Course Objectives: This course is an introduction to the principles behind lightwave devices.

Course Outline by Topical Areas:

Electro-optics: principles; electro-optics of liquid crystals and photo-refractive

materials. Nonlinear optics: second-order nonlinear optics; third-order nonlinear

optics; pulse propagation and solitons. Acousto-optics: interaction of light and

sound; acousto-optic devices. Photonic switching and computing: photonic

switches; all-optical switches; bistable optical devices. Introduction to fiber-optic

communications: components of the fiber-optic link; modulation, multiplexing and

coupling; system performance; receiver sensitivity; coherent optical

communications.

Course Requirements:

Course URL: http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/courses/Spring2005/ELENE6412.html

Notes:

Before registering for Columbia classes, NTU students may contact Columbia Video Network (CVN) by e-mail at cvn@cvn.columbia.edu with any questions. ALL STUDENTS registering for a class should obtain the course syllabus, as well as download CVN's "Important Information," which includes CVN's Required Procedures, Academic Calendar, etc. available on the CVN website at http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/Registration/Information/information.html at the

beginning of the semester. This information is crucial for students to function under CVN guidelines during the course of the semester. It is the responsibility of the student to be familiar with these procedures. Course

notes, assignments, and videocassettes will be sent directly to the student, and students will be required to adhere to the course schedule for homework assignments, project due dates, and examinations. All homework assignments, projects, and exams must be sent to CVN by overnight carrier or e-mail, as described in the course syllabus. Additional Columbia requirements and procedures are explained in CVN's "Important Information" section on the web page.

Students taking this course have two viewing options: VHS videotapes ($950 additional fee domestic only) and online mode (includes both streaming lectures and downloadable lectures ($195 additional fee).

Students are highly encouraged to check our previews from http://www2.cvn.columbia.edu/preview/preview.asp. If you have technical problems, contact CVN at technical@cvn.columbia.edu.

Students should send payment by check directly to Columbia University's Accounting department (address below) in order to receive access to the course lectures:

CVN Accounting

Columbia Video Network

530 Mudd MC 4719

500 West 120th Street

New York, NY 10027

Degree Applicability:

CE[AA]	CH[NA]	CS[AA]	EE[BDE]	EM[E]	ESM[NA]	MAT[E]
MBA[NA]	ME[E]	MES[BE]	MSE[E]	SE[NA]	SY[AA]

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NTU Semester Credit Hours: 3
Number of Lecture Hours: 12 (150 minute) lectures
Days Class Meets on Campus: Monday

Contributing Scholar:
James Misewich
MC 4719 Room 530 Mudd
Columbia University
500 West 120th Street
New York, NY   10027
Phone: 212-854-6447

Fax: 21-854-2325
misewich@bnl.gov

Note: Contributing Scholars are responsible for the design, organization, content, and presentation of NTU courses. Online classroom management, student management, and other matters related to academic administration of courses are the responsibility of support "Faculty". Either person is often called "Instructor". To identify and differentiate between these roles, we use the terms "Contributing Scholar" and "Faculty".

Academic/Administrative Contact:  
CVN Administration
Phone: 212-854-6447
Fax: 212-854-2325
info@cvn.columbia.edu


Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Photonics - http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/courses/Fall2004/ELENE4411.html

Textbooks: (Order Materials)

1.	Fundamentals of Photonics, B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Wiley, 1991, ISBN 0471839655.