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ECE 672

Optoelectronic Devices

Graduate

Winter 2024 · Optoelectronic Devices (Winter 2024)

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2024 · Optoelectronic Devices (Winter 2024)

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2023

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Photonics devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. Larry A. Coldren, Scott W. Corzine, and Milan L. Mašanović, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Second Edition, Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2021

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2021

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2020

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
Winter 2018 · Optoelectronic Devices (Winter 2018)

Topics

  • Basic concepts and overview – optical properties of semiconductors, electromagnetic spectrum, elements of plane wave propagation, elements of solid state physics.
  • Basic semiconductor electronics – Maxwell’s equations and boundary conditions, semiconductor electronics equations, generation and recombination in semiconductors, semiconductor p-n heterojunctions.
  • Basic quantum mechanics – Schrödinger equation, the square well, the harmonic oscillator.
  • Electronic band structures in semiconductors – The Bloch Theorem and the k·p method for simple bands, The effective mass theory for a single band and degenerate bands, Kronig-Penney Model for a superlattice, band structures of semiconductor quantum wells.
  • Optical waveguide theory – symmetric dielectric slab waveguides, asymmetric dielectric slab waveguides, wave guidance in a lossy or gain medium.
  • Optical processes in semiconductors – optical transitions using Fermi’s golden rule, spontaneous and stimulated emissions, population inversion, interband absorption and gain, intersubband absorption.
  • Semiconductor lasers – carrier and optical confinement in heterostructures, double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, gain-guided and index-guided semiconductor lasers, quantum-well lasers, distributed feedback lasers, surface-emitting lasers.
  • Photodetectors – photoconductors, p-n junction photodiodes, p-i-n photodiodes, avalance photodiodes.
  • Intersubband transition – intersubband quantum-well photodetectors, selection rule, quantum cascade lasers.

Readings

  • Shun Lien Chuang, Physics of Optoelectronic devices, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. (QC673 C48)
    unspecified
  • J. Wilson, J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall International Inc., 1983. (QC673 W54) Endel Uiga, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1995. (TA 1750 U35)
    unspecified
  • G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
    2nd ed. · unspecified
  • G. H. B. Thompson, Physics of Semiconductor Laser Devices, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. (TA 1700, T45)
    unspecified
  • H. Schneider and H. C. Liu, Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications, Sringer, 2006 (ISBN-10:3-540-36323-8)
    unspecified
  • Lecture Notes.
    unspecified
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