Course Description
Fundamentals of semiconductor materials, p-n and metal- semiconductor junctions, photon absorption in semiconductors, optical detection devices, light emitting diode operation, diode laser design, optical modulators, and physical device fabrication.
Athena Title
Optoelectronic Devices
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the conclusion of the course, a successful student will: • Be able to engage in problem-solving and understand up to an intermediate level of semiconductor materials, junctions devices, optical absorption in semiconductors, optical detection devices, light emitting diode and diode laser operation, optical modulators, and the impact of physical device fabrication. • Become aware of the broad technological/application impact of optoelectronics and implications of optoelectronic device design.
Topical Outline
• Introduction and Background Emergence of Optoelectronics Central Role of Optoelectronics in Applications • Semiconductor Transport and Optical Property Fundamentals Electron Scattering, Mobility, Velocity-Field Relationship, Breakdown Diffusion, and Drift Transport Semiconductor Optical Properties The Quasi Fermi Level Radiative and Non-Radiative Effects Continuity Equation • The p-n Junction The p-n Junction in Equilibrium The p-n Junction Under Bias The Non-Deal Diode and High-Voltage Effects • Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces Schottky Diode Ohmic Contacts • Optoelectronic Detection Devices Photon Absorption in Semiconductors Photocurrent in a p-n Diode Photoconductor Detector Device P-type - Intrinsic - N-type (P-I-N) Detector Device Avalanche Photodetector Phototransistor, Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM), Detector Noise in Detection • Optoelectronic Emission Devices The Operation of the Light-Emitting Diode (LED) The LED Performance LED Structures Laser Diode Basics Laser Design Issues Optical Modulation