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Topics |
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Introduction to Optoelectronics (Chap. 1)
Maxwell’s equations (§2.1);
Semiconductor electronics (§2.2); |
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Basic quantum mechanics, square potential well (§3.1, 3.2); |
3 |
Time-dependent perturbation theory (§3.5-3.6);
Fermi’s Golden Rule (§9.1); |
4 |
Optical absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission (§9.2);
Interband absorption and gain in bulk semiconductor (§9.3) |
5 |
Absorption and gain in quantum well structures (§9.4-9.5); |
6 |
Intersubband absorption (§9.7);
Double heterostructure lasers (§10.1); |
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<Midterm #1> |
7 |
Optical waveguides, dispersion relations (Chap. 7, §10.2 ); |
8 |
Quantum-well lasers (§10.3);
Strain effects on band structures (§4.5);
Strained quantum-well lasers (§10.4); |
9 |
Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), Microcavity and photonic crystal lasers; quantum cascade lasers (Chap. 11) |
10 |
Direct modulation of semiconductor lasers, Rate equations (Chap. 12); |
11 |
Franz-Keldysh effect and excitons (§14.2, 14.3);
Quantum confined Stark effect (§14.4);
Electroabsorption modulators (§14.5); |
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<Midterm #2> |
12 |
Photodetectors (§15.1);
p-i-n photodiodes (§15.2, 15.3); |
13 |
Avalanche photodiode (APD) (§15.4)
Intersubband photodetectors (§15.5) |
14 |
Final Exam in the final week (Thursday) |
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