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ECE-4134: Photonics

Description: Fundamental concepts in photonics technology. Basic principles of optical fibers and components such as Bragg gratings, amplifiers, couplers and modulators used in optical communications and sensing. Propagation, dispersion, bandwidth and nonlinear properties of optical signals in optical waveguides and fibers.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ECE-3105

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 2.99 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.52%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Yizheng Zhu202224.3%36.5%29.3%5.0%5.0%0.0%2.702
Linbo Shao2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.951
Ravi Raghunathan202120.0%40.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.621

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2024Term050% W