EE232, Spring 2018
Lightwave Devices

• Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview (Reading: Chap. 1) [PDF]
• Lecture 2: Basic concepts of lasers and cavities (Reading: Chap. 1) [PDF]
• Lecture 3: Basic semiconductor physics and optical processes (Reading: Chap. 2.1-2.4) [PDF]
• Lecture 4: Density of States of Quantum Wells (Reading: Chap. 3.1, 3.2) [PDF]
• Lecture 5: Fermi Golden Rule (Reading: Chap. 3.6, 9.1) [PDF]
• Lecture 6: Optical matrix element (Reading: Chap. 9.1) [PDF]
• Lecture 7: Optical gain coefficient (Reading: Chap. 9.3) [PDF]
• Lecture 8: Einstein AB Coefficients, Spontaneous Emission (Reading: Chap. 9.2) [PDF]
• Lecture 9: Quantum well selection rule, gain spectrum (Reading: Chap. 9.4) [PDF]
• Lecture 10: Inter-subband absorption in quantum wells [PDF]
• Lecture 11: Double heterostructure (DH) lasers
• Lecture 12: Rate quations: steady-state solutions and linearized dynamic response [PDF] [video1][video2]
• Lecture 13: Quantum well lasers, transparency carrier concentration [PDF]
• Lecture 14: Strained quantum wells [PDF1][PDF2]
• Lecture 15: Polarization [PDF]
• Lecture 16: p-i-n photodiodes and photoconductors [PDF]
• Lecture 17: Noises in photodetectors [PDF]
• Lecture 18: Avalanche photodiodes (APD) [PDF]
• Lecture 19: Guest Lecture on Optical Interconnect [PDF]
• Lecture 20: Review