Faculty
Professor
Nicolas Jaeger
Nicolas Jaeger is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department in UBC.
Research Projects:
O-MEMS accelerometer/gyroscope
This project proposes to fabricate Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (O-MEMS)for optical acceleration measurements. These would allow for more sensitive, accurate, and reliable measurements, exploiting advantages such as the linear relation between the velocity and the Doppler frequency shift, and the high, wavelength-dependent resolution levels achievable.
Silicon on Insulator (SOI) based nanophotonics
Silicon waveguides using SOI substrate allow for the fabrication of extremely compact photonic circuits based on standard CMOS processing. The goal of this project is to simulate, design and characterize several highly attractive optical functions based on SOI waveguiding.
High-speed transistor-VCSELs for Optical Communications
The goal of this proposed project is to develop a revolutionary semiconductor laser transmitter technology, based on the homogeneous integration of photonics and electronics. The new device, a TX-VCSEL, is the integration of a high frequency Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) with a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL).
Research Areas
Research Groups
- Electro-Optics Lab: Optical Sensors for the Power Industry
- Microsystems and Nanotechnology (MiNa)
- Photonics Research Group
Courses
| ELEC 301 |
Electronic Circuits II Analysis and design of electronic circuits; biasing of and small-signal models for transistors; frequency response of amplifiers; feedback and stability aspects of amplifier design; OP-AMPs; active filters; oscillators; IC specification and selection. Credit will only be given for one of EECE 356, ELEC 301 or EECE 374. |
| ELEC 584 |
Nanophotonics Fabrication Design, fabricate, and test a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. Modelling and design of optical components. |
| ELEC 412 |
Optical Waveguides and Photonics Planar dielectric waveguides; single mode optical fibers; integrated optics waveguides and devices; semiconductor lasers; optical detectors; optical communications links. Textbook “Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications”, by A. Yariv and P. Yeh, 6th Ed, 2007 |
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BIOMechatronics Design of mechatronic systems to measure and manipulate biological materials and processes; Compliant structures; bioelectronic circuits; biomedical embedded systems and BioMEMS. Example applications from clinical medicine and biomedical research. Course Rationale Mechatronics is a quickly evolving field, and Biomechatronics is becoming increasingly important at the core of the field. Credit cannot be obtained for both MECH 423 and EECE 424 |
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Optical Fibers and Devices Modelling and analysis of dielectric waveguides Loss and dispersion in optical fibers Integrated-optics and photonics |
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| ELEC 581 |
Active Silicon Photonics Design Course Structure/Operation This is a one semester, project-based course. Students propose, model, design, and layout a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) using active silicon photonics technology. The layout is designed based on the fabrication technology available from IME Singapore, providing students with an opportunity to design into an advanced photonics manufacturing process. Fabrication is available, at additional cost, via CMC Microsystems. |
| ELEC 582 |
Optical Fibers and Devices |
Latest Publications
| 2016 |
Effects of backscattering in high-Q, large-area silicon-on-insulator ring resonators Journal Article | Optics letters |
| 2016 |
Broadband 2$\times$ 2 adiabatic 3 dB coupler using silicon-on-insulator sub-wavelength grating waveguides Journal Article | Optics Letters |
| 2014 |
Silicon photonics characterization platform for gyroscopic devices Conference Paper | Photonics North 2014 |
| 2014 |
Focusing sub-wavelength grating couplers with low back reflections for rapid prototyping of silicon photonic circuits Journal Article | Optics express |
| 2008 |
Refractive index sensor based on etched D-fibres with wavelength adjustable operating point and resolution Conference Paper | Photonics North 2008 |
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Contact
Office: KAIS 3040The University of British Columbia
3040 - 2332 Main Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
http://mina.ubc.ca/nickj
