Course: Experimental Photonics

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Course title Experimental Photonics
Course code OPT/EFOT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Straka Ivo, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bílek Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Obšil Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Slodička Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Horová Nikola, Mgr.
  • Mika Jaromír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Stárek Robert, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hloušek Josef, Mgr.
  • Ježek Miroslav, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Fadrný Jiří, Mgr.
  • Grygar Jan, Mgr.
  • Neset Michal, Mgr.
  • Dostálová Anežka, Mgr.
  • Vašinka Dominik, Mgr.
  • Juráň Filip, Mgr.
  • Běhal Jaromír, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lab examples: 1. Semiconductor sources LED, SLED, LD: V-A and I-L diagrams, spectral density. 2. Optical fibers and waveguides, fiber couplers: dispersion, coupling ratio. 3. Integrated EO modulator: response, half-wave-voltage measurement, modulation and sidebands. 4. Semiconductor photodetectors: responsivity, quantum efficiency, bandwidth. 5. Optical time domain reflectometry: losses in telecommunication link. 6. Wavelength division multiplex based link: crosstalks and bandwidth. 7. Laser narrow linewidth measurement: delayed heterodyne detection. 8. Spectrum and pulse length of fs laser: two-photon absorption in semiconductor. 9. Light-matter interaction: saturated absorption spectroscopy in rubidium vapours. 10. Statistics of light: single photon detectors, independent and bunched photons. 11. Intensity interference and fs-duration measurement: parametric frequency downconversion. 12. Quantum entanglement and nonlocality: Bell's inequalities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Demonstration, Laboratory Work
Learning outcomes
The course aims to realize selected experimental setups, carry out particular measurements and improve student's experimental skills in the fields of optical communications and photonics in general.
The course will deal with particular experimental tasks important within the following fields: semiconductor sources, photodetectors, optical fiber communications, integrated optics, single photon generation and detection, quantum optics, ligh-matter interaction. Student will gain hands-on experience with necessary measurement techniques and experimental methods.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of wave optics, theory of electromagnetic field, waveguides, optical coherence, quantum physics and quantum optics is required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Attendance, active participation in class, reports with measurement results, final oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Materiály dodané přednášejícím / handouts.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Optics and Optoelectronics (2021) Category: Physics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): General Physics and Mathematical Physics (2019) Category: Physics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter