Review of Semiconductor device Physics, Semiconductor Opto electronics- Solid State Materials, Emitters, Detectors and Amplifiers, Semiconductor Emitters- LEDs, Diodes, SLDs, CCDs, Semiconductor lasers- basic Structure, theory and device characteristics, DFB, DBR, Quantum well lasers ,Laser diode arrays, VCSEL etc. Semiconductor photo detectors:Materials - Si, Hg Cd Te, InGa As, Al Ga As, GaN etc for different wavelengths

Detectors :Photoconductors, photo diodes, PIN , APD ,Photo transistors, solar cells, CCDs, IR and UV detectors

Introduction to information theory- Shannon noiseless coding theorem and Shannon noisy coding theorem

Introduction to optical communication: Overview of General communication, advantage of optical communication, review of optical fibre and its propagation characteristics, signal attenuation in fibre, dispersion, classification and effect of dispersion in information transfer, review of fibre connectors, couplers, optical filter, isolator, circulator and attenuator.

Compensating TE modes of a symmetric step index planar, understanding modes, TE modes of parabolic index planar waveguide, TM modes of a symmetric step index planar waveguide, waveguide theory, Single mode fibers, pulse dispersion in single mode fibers, strip and channel wave guides, anisotropic waveguides, segmented waveguide, electro-optic and acousto optic waveguide devices, directional couplers, optical switch phase and amplitude modulators, filters etc, Y junction, power splitters, arrayed waveguide devices, fiber pigtailing, fabrication and integrated optical waveguides and devices, w

Sensor Overview: Photometry and Radiometry, Radiation Sources and characteristics. Detectors-Imaging and non imaging [Thermal detectors , Photon detectors, Detector arrays : CCDs, CID, FLIR etc.] and their characteristics.

Propagation of electro-magnetic in stratified dielectric medium, Fresnel equations Optical properties of materials, metals, semiconductors and dielectrics, optical glass materials  in the visible and near infrared region, IR optical materials, Multilayer thin film optics, Antireflection coatings, Band pass optical filters, edge filters, dichroics, Design –Optimization techniques for thin film multilayer, Merit function as applied to thin film coatings. Brief review of  different  optimization techniques as applied to optical coatings.