A modular laboratory curriculum for teaching integrated photonics to students with diverse backgrounds
Samuel Serna, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nancy Hidalgo
Janice Tjan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kevin McComber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lionel Kimerling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Erik Verlage, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julie Diop, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Juejun Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sajan Saini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anu Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gerald Gagnon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stefan Preble, Rochester Institute of Technology
Gregory Howland, Rochester Institute of Technology
Matthew Van Niekerk, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jeff Steidle, Rochester Institute of Technology
Karl McNulty, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jaime Cardenas, University of Rochester Institute of Optics
Meiting Song, University of Rochester Institute of Optics
Miloš Popović, Boston University
Anatoly Khilo, Boston University
Pradnya Nagarkar, Novel Materials and Coatings (NMC)
Farhad Vazehgoo, Masstech Collaborative
Ira Moskowitz, Masstech Collaborative
Guiru Gu, Stonehill College
Cheryl Schnitzer, Stonehill College
Edward Deveney, Bridgewater State College
Thomas Kling, Bridgewater State College
Douglas Petkie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacob Longacre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
© 2019 SPIE. A modular laboratory curriculum with exercises for students and lesson plans for teachers is presented. Fundamentals of basic integrated photonic (IP) devices can be taught, first as a lecture-in-the-lab followed by "hands-on" laboratory measurements. This comprehensive curriculum utilizes data collected from the "AIM Photonics Institute PIC education chip" that was designed specifically for the purpose of education, and was fabricated at AIM SUNY Poly. Training using this modular curriculum will be performed through the AIM Photonics Academy network in New York (NY) and Massachusetts (MA), either as a full semester course or as a condensed boot-camp. A synergistic development and delivery of this curriculum will coherently leverage multiple resources across the network and can serve as a model for education and workforce development in other Manufacturing USA institutes, as well as for overseas partners.
