GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PHOTONICS/5221328
Course Title: PHOTONICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Elif ORHAN, Asst. Prof Halil BERBEROĞLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/eliforhan,http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/halilb
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  eliforhan@gazi.edu.tr,halilb@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Ability to use technical/modern materials to be required in her/his work,
Ability to present oral and written forms in her/his field,
Ability to work on interdisiplinary studies,
Ability to rapidly distinguish the true an required knowledge,
Ability to do analyze of results,
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Geometrical optics, refraction, reflection
2. Week  Prisms, lenses and imaging instruments
3. Week  Electromagnetic theory of light, wave equation, polarization
4. Week  Interference and interferometers
5. Week  Diffraction and coherence
6. Week  Thin film optics
7. Week  Methods for determining the optical constants from transmittance and reflectance
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Polarized light, polarization elipse, Stokes parameters
10. Week  Mueller matrices, Measuring Stokes parameters
11. Week  Elipsometry
12. Week  Optical waveguides, modes in optical waveguides
13. Week  Integrated optical waveguides
14. Week  Optical sources and amplifiers
15. Week  Light emmiting diodes, Light detectors, photomultipler, photodiode
16. Week  Light emmiting diodes, Light detectors, photomultipler, photodiode
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1.B.E. A Saleh, M.C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics. Wiley, New York (1991) 2. J.C. Palais, Fiber Optic Communications. Pearson Prentice Hall; 5 th edition (2005) 3. Jia-Ming Liu, Photonic Devices. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005) 4. E. Hencht, Optics, Addison-Wesley; Reading 3 rd. editon (1998) 5. G. Lifante, Integrated Photonics: Fundemantals. Wiley (2003) 6. D. Golstein, Polarized Light. Marcel Dekker; New York, 2nd. editon (2003)
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
30
 Assignment
2
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
3
48
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
3
2
6
 Reading
2
4
8
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
5
25
 Designing and Applying Materials
3
4
12
 Preparing Reports
3
4
12
 Preparing Presentation
5
6
30
 Presentation
16
2
32
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
1
1
 Final and Studying for Final
1
1
1
 Other
5
5
25
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Ability of comprehension and using of necessary information to identify and solve advanced problems in the field.X
2Ability of supervising and teaching in the stages of collection, implementation, interpretation and dissemination of data related with the field by considering social, scientific, cultural and ethical values.X
3Ability of accessing to information related with scientific and technological developments and continuous renewal.X
4Ability of transmitting of knowledge, skill and experiences in the field to interdisciplinary practice.X
5Evaluation, data analysis and written/oral presentation skills in scientific works.X
6Ability of research topics determination that contributes the literature according to needs of society and industry.X
7Ability of determination of goal and objective, creation of roadmap, planned work for a scientific study.X
8Ability of using the research findings in technological application and/or in directing scientific research subjects.X
9Awareness of legal rights in execution and dissemination of research findings.X
10Effective working skill in disciplinary teams and doing leadership in such teams.X
11Ability of doing original research that contributes to the literature.X
12Ability of bringing innovation in science, application of known method to a new field.X
13Ability of submitting national project proposal and designing of works.X