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Photonics
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Photonics
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Physics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 18320
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Electromagnetism and Optics
Solid State Fundamentals for Engineering
Electronic Engineering Fundamentals
Statistical Physics
DESCRIPTION
1.- Revision: Electromagnetic waves propagation. Light as an electromagnetic wave.
2.-Light propagation in free space. Geometrical, undulatory and beam optics concepts. Interference and diffraction. Polarization of light.
3.-Light propagation in linear dielectric media. Dispersion. Integrated waveguides. Optical fibers and optical fiber components.
4.- Revision: Light as a particle: the photon. The black body radiation spectrum. Light-matter interaction: emission and absorption of light. Introduction to quantum states of light.
5.-Coherent emission of light: lasers. Stimulated emission and the laser effect. Working principles of lasers: Rate Equations. Types of lasers. Gas lasers, solid-state lasers, Semiconductor lasers (Edge emitting lasers and VCSELs), Quantum cascade lasers, Fiber optic lasers, Pulsed lasers: mode-locked lasers. Other (non-coherent) light Sources: LEDs.
6.- Light detection. Ideal photon detector. Responsivity. Heterodyne or coherent detection. Detection noise and classical detection limit (shot noise). Types of photon detectors: photodiodes, photomultipliers, CCDs, ¿
7.- Other important photonic components: Electro-optics and acousto-optic modulators, Spatial light modulators.
8.- Photonics systems and subsystems examples
2.-Light propagation in free space. Geometrical, undulatory and beam optics concepts. Interference and diffraction. Polarization of light.
3.-Light propagation in linear dielectric media. Dispersion. Integrated waveguides. Optical fibers and optical fiber components.
4.- Revision: Light as a particle: the photon. The black body radiation spectrum. Light-matter interaction: emission and absorption of light. Introduction to quantum states of light.
5.-Coherent emission of light: lasers. Stimulated emission and the laser effect. Working principles of lasers: Rate Equations. Types of lasers. Gas lasers, solid-state lasers, Semiconductor lasers (Edge emitting lasers and VCSELs), Quantum cascade lasers, Fiber optic lasers, Pulsed lasers: mode-locked lasers. Other (non-coherent) light Sources: LEDs.
6.- Light detection. Ideal photon detector. Responsivity. Heterodyne or coherent detection. Detection noise and classical detection limit (shot noise). Types of photon detectors: photodiodes, photomultipliers, CCDs, ¿
7.- Other important photonic components: Electro-optics and acousto-optic modulators, Spatial light modulators.
8.- Photonics systems and subsystems examples