Course Title:
Silicon Photonics and Their Applications

Instructor's Name and Contact Information:
Dr. Winnie Ye
Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor
Micro/NanoPhotonics Group
Department of Electronics, MC 3074
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Phone: +1-613-520-2600 ext. 8395
Fax: +1-613-520-5708
e-mail: winnie_ye@carleton.ca
webpage: http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~wye/

Course Summary:
This short course will cover the basic of silicon photonics, which includes passive waveguides and waveguide based structures, to active devices including modulators, lasers, and photodetectors. The course will offer a review on the state of the art devices, present the existing and potential commercial applications, and discuss the outlook of field.

Timetable:
 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Introduction to Silicon Photonics
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Coffee break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Silicon based passive devices: waveguides and waveguide based devices
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Silicon based active devices: optical modulators, and optical sources, photodetectors
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Coffee break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Optoelectronic integration and the state of the art applications