDM, WDM · References and resources Download
- Griffiths, D. J. Introduction to Electrodynamics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, chapters 4 and 8. Haus… Download
- This file discusses about in copertina, fundamentals, the slab waveguide, polarisation dependence… (bics_on_opt_w_ho.pdf) Download
- This file discusses about ridge waveguide and buried strip/channel waveguide (2detive_ind_solu.pdf) Download
- Handout: Energy Conversion Chart Download
- Handout: Waveguide Propagation Loss Download
- This file discusses about ring width, coupled rings spacing and coupling rings in series (cou_ring_resonat.pdf) Download
- Lecture 12 · Crystal Growth · References and resources Download
- Lecture 14 · Defects and Strain · References and resources Download
- Giovane, Laura. Excerpt from thesis “The Role of Strain in Optical Properties of Semiconductors.” Download
- Kimerling, L. C. “Silicon Microphotonics.” Download
Lecture Notes
12 files
- Optical Materials Design 1 Download
- Optical Materials Design 2 Download
- System Design: TDM, WDM Download
- Ray Optics, EM Optics and Guided Wave Optics Download
- Waveguide Design Download
- LEDs Download
- Optical Amplifiers and Lasers Download
- Crystal Growth Download
- Defects and Strain Download
- III-V Processing Download
- Detectors 1 Download
- Detectors 2 Download
Assignments
7 files
Exams
7 files
Projects
- Preparing Mentally for a Presentation Download
- Design Review 1 Download
- Design Review 2 Download
- Design Review 3 Download
- Design Review 4 Download
Other materials from this course
- This file contains design review 1 for the course (3_46_des_rev1_fb.pdf) Download
- This file discusses about the presentation of design review which includes content, design, and… (3_46_des_rev4_fb.pdf) Download
- This file contains quizes based upon the UHF AM satellite radio, Bragg filter for 1 GHz signal, the… (3_46_finalexam.pdf) Download
- This file discusses about abstract, conclusions, acknowledgements and references (plasmonics_zia.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Optical Materials Design 2 ( PDF )
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Lecture 3: System Design: TDM, WDM ( PDF )
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Lecture 4: Ray Optics, EM Optics and Guided Wave Optics ( PDF )
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Lecture 5: Waveguide Design ( PDF )
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Lecture 6: WDM Filters: The Microcavity and the Ring Resonator
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Lecture 7: Photonic Crystals
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Lecture 8: Electrons in Semiconductors
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Lecture 9: Photons in Semiconductors and Dielectrics
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Lecture 10: LEDs ( PDF )
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Lecture 11: Optical Amplifiers and Lasers ( PDF )
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Lecture 12: Crystal Growth ( PDF )
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Lecture 13: Nonlinear Optics and Modulators
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Lecture 14: Defects and Strain ( PDF )
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Lecture 15: III-V Processing ( PDF )
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Lecture 16: Detectors 1 ( PDF )
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Lecture 17: Detectors 2 ( PDF )
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Lecture 18: Microphotonics 1
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Lecture 19: Microphotonics 2
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Lecture 20: Nanophotonics
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Lecture 21: Photonics Toolkit
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Lionel C. Kimerling, Dr. Sajan Saini, 3.46 Photonic Materials and Devices, Spring 2006.
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