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Physics of Optoelectronic Devices I
Advanced Optoelectronics
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Abstract
The lecture provides an overview of the fundamental working principles of semiconductor optoelectronic devices.Students will get the opportunity to deepen the knowledge gained in lectures by attending exercise sessions provided in the framework of the lecture.
Objective
Introduction to the physical principles of opto-electronic devices and circuits.
Content
Overview of modern semiconductor devices and circuits, important physical effects. Physical background (quantum mechanics, quantum electronics, solid-state physics). Physics of heterostructures. Interaction of light and matter, generation, detection and modulation of light in semiconductors.
Resources
Lecture Notes
Script, based on Yariv, Optical Electronics in Modern ... ; Coldren and Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonics IC; Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronics Devices; Fukuda, Optical Semiconductor Devices. Script will be distributed.
Literature
Handouts will be distributed. • Shun Lien Chuang: „Physics of Optoelectronic Devices“ 1995 (Wiley). • Voges und Petermann: „Optische Kommunikationstechnik“ 2002 (Springer). • Coldren and Corzine: „Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits“ 1995 (Wiley). • Saleh and Teich: „Fundamentals of Photonics“ 1991 (Wiley), available ETH Online Library at http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/etext/sg/144.html .
General Information
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Advanced Optoelectronics |
|
4 h weekly |