Webpage of Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş

Welcome. I am a senior display engineer at Apple focusing on next generation display architectures. This website provides information about myself, and my past professional activities.

Contact Info

You can reach me by sending an email to the following address:
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Professional Experience

• Sr Optical Display Engineer, Apple, Cupertino, CA (2022-Present)
• Sr Integrated Photonics Scientist, Corning, NY (2018-2022)
• Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey (2011-2018)

Education

• Post-doctoral researcher in the Fan Group, Stanford University, CA (2009-2011)
• PhD in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Physics, Stanford University, CA (2009)
  • Advisor: Prof. David A. B. Miller
  • Thesis title: Nano-Metallic Optics for Waveguides and Photodetectors
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA (2004)
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (2002)

Research Overview

Here is my Google Scholar account.

I have worked on modeling, fabrication and optical characterization of photonic devices such as waveguides (both single/few mode ones as used in optical communications, and macroscopic ones such as those used augmented reality displays), resonators and detectors. I also worked on the quantum mechanical modeling of qubit – photon interactions within waveguides.

Currently, I am focusing mostly on modeling of optical systems.

Journal Publications / Preprints

Please refer to the Google Scholar link above for more up to date content.

• Julian L. Pita Ruiz, Lucas G. Rocha, Jun Yang, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Ming-Jun Li, Ivan Aldaya, Paulo Dainese, and Lucas H. Gabrielli, “Efficient integrated tri-modal coupler for few-mode fibers,” Opt. Express 30, 2539-2546 (2022) abstract pdf url

  This paper demonstrates a high-efficiency vertical grating coupler for the LP01x, LP11ax, and LP11bx modes of a graded-index few-mode fiber. The coupler is composed of a non-uniform straight bidirectional grating that was inverse-designed to address the desired fiber modes, combined with two mode-selective directional couplers and two tapers. The device was fabricated by e-beam lithography with a minimum feature size of 100 nm and presented coupling efficiencies of −3.0 dB, −3.6 dB, and −3.4 dB for the LP01x, LP11ax, and LP11bx modes, respectively. The high efficiency of the proposed CMOS-compatible coupler demonstrates its potential as a key device for high-capacity networks exploiting space division multiplexing on few-mode fibers.

• Julian L. Pita Ruiz, Lucas G. Rocha, Jun Yang, Sukru Ekin Kocabas, Ming-Jun Li, Ivan Aldaya, Paulo Dainese, Lucas H. Gabrielli, “Compact Dual-Polarization Silicon Integrated Couplers for Multicore Fibers,” Opt. Lett. 46, 3649-3652 (2021) abstract pdf url

  Compact fiber-to-chip couplers play an important role in optical interconnections, especially in data centers. However, the development of couplers has been mostly limited to standard single-mode fibers, with few devices compatible with multicore and multimode fibers. Through the use of state-of-the-art optimization algorithms, we designed a compact dual-polarization coupler to interface chips and dense multicore fibers, demonstrating, for the first time, coupling to both polarizations of all the cores, with measured coupling efficiency of −4.3dB and with a 3 dB bandwidth of 48 nm. The dual-polarization coupler has a footprint of 200µm2 per core, which makes it the smallest fiber-to-chip coupler experimentally demonstrated on a standard silicon-on-insulator platform.

• L. Brusberg et al., “Glass Substrate With Integrated Waveguides for Surface Mount Photonic Packaging,” in Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 912-919, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2020.3033295. abstract pdf url

  Co-packaged optics in next-generation datacenters require the assembly of multiple components on the same multichip module (MCM) and interconnection with hundreds of optical fibers. A novel photonic packaging substrate is required to leverage high-throughput electronic assembly with high precision optical alignment. This report highlights the results of glass substrate optimization to include optical waveguides, a fiber connector, and chip interfaces, as well as features for electrical connectivity, as a potential component for a co-packaging solution. Glass with smooth surfaces and high precision alignment features enables surface mounted flip-chip assembly of electrical integrated circuits, photonic components, and optical fiber connectors. All components will be placed by vision alignment using precise fiducials or passive alignment in mechanical features to the surface of the glass substrate with optical and electrical interconnects. Flip-chip assembly of photonic components is enabled by evanescent coupling with couplers having a minimum non-linear taper length of 1.5 mm. The designed interface loss to the integrated ion-exchanged glass waveguides is less than 1 dB with an interface which is robust to lateral misalignment of up to 4 microns. Light can be transmitted in the glass substrate with a propagation loss of 0.1 dB/cm. Fiber interfaces are mechanically and thermally decoupled from the photonic component and glass waveguides can fan-out the component pitch from 50 to 250 microns of the MTP-16 ferrule connector. The solder reflow compatible connector receptacle is passively aligned and demonstrate with an average loss of 0.68 dB.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “The Effect of Metal Thickness on Si Wire to Plasmonic Slot Waveguide Mode Conversion,” Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, published online 2017-12-28. abstract pdf url

  We investigate mode converters for Si wire to plasmonic slot waveguides at 1550 nm telecom wavelength. The structures are based on a taper geometry. We provide optimal dimensions with more than 90% power transmission for a range of metal (Au) thicknesses between 30-250 nm. We provide details on how to differentiate between the total power and the power in the main mode of the plasmonic slot waveguide. Our analysis is based on the orthogonality of modes of the slot waveguide subject to a suitable inner product definition. Our results are relevant for lowering the insertion loss and the bit error rate of plasmonic modulators.

• Solmaz Naghizadeh, Adeel Afridi, Ongun Arısev, Aziz Karaşahin, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Experimental Investigation of Stub Resonators Built in Plasmonic Slot Waveguides,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 663-666, April 15, 2017. abstract pdf url

  In this work, we focus on stub resonators embedded in plasmonic slot waveguides. The resonators have potential applications in optical interconnects and sensors. We fabricate the samples by electron beam lithography and lift-off. We use a scattering matrix based model to quantify the optical power output from the samples. We measure the properties of the resonators by coupling light in and out of the slot waveguides by optical antennas, making use of a cross-polarization based setup utilizing a supercontinuum source and a high numerical aperture objective lens operating in the telecom-wavelength range. Our model agrees well with the measured data. Further development on the stub resonators can be made by using the methods in this paper.

• Solmaz Naghizadeh, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Guidelines for designing 2D and 3D plasmonic stub resonators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 207-217 (2017). abstract pdf url

  In this work, we compare the performance of plasmonic waveguide integrated stub resonators based on 2D metal-dielectric-metal and 3D slot waveguide (SWG) geometries. We show that scattering matrix theory can be extended to 3D devices, and by employing scattering matrix theory, we provide the guidelines for designing plasmonic 2D and 3D single-stub and double-stub resonators with a desired spectral response at the design wavelength. We provide transmission maps of 2D and 3D double-stub resonators versus stub lengths, and we specify the different regions on these maps that result in a minimum, a maximum, or a plasmonically induced transparency shape in the transmission spectrum. Radiation loss from waveguide terminations leads to a degradation of the 3D SWG-based resonators. We illustrate improved waveguide terminations that boost resonator properties. We verify our results with 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations.

• Adeel Afridi, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Beam steering and impedance matching of plasmonic horn nanoantennas,” Opt. Express 24, 25647–25652 (2016). abstract pdf url

  In this paper, we study a plasmonic horn nanoantenna on a metal-backed substrate. The horn nanoantenna structure consists of a two-wire transmission line (TWTL) flared at the end. We analyze the effect of the substrate thickness on the nanoantenna's radiation pattern, and demonstrate beam steering in a broad range of elevation angles. Furthermore, we analyze the effect of the ground plane on the impedance matching between the antenna and the TWTL, and observe that the ground plane increases the back reflection into the waveguide. To reduce the reflection, we develop a transmission line model to design an impedance matching section which leads to 99.75% power transmission to the nanoantenna.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Few-photon scattering in dispersive waveguides with multiple qubits,” Opt. Lett., 41, 2533-2536 (2016). abstract pdf url

  We extend the Krylov-subspace-based time-dependent numerical simulation technique for a qubit interacting with photons in a waveguide to the multiple qubit case. We analyze photon scattering from two qubits and derive expressions for the bound states in the continuum (BICs). We show how the BIC can be excited. We use the BIC in a recent Pauli-Z gate proposal involving decoherence free subspaces and obtain the gate fidelity as a function of the gate parameters. The techniques presented in this Letter are useful for investigating the time evolution of quantum gates and other many-body systems with multiple quenches in the Hamiltonian.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Effects of modal dispersion on few-photon–qubit scattering in one-dimensional waveguides,” Physical Review A, vol. 93, no. 3, p. 033829, Mar 2016. abstract pdf url

  We study one- and two-photon scattering from a qubit embedded in a one-dimensional waveguide in the presence of modal dispersion. We use a resolvent based analysis and utilize techniques borrowed from the Lee model studies. Modal dispersion leads to atom-photon bound states which necessitate the use of multichannel scattering theory. We present multichannel scattering matrix elements in terms of the solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Through the use of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, we derive an infinite series of Feynman diagrams that represent the solution to the integral equation. We use the Feynman diagrams as vertex correction terms to come up with closed form formulas that successfully predict the trapping rate of a photon in the atom-photon bound state. We verify our formalism through Krylov-subspace based numerical studies. Our results provide the tools to calculate the complex correlations between scattered photons in a dispersive environment.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Eden Rephaeli, Shanhui Fan, “Resonance fluorescence in a waveguide geometry,” Physical Review A, vol. 85, no. 2, p. 023817, Feb 2012. abstract pdf url

  We show how to calculate the first- and second-order statistics of the scattered fields for an arbitrary intensity coherent-state light field interacting with a two-level system in a waveguide geometry. Specifically, we calculate the resonance fluorescence from the qubit, using input-output formalism. We derive the transmission and reflection coefficients, and illustrate the bunching and antibunching of light that is scattered in the forward and backward directions, respectively. Our results agree with previous calculations on one- and two-photon scattering as well as those that are based on the master equation approach.

• Eden Rephaeli, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Shanhui Fan, “Few photon transport in a waveguide coupled to a pair of colocated two-level atoms,” Physical Review A, vol. 84, no. 6, p. 063832, Dec 2011. abstract pdf url

  We calculate the one- and two-photon scattering matrices of a pair of collocated nonidentical two-level atoms coupled to a waveguide. We show that by proper choice of a two-photon input, the background fluorescence by the atoms may be completely quenched, as a result of quantum interference, and that when the atoms’ detuning is smaller than their linewidths, extremely narrow fluorescence features emerge. Furthermore, the system emits a two-photon bound state which can display spatial oscillations or quantum beats, and can be tuned from bunched to antibunched statistics as the total photon energy is varied.

• Shanhui Fan, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Jung-Tsung Shen, “Input-Output Formalism For Few-Photon Transport in One-Dimensional Nanophotonic Waveguides Coupled to a Qubit,” Physical Review A, vol. 82, no. 6, p. 063821, Dec 2010. abstract pdf url

  We extend the input-output formalism of quantum optics to analyze few-photon transport in waveguides with an embedded qubit. We provide explicit analytical derivations for one- and two-photon scattering matrix elements based on operator equations in the Heisenberg picture.

• Salman Latif, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Liang Tang, Christof Debaes, and David A. B. Miller, “Low capacitance CMOS Silicon photodetectors for optical clock injection,” Applied Physics A: Material Science & Processing, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 1129–1135, 2009. abstract pdf url

  We have studied the response of CMOS compatible detectors fabricated in a silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) process, operated under short pulse excitation in the blue.These high speed, low capacitance detectors would be suitable for very precise, surface-normal clock injection with silicon CMOS. We characterize the capacitance of the detector structure through a combination of experimental techniques and circuit-level and electromagnetic simulations.The transit-time-limited response of the detectors is validated through pump–probe experiments. Detector response times of ∼35 ps have been measured, and devices have capacitance as low as ∼4 fF.

• Georgios Veronis, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, David A.B. Miller, Shanhui Fan, “Modeling of plasmonic waveguide components and networks,” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 1808–1826, August 2009. abstract pdf url

  We review some of the recent advances in the simulation of plasmonic devices, drawing examples from our own work in metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguide components and networks.We introduce the mode-matching technique for modeling of MIM waveguide devices. We derive the complete set of orthogonal modes that the MIM waveguide supports and use it to apply the mode-matching technique to the analysis of plasmonic waveguide networks. We also introduce several different equivalent models for plasmonic waveguide components, such as the characteristic impedance model for deep subwavelength MIM waveguides, the scattering matrix description of MIM waveguide junctions, and equivalent circuit models. The model abstraction provided by these equivalent models is important for the analysis and synthesis of device functions, as illustrated with the design of a waveguide mode converter.

• Georgios Veronis, Zongfu Yu, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, David A. B. Miller, Mark L. Brongersma, Shanhui Fan, “Metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguide devices for manipulating light at the nanoscale,” Chinese Optics Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 302–308, 2009. abstract pdf url

  We review some of the recent advances in the development of subwavelength plasmonic devices for manipulating light at the nanoscale, drawing examples from our own work in metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) plasmonic waveguide devices. We introduce bends, splitters, and mode converters for MDM waveguides with no additional loss. We also demonstrate that optical gain provides a mechanism for on/off switching in MDM plasmonic waveguides. Highly efficient compact couplers between dielectric waveguides and MDM waveguides are also introduced.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Georgios Veronis, David A. B. Miller, Shanhui Fan, “Modal Analysis and Coupling in Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguides,” Physical Review B, vol. 79, p. 035120, 2009. abstract pdf url

  This paper shows how to analyze plasmonic metal-insulator-metal waveguides using the full modal structure of these guides. The analysis applies to all frequencies, particularly including the near infrared and visible spectrum, and to a wide range of sizes, including nanometallic structures. We use the approach here specifically to analyze waveguide junctions. We show that the full modal structure of the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides—which consists of real and complex discrete eigenvalue spectra, as well as the continuous spectrum—forms a complete basis set. We provide the derivation of these modes using the techniques developed for Sturm-Liouville and generalized eigenvalue equations. We demonstrate the need to include all parts of the spectrum to have a complete set of basis vectors to describe scattering within MIM waveguides with the mode-matching technique. We numerically compare the mode-matching formulation with finite-difference frequency-domain analysis and find very good agreement between the two for modal scattering at symmetric MIM waveguide junctions. We touch upon the similarities between the underlying mathematical structure of the MIM waveguide and the PT symmetric quantum-mechanical pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians. The rich set of modes that the MIM waveguide supports forms a canonical example against which other more complicated geometries can be compared. Our work here encompasses the microwave results but extends also to waveguides with real metals even at infrared and optical frequencies.
  • Here is the code that implements the argument principle method. It was written under Mathematica 6. Might need to be modified to work under newer versions.
  • I also have the Mathematica sheets for the implementation of mode matching. I did not have the time to add more comments to them, if you’d like to take a look at those please let me know, I’ll be much more motivated to put them online then.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Georgios Veronis, David A. B. Miller, Shanhui Fan, “Transmission Line and Equivalent Circuit Models for Plasmonic Waveguide Components,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1462–1472, 2008. abstract pdf url

  Modeling of waveguide junctions using transmission lines and lumped circuit elements is common practice in microwave networks. By the help of the scattering matrix formalism, it is possible to describe junction effects in a very concise way. Such a representation is crucial for the design of complex systems containing many interacting parts. Using scattering matrices, we characterize symmetric junctions between 2-D metal--insulator--metal (MIM) waveguides with optical signals at infrared frequencies (1550 nm) propagating in them. We verify our characterization by perfectly matching a wavelength-sized MIM waveguide to a subwavelength-sized one using a Smith chart. We then map the scattering matrix description to an equivalent lumped circuit representation and discuss the physical significance of its elements. We show that the simplified characteristic impedance model is appropriate for the deep subwavelength regime. The scattering matrix model for the MIM junctions leads to simplified analysis that can be integrated into circuit modeling software packages, such as SPICE.

• Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, David A. B. Miller, “Characteristic Impedance Model for Plasmonic Metal Slot Waveguides,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1473–1478, 2008. abstract pdf url

  We investigate the transmission properties of a subwavelength plasmonic slot waveguide. We show that the transmission can be accurately calculated using the characteristic impedance of the propagating mode. Using such a model, we show that it is possible to design devices without extensive 3-D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computer simulations. We illustrate the approach with calculations of an asymmetric Fabry-Perot germanium photodetector based on the slot waveguide geometry, showing predicted detector efficiencies as high as 69% despite metallic losses.

• Liang Tang, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Salman Latif, Ali K. Okyay, Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, Krishna C. Saraswat, David A. B. Miller, “Nanometre-scale germanium photodetector enhanced by a near-infrared dipole antenna,” Nature Photonics, vol. 2, pp. 226–229, 2008. abstract pdf url

  A critical challenge for the convergence of optics and electronics is that the micrometre scale of optics is significantly larger than the nanometre scale of modern electronic devices. In the conversion from photons to electrons by photodetectors, this size incompatibility often leads to substantial penalties in power dissipation, area, latency and noise. A photodetector can be made smaller by using a subwavelength active region; however, this can result in very low responsivity because of the diffraction limit of the light. Here we exploit the idea of a half-wave Hertz dipole antenna (length approx 380 nm) from radio waves, but at near-infrared wavelengths (length approx 1.3 µm), to concentrate radiation into a nanometre-scale germanium photodetector. This gives a polarization contrast of a factor of 20 in the resulting photocurrent in the subwavelength germanium element, which has an active volume of 0.00072 µm³, a size that is two orders of magnitude smaller than previously demonstrated detectors at such wavelengths.
  • Here is the finite difference frequency domain code used in the simulations of the paper. There are a fair number of lines of comments in the code, but I did not have the time to go over and describe in detail how different sections (C++ for number crunching, Matlab for data analysis, Mathematica for fitting multi-pole Drude parameters) talk to each other. Email me if you would like to learn more about the code.

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Abdullah Atalar, “Binary sequences with low aperiodic autocorrelation for synchronization purposes,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp 36–38, Jan 2003. abstract pdf url

  An evolutionary algorithm is used to find three sets of binary sequences of length 49-100 suitable for the synchronization of digital communication systems. Optimization of the sets are done by taking into consideration the type of preamble used in data frames and the phase-lock mechanism of the communication system. The preamble is assumed to be either a pseudonoise (PN) sequence or a sequence of 1s. There may or may not be phase ambiguity in detection. With this categorization, the first set of binary sequences is optimized with respect to aperiodic autocorrelation which corresponds to the random (PN) preamble without phase ambiguity case. The second and third sets are optimized with respect to a modified aperiodic autocorrelation for different figures of merit corresponding to the predetermined preamble (sequence of 1s) with and without phase ambiguity cases.

Conference Publications

• L. Brusberg, A. R. Zakharian, S. E. Kocabas, J. R. Grenier, C. C. Terwilliger and A. F. Evans, “Optoelectronic Glass Substrates for Co-Packaging of Optics and ASICs,” OFC 2020, San Diego, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-3. url
• Şükrü Ekin Kocabas, “Few Photon - Qubit Scattering in Dispersive Waveguides,” CLEO: Science and Innovations, Optical Society of America, 2016, JTu5A.1. url
• Şükrü Ekin Kocabas, Eden Rephaeli, Shanhui Fan, “Resonance Fluorescence in a Waveguide Geometry,” CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, Optical Society of America, 2012, QTu2E.5. url
• Shanhui Fan, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Jung-Tsung Shen, “Quantum input-output formalism for few-photon nonlinear transport in nanophotonic circuits,” Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, Optical Society of America, 2011, NMB4. url
• Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, Sukru Ekin Kocabas, David A. B. Miller, “Integrated Photodetectors in Metal Slot Plasmonic Waveguides,” Frontiers in Optics, 2008, MWA1. url
• Sukru Ekin Kocabas, Georgios Veronis, David A.B. Miller and Shanhui Fan, “Spectral Analysis of Scattering in Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguides and Related Equivalent Circuit Models,” Frontiers in Optics, 2008, MTuD5. url
• Sukru Ekin Kocabas, Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, David A.B. Miller, “Plasmonic Waveguides as Transmission Lines,” Frontiers in Optics, 2007, FWO5. url
• Salman Latif, Sukru Ekin Kocabas, Liang Tang, David A. B. Miller, “Rise-time Measurements of Low Capacitance CMOS Detectors Using a Pump-Probe Technique,” Frontiers in Optics, 2007, LWJ4. url
• Liang Tang, Sukru Ekin Kocabas, Salman Latif, Ali Kemal Okyay, Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, Krishna C. Saraswat, and David A.B. Miller, “Near-Infrared Photodetector Enhanced by an Open-Sleeve Dipole Antenna,” Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications, 2007, ITuD3. url

Talks

• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Dalga kılavuzlarında kubit-foton etkileşimi [Qubit-photon interactions in waveguides],” Hacettepe University, Quantum Optics and Information Meeting, Mar 17–18, 2016, Ankara.
• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Qubit-Photon Interactions in Waveguides,” Mimar Sinan University, Physics Department Seminar, Dec 10, 2015, İstanbul.
• Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, “Dalga kılavuzlarında ilerleyen az sayıda fotonun kubitlerle etkileşimi [Few photon-qubit interactions in waveguides],” Fotonik 2013, 15. Ulusal Optik, Elektro-Optik ve Fotonik Çalıştayı, 6 Eylül 2013, Ankara.
• Sukru Ekin Kocabas, “A_{(n Incomplete)} Survey of Some of the Plasmonic Work at Stanford,” Stanford Nano Society Seminar, Feb 27, 2009. Slides

Thesis Supervision

• Ongun Arısev, “Plasmonic stripe waveguide coupler with integrated wavelength division multiplexer,” MS Thesis, Koç University, May 2017.
• Solmaz Naghizadeh, “Theoretical and experimental investigation of 3D plasmonic stub resonators,” PhD Thesis, Koç University, September 2016.
• Adeel Afridi, “Design and analysis of plasmonic nanoantennas with ground plane and impedance matching,” MS Thesis, Koç University, August 2016.
• Aziz Karaşahin, “Integrated antennas for efficient and directional coupling to plasmonic waveguides,” MS Thesis, Koç University, August 2015.

Teaching Experience

• Integrated Photonic Structures (Spring 2015, ‘17) description syllabus
  This course will introduce numerical and modeling tools used in the analysis of integrated photonic structures. Topics include: dielectric waveguides, optical properties of metals, plasmonic waveguides, coupled mode theory, scattering matrices, gratings, numerical investigation of waveguides via the use of frequency and time-domain (FDTD) full-wave simulations, methods of extraction of scattering parameters from full-wave simulations, analysis of waveguide based WDM components.
• Microelectronic Circuits Design (Fall 2014, ‘15, ‘16) description syllabus
  Microelectronic Circuits Design aims to provide a basic understanding of analog integrated circuits, as well as an introduction to electronic devices. The course consists of two 75-minute lectures every week. In addition to the lectures, every week, there will either be one problem session at which the homework and lecture material will be reviewed, or one three-hour laboratory.
• Photonics and Lasers (Fall 2011, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14) description syllabus
  Fundamentals of electromagnetism: Maxwell's equations, plane waves, reflection & transmission of plane waves, optical coatings; Waveguides: wave equation in rectangular coordinates and the analysis of dielectric slab waveguides; Geometrical optics; Gaussian beams and optical resonators; Interaction of light with matter: classical theory of absorption and dispersion, broadening processes, Rayleigh scattering, blackbody radiation, spontaneous and stimulated light emission; Lasers: optical amplification, theory of laser oscillation, examples of laser systems.
• Semiconductor Physics and Devices (Fall 2012, ‘13) description syllabus
  Introduction to semiconductors: crystals, energy bands, charge carriers and doping, the Fermi level, carrier lifetime and mobility, optical properties. Electronic devices: p-n junctions, diodes, transistors; Optoelectronic devices: LED’s, diode lasers, detectors.
• Circuit Analysis (Spring 2012, ‘13, ‘14, ‘16) description syllabus
  Introduction to circuit theory and analysis. Analog and digital circuits. First and second order circuits. Laplace transform; Steady state and transient responses; Filter Design. Laboratory practice and instruments.
• Photonic Devices and Materials (Spring 2012, ‘13, ‘14,‘16) description syllabus
  Survey of the properties and applications of photonic materials and devices; semiconductors; photon detectors, light emitting diodes, noise in light detection systems; light propagation in anisotropic media, Pockels and Kerr effects, light modulators, electromagnetic wave propagation in dielectric waveguides, waveguide dispersion; nonlinear optical materials, second harmonic generation, Raman converters.