Number of hours
- Lectures ?
- Projects ?
- Tutorials ?
- Internship ?
- Laboratory works 16.0
- Written tests ?
ECTS
ECTS 1.0
Goal(s)
The goals of this labwork are the following ones :
- provide a theoretical background for the use of the BPM simulation method
- use a modern optical design BPM simulation tool
- design of an integrated optical device (choice between a Mach-Zehnder integrated sensor, MMI wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer, asymmetric Y junction...)
Content(s)
Labwork session 1 -tutored
- Tntroduction to the BPM simulation method: approximations, trade-offs and applicability to the design of planar lightwave circuits
- introduction to Optiwave OptiBPM simulation software
Labwork session 2 -tutored
- Tormation of the groups (2 or 3 students) and assignment of the simulation projects
- Simulations
Labwork session 3 -tutored
- The groups of students are now expected to have understood the theory behind the projects assigned in the second labwork session. The available bibliographical resources will be discussed.
- Simulations
Labwork session 4 -untutored
Students may access to the workstations at PHOG during the opening hours of the laboratory.
Labwork session 5 -tutored
Final discussions about the projects and the simulation results.
Prerequisites
- electromagnetic optics
- propagation modes in a slab dielectric waveguide
- basics of guided optics
The students will be asked to provide a 10-15 pages report for each group, one week after the last labwork session. The report should present clearly the device which are being studied, theoretical behavior, the simulations results. A bibliography should be provided.
N1=100%Rapport
N2=N1
Scarmozzino, R. and Gopinath, A. and Pregla, R. and Helfert, S., "Numerical techniques for modeling guided-wave photonic devices", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume 6, Number 1, Pages 150-162, Jan.-Feb. 2002