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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
EEE5750 Quantum Electronics Spring 3 0 3 12
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A Saleh and M.C. Teich
References: Optics, Eugene Hecht

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.