DEPARTMENT OF PHOTONICS

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Curriculum of the Ph.D. Program

1. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 502/ PHOT 5xx Fundamentals of Photonics I* /Elective Core/Elective

(2-2)3 /(3-03)

9/7
PHOT 504/ PHOT 5xx Quantum Photonics I*/Elective Core/Elective

(2-2)3 /(3-0)3

9/7
PHOT 510 Ethical Issues İn Research Methods* Core/Elective (0-2)NC

7
Total ECTS (min) 25/21

2. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 601 Seminar Core

(3-0)NC

8
PHOT 503/ PHOT 5xx Fundamentals of Photonics II*/Elective Core/Elective

(3-0)3

9/7
PHOT 5xx Elective Elective

(3-0)3

7
PHOT 8xx Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

54/52

3. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 5xx Elective Elective

(3-0)3

7
PHOT 5xx Elective Elective

(3-0)3

7
PHOT 8xx Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

44

4. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 8XX Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

30

5. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 8XX Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

30

6. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 8XX Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

30

7. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 8XX Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

30

8. SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

Core/ Elective

Credit

ECTS Credits
PHOT 8XX Special Studies Core

(8-0)NC

4
PHOT 600 PhD Thesis Core

(0-1)NC

26
Total ECTS (min)

30

Core Courses

PHOT 502

 Fundamentals of Photonics I* (3-0)3 / 9 ECTS

PHOT 503

 Fundamentals of Photonics II* (3-0)3 / 9 ECTS

PHOT 504

 Quantum Photonics I* (3-0)3 / 9 ECTS

PHOT 510

 Ethical Issues in Research Methods* (0-2)None Credit / 7 ECTS

PHOT 600

 PhD Thesis (0-1)NC / 26 ECTS

PHOT 601

 Seminar (0-2)NC / 8 ECTS

PHOT 8XX

 Special Studies (8-0)NC/ 4 ECTS
* If these courses were taken before they can be exempted. Requirements of the Ph.D. program The students should take at least 7 elective courses with credits and at least 5 of them must be PHOT5XX coded. The students with M.S. degrees must obtain at least 240 ECTS to graduate. The students accepted to the Ph.D. program by B.S. degree should take at least 14 courses with credits and at least 10 of them should be PHOT5XX coded. Those students must obtain at least 300 ECTS to graduate. The course listings for the various PhD Specialization Areas in Photonics are listed below.

Elective Courses

PHOT 505

 Applied Photonics (0-6)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 506

 Photonic Materials and Devices (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 507

 Computational Photonics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 508

 Mathematical Methods in Photonics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

Field 1 : Molecular Photonics and Photonic Devices

PHOT 511

 Photophysics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 512

 Molecular Photonics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 513

 Molecular Electronics and Devices (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 514

 Photovoltaics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 515

 Thin-film Transistors (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 516

 Radiation Detectors (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 517

 Organic Light Emitting Devices (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 518

 Low-dimensional Methods (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

Field 2 : Quantum photonics and optical spectroscopy

PHOT 521

 Quantum Photonics II (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 522

 Optical Spectroscopy (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 523

 Spectroscopy of Photonic Materials (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 524

 Nonlinear Optics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

Field 3 : Biophotonics and mediphotonics

PHOT 531

 Biophotonics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 532

 Medical Photonics (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 533

 Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 534

 Principles and Applications of Photochemical Biosensors (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

Field 4 : Laser engineering and photonic integrated circuits

PHOT 541

 Lasers (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 542

 Laser Engineering (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 543

 Optical Instrumentation (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 544

 Integrated Photonic Circuits (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS

PHOT 545

 Basics of Lighting (3-0)3 / 7 ECTS
For the students start to program with M.S. degrees Total credit (min.): 21 / 240 ECTS Number of courses with credit (min.): 7 For the students start to program with B.S. degrees Total credit (min.): 42 / 300 ECTS Number of courses with credit (min.): 14