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Week of

Topics

1

8/28

Introduction to Optoelectronics (Chap. 1); 2006 Optoelectronics Market
Semiconductor electronics (§2.2);

2

9/4

Basic quantum mechanics, square potential well (§3.1, 3.2);
Time-dependent perturbation theory; Fermi’s Golden Rule (§3.7);

3

9/11

Maxwell equations and vector potential (§2.1)
Optical absorption (§9.1);
<9/14: No class>

4

9/18

Photon density of states, Einstein's AB coefficients, Absorption and spontaneous emission spectra (§9.2);
Interband absorption and gain (§9.3)

5

9/25

<9/26: Guest Lecture by Erwin Lau on RSoft LaserMOD (revised) >
Semiconductor Lasers (1) (§10.1);

6

10/2

Semiconductor Lasers (2)

7

10/9

Amplifield spontaneous emission ;
Optical waveguides, dispersion relations (§7.1, §7.6);

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10/10

<Midterm #1 on 10/10 evening, 6:00 – 7:30 pm>

8

10/16

Absorption and gain in quantum well structures (§9.4);
<10/19: No class>

9

10/23

Quantum-well lasers (§10.3);

10

10/30

Strain effects on band structures (§4.5);
Strained quantum-well lasers (§10.4);

11

11/6

Intersubband absorption (§9.6);
Direct modulation of semiconductor lasers (§11.1); Rate equations
Distributed feedback lasers (§8.6 and §10.6);

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11/8

<Midterm #2 on 11/9 (Thursday) evening, 6:00 – 7:30 pm>

12

11/13

Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (§10.7);
Franz-Keldysh effect and excitons (§13.2, 13.3);
Quantum confined Stark effect (§13.4);
Electroabsorption modulators (§13.5);

13

11/20

Photodetectors, noises(§14.1);
p-i-n photodiodes (§14.2, 14.3);
<11/23: Thanksgiving Day>

14

11/27

Avalanche photodiode (APD) (§14.4)
Intersubband photodetectors (§14.5)

15

12/4

Review/Discussions

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12/6

Final Exam in the evening of 12/6 [6-9 pm]