Physics of linear and nonlinear optical waveguides Training

Week 1:Linear and nonlinear optical waveguides & Brief history, Maxwell’s equation, Plane wave, Wave equation, Snell’s Law, Total Internal Reflection, Concept of core and cladding

Week 2:Numerical Aperture (NA), V-parameter, Cut off wavelength, Ray propagation in optical fibers, Meridonial rays, Skew ray, Concept of discrete ray propagation inside waveguides

Week 3:Waveguide characteristics: Loss mechanism, Modal dispersion, Ray Equation, Ray path for step-index waveguide

Week 4:Ray equation continue: Ray path for triangular-index waveguide, Ray path for parabolic index waveguide, Transit Time
Week 5:Material Dispersion, Group delay, Pulse broadening, Concept of zero dispersion, Birefringence waveguides

Week 6:Modes: TE & TM Modes, Modes in slab waveguide, Symmetric and anti-symmetric mode, Calculation of propagation constantWeek 7:Modes: Step index optical fibers, Bassel function, Recursion relation, LPlm modes

Week 8:Optical waveguide components: Directional coupler, Optical switching, Power coupler, Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), Couple Mode Theory
Week 9:Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG), Bragg wavelength, Reflectivity calculation, Linear waveguide array

Week 10:Nonlinear Waveguides, Kerr nonlinearity, EM wave propagation under Kerr nonlinearity

Week 11:Nonlinear Susceptibility, Second Harmonic Generation (SHG), Third Harmonic Generation (THG), Phase Matching

Week 12:Self Phase Modulation (SPM), Nonlinear absorption, Optical Soliton, Supercontinuum Generation