In the course, student will learn, understand and appreciate the principles of photonic technology. Light-based technology is efficient, reliable, and fast. However, the components used are typically discrete and physically separate from one another, and need to be connected together by various coupling means to create a complete system or sub-system.
 
Similar to integrated electronics (microelectronics), which has revolutionized the field of electronics by enabling the integration of numerous electronic components onto a single semiconductor chip, integrated photonics seeks to achieve similar advancements using light instead of electrons. The integration of various photonic components, such as lasers, waveguides, modulators, and detectors, onto a single chip or substrate, has many advantages. For example, by combining the advantages of silicon photonics and CMOS circuits, high bandwidth data can be moved throughout the entire data network using significantly less power.

Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in course work and 30% in the examination. Also, 75% laboratory attendance rate must be obtained. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation