Course Syllabus

Objective:

The purpose of this course is to teach the design and analysis of micro-optical systems using Optical MEMS and Optofluidic components. We will use a variety of classical examples as case studies to illustrate how system performance requirements drive the development of components, and how unique capabilities of novel components enable new applications. Topics to be covered includes display technologies (digital micromirror devices or DMD, grating light valve, MEMS shutter, interferometric modulators, e-ink, electrowetting display), optical networking devices (optical circuit switches, crossconnects, wavelength-selective switches, dispersion compensators), sensing and imaging devices (LIDAR, Google Glass, confocal microscope, optofluidic microscope), optical manipulation of cells and microfluidics (optical tweezers, optoelectronic tweezers, optofluidics), single molecule analysis and DNA sequencing (zero mode waveguides), and silicon photonics. Guest speakers from experts of the field will be invited for selective lectures.

Instructor:                  Professor Ming C. Wu (wu at eecs dot berkeley dot edu) Office: 511 SDH

Class Schedule:        Lectures on MW 10-11:30 am at 293 Cory                                        

Office Hours:            Tuesday 10-11 or by email appointment

Class Webpage:        https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/

Prerequisite:

Basic understanding of the properties of light, waveguiding, and electrostatics. A short tutorial will be given for most topics covered in class.

Textbook:

The course will be based on current literatures (about 3 to 5 papers per week). The following reference books are useful for the fundamental principles:

• H. A. Haus, Waves and fields in optoelectronics. Prentice-Hall, 1984.
• A. R. Hawkins and H. Schmidt, Handbook of Optofluidics, CRC Press, 2012.
• G. T. Reed and A. P. Knights, Silicon Photonics: An Introduction, Wiley, 2004.

Course Requirements:

• Active participation in class discussion
• Term project on a topic related to the general theme of the course. The term project involves doing detailed performance trade-off study, requirement of key components, choice of technology and its limit, conceptual design of key components and micro-optic systems
• Project presentation: each student will present his/her own project in class in the final two weeks of the semester. The formal presentation will be about 30 minutes, including questions (about 15 to 20 slides).
• Final report is due on May 2. Typical reports are 6 pages long, written in typical IEEE or OSA journal styles. Templates are available in IEEE or Optics Express websites.   

 Grading Policy:         20% participation + 40% project presentation + 40% final report