DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION

OF PASSIVE PHOTONIC INTEGRATED DEVICES

  1. Introduction to passive integrated circuits (PICs): basic physics of waveguides, waveguide arc, MMI, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, ring resonators..).
  2. Software tools for numerical modeling of passive integrated devices.
  3. Introduction to PICs fabrication and technology limitations.
  4. Software tools and basics of mask engineering.
  5. Experimental set-ups and laboratory equipment for characterization of PICs.
  6. Application of PICs in designing devices for photonic communications, biophotonics, sensors...