Nonlinear Optics

Spring 2001

Professor C. D. Cantrell, UT-Dallas

Course Information


Teaching Personnel


Professor Cantrell:
Office Hours: Saturday mornings 10-12; other times by appointment.
Prof. Cantrell's office is located in EC 2.302.
Send email to Prof. Cantrell
(cantrell@utdallas.edu)
Telephone numbers:

Web Site


The EE 6328 Web site is at http://www.utdallas.edu/~cantrell/ee6328/.

All course notes and other vital information will be available primarily through the course Web site. Some information may also be available in McDermott Library (no guarantee of completeness).

You can access the EE 6328 Web site through the Microcomputer Laboratory in McDermott or the UNIX Laboratory in Jonsson. If you use the Microcomputer Laboratory, you will benefit by using a Macintosh, rather than a PC, because the utilization of the Macs is much lower than the utilization of the PCs.

If you wish to access the World Wide Web from your own computer, you are responsible for obtaining Web access through UTD or an independent Internet Service Provider.


Textbooks


Required: Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Second Edition, by Professor Govind P. Agrawal. Published by Academic Press (ISBN 0120451425).
Recommended: Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Second Edition, by Professor Govind P. Agrawal. Published by John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 0471175404).

Homework


Half of the course grade is based on the homework exercises, which are intended to develop the student's understanding of both the physics of nonlinear optics and the implications of nonlinear-optical effects for the performance of telecommunication systems.


Examinations


The final examination, which will determine 50% of the course grade, will be held at the time assigned in the official Schedule of Classes.