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NE 345Photonic Materials and Devices

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Nanotechnology Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Wave nature of light, refractive index and dispersion, group velocity, irradiance and Poynting vector, Snell's law, Fresnel's Equation, antireflection coatings, absorption of light, temporal and spatial coherence, dielectric waveguides and optical fibers, planar waveguides, dispersion in waveguides; light emitting diodes (LED), pn junction, LED materials, stimulated emission, lasers, photodetectors, photovoltaic devices, solar cells.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001512160 / 60MWF 12:30–13:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

55% liked it61% easy82% useful

From 11 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The content is a great class, hence why I picked it up. However, the marking scheme made no sense. For instance, an assignment would be out of 120 but 60 of those marks would be allocated to one question. Not only would you not know the mark allocation per question as it wasn't posted with the assignment (besides the questions), but also error was propagated many times (Questions could have 5+ parts). Overall I loved the content as it was built off of classes which I found enjoyable and did well in. Such as some quantum mechanics and semiconductor physic, however the teaching and grading scheme ruined it.

    Dec 2024 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Great course, very interesting content. It's very clear that Dayan Ban enjoys teaching this course. Attendance was low likely because the course notes were so clear and assignments were so fair (and people probably skipped to stay afloat in other courses in the shitshow of 3B).

    Dec 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The structure of this course made it enjoyable to learn. The professor follows the textbook closely, so reading the textbook is all that is required. It is not necessary to attend class, but you won't lose anything by going. Ban is such a great guy and I wish I could've attended his class more if only this term wasn't complete dogshit. Really interesting and useful content where you learn how lots of optoelectronics work. Assignments and assessments were based on textbooks questions.

    Dec 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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