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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
PHOTONICS FOR ENGINEERS	Second cycle	EEM 517		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No prerequisites
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. Ö. Galip Saraçoğlu
Lecturer(s)	Assoc. Prof. Ö. Galip Saraçoğlu
Teaching assitant(s)	Res. Assist. Erdem Aslan
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	This course aims understanding of theory of geometrical optics, wave optics, and electromagnetic optic, fundamentals of design of a photonic system, and safety issues of laser systems.
Course description	Properties of light as rays, waves, fields, and photons. Introduction to photonic devices, fibers, and lasers. Basic applications in imaging, signal processing, sensing, communications, and displays.

Course contents

1	Geometrical optics: Fermat’s principle
2	Geometrical optics: reflection, refraction and Fresnel coefficients.
3	Geometrical optics: total internal reflection, fiber guiding.
4	Geometrical optics: optical fiber communication.
5	Wave optics: interference and diffraction.
6	Applications of wave optics: interferometric sensors.
7	Introduction to electromagnetic optics, polarization
8	Electromagnetic optics: Optical crystals and applications.
9	Black Body radiation
10	Photon nature of light, interaction of light with matter.
11	Absorption, spontaneous and simulated emission.
12	Lasers and their applications
13	Biological effects of optical radiation
14	Safety in photonic systems
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Able to solve problems of geometric optics.
2	Able to solve problems of wave optics.
3	Able to solve problems of electromagnetic optics.
4	Able to define and explain about the blackbody radiation.
5	Able to define and explain about the light-matter interaction.
6	Able to define and explain about the biological effects of optical radiation.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	7	8	56
Presentation / seminar	1	6	6
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	12	12
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	2	8	16
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			188
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	50
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	50
Semester total		100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Course Notes (Not published)
Additional references	Saleh, Bahaa E. A.Fundamentals of photonics, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2nd ed. 2007

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