EE232, Spring 2016
Lightwave Devices

• Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 1)
• Lecture 2: Basic concepts of lasers and cavities [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 1)
• Lecture 3: Basic semiconductor physics and optical processes [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 2.1-2.4)
• Lecture 4: Density of States of Quantum Wells [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 3.1, 3.2)
• Lecture 5: Fermi Golden Rule [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 3.6, 9.1)
• Lecture 6: Optical matrix element [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 9.1)
• Lecture 7: Optical gain coefficient [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 9.3)
• Lecture 8: Einstein AB Coefficients, Spontaneous Emission [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 9.2)
• Lecture 9: Quantum well selection rule, gain spectrum [PDF] (Reading: Chap. 9.4)
• Lecture 10: Inter-subband absorption in quantum wells [PDF]
• Lecture 11: Double heterostructure (DH) lasers [PDF]
• Lecture 12: Longitudinal and transverse modes [PDF]
• Lecture 13: Rate quations: steady-state solutions and linearized dynamic response [PDF]
• Lecture 14: Quantum well lasers, transparency carrier concentration, and strained quantum well lasers [PDF]
• Lecture 15: Band structures of strained quantum wells [PDF]
• Lecture 16: Polarization (skip)
• Lecture 17: p-i-n photodiodes and photoconductors [PDF]
• Lecture 18: Noises in photodetectors [PDF]
• Lecture 19: Avalanche photodiodes (APD) [PDF]
• Lecture 20: Optical modulators [PDF]