COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
EEE5750 | Quantum Electronics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. ŞEREF KALEM |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The goal of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of photonics, and provide them with the necessary foundation and tools to understand optical systems. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Understand optical elements and image formation II. Model transmission of light in free space, through optical components, and through waveguides III. Understand interaction of light with matter and light with light IV. Distinguish the different theories of light and use the appropriate theory to formulate and solve optical problems V. Have the necessary background and tools for advanced optics courses |
1st week: Ray optics 2nd week: Graded index optics, matrix optics 3rd week: Wave optics, monochromatic waves 4th week: Interference, polychromatic light 5th week: Beam optics 6th week: Fourier optics 7th week: Fourier optics, diffraction 8th week: Fourier optics, image formation 9th week: Electromagnetic optics 10th week: Electromagnetic optics 11th week: Absorption, dispersion, pulse propagation 12th week: Polarization optics 13th week: Guided wave optics 14th week: Guided wave optics |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Ray optics: Postulates of ray optics, simple optical components (mirrors, lenses, light guides) | |
2) | Graded index optics, Matrix optics | |
3) | Postulates of wave optics, monochromatic waves, reflection, refraction | |
4) | Interference, polychromatic light | |
5) | Gaussian beam, Transmission through optical components | |
6) | Light propagation, transfer function of free space | |
7) | Optical Fourier transform, diffraction (Fraunhofer, Fresnel) | |
8) | Fourier optics: Image Formation, Holography | |
9) | Electromagnetic theory of light, dielectric media | |
10) | Monochromatic electromagnetic waves | |
11) | Absorption and dispersion, pulse propagation | |
12) | Polarization of light, reflection and refraction, polarization devices | |
13) | Planar-mirror waveguides, planar dielectric waveguides | |
14) | Two dimensional waveguides, optical coupling in waveguides |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A Saleh and M.C. Teich |
References: | Optics, Eugene Hecht |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
Preliminary Jury | 1 | % 35 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Midterms | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Final | 3 | 11 | 33 |
Total Workload | 195 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |