ENEE692

Introduction to Photonics

Prerequisite: ENEE380 and ENEE381; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department. Introduction to photonic concepts and applications. In particular, high quality factor optical resonators, photonic crystals, microresonators, statistical and photon optics, spontaneous and stimulated emission, semiconductor lasers and detectors, modulators and optical switches are discussed. Finally, the concept of photons and the quantum states of light are presented.

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Spring 2025

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.57 between 89 students*

ENEE692 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055606570% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 33.71%
A: 14.61%
A+: 16.85%
B-: 2.25%
B: 16.85%
B+: 7.87%
W: 1.12%
other: 6.74%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.