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Week of |
Topics (click on the topic for lecture notes) |
1 |
8/29 |
Introduction to Optoelectronics (Chap. 1)
Maxwell’s equations (§2.1);
Semiconductor electronics (§2.2);
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2 |
9/5 |
<9/5: Labor Day>
Basic quantum mechanics, square potential well
2-D density of states, 1-D density of states, Finite potential well (§3.1, 3.2);
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3 |
9/12 |
Time-dependent perturbation theory; Fermi’s Golden Rule (§3.7);
Review of vector potential;
Optical absorption (§9.1)
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4 |
9/19 |
Photon density of states, Einstein's AB coefficients, Absorption and spontaneous emission spectra (§9.2);
Interband absorption and gain (§9.3)
[ * Notes on slowly varying envelop approximation]
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5 |
9/26 |
Absorption and gain in quantum well structures (§9.4);
[* Notes on Fermi inversion factor in QW ]
Optical matrix element of bulk and QW semiconductors (§9.5)
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6 |
10/3 |
Intersubband absorption (§9.6);
<Review and Q&A>
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7 |
10/10 |
<Midterm #1 on 10/10, Covers materials up to Intersubband Absorption >
Double heterostructure lasers (Part 1) (Part 2) (§10.1);
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8 |
10/17 |
Amplified Spontaneous Emission ( §10.1)
Optical waveguides, Gain-guided and index-guided lasers (§7.1, §7.6, §10.2); --> StreamVideo [Low Resolution] [High Resolution] |
9 |
10/24 |
Quantum-well lasers (§10.3); --> StreamVideo [Low Resolution] [High Resolution]
Strained quantum-well lasers (§4.5, §10.4); |
10 |
10/31 |
Distributed feedback lasers (§8.6 and §10.6);
Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (§10.7);
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11 |
11/7 |
Direct modulation of semiconductor lasers (§11.1);
<Midterm #2 on 11/9: Covers materials up to Week #10>
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12 |
11/14 |
Franz-Keldysh effect and excitons (§13.2, 13.3);
Quantum confined Stark effect (§13.4);
Electroabsorption modulators (§13.5); |
13 |
11/21 |
Photodetectors and photoconductors, <Addendum>; Photodetector noises (§14.1);
p-i-n photodiodes <Part 1> <Part 2> (§14.2, 14.3);
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14 |
11/28 |
Avalanche photodiode (APD) (§14.4)
Intersubband photodetectors (§14.5) |
15 |
12/5 |
Review/Discussions |
12/7 |
<Final Exam on 12/7: Covers all materials> |
