Physics - Semiconductor Optoelectronics (English)

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Lecture 1: Context and Scope of the Course

Lecture 2: Energy Bands in Solids

Lecture 3: E-K Diagram

Lecture 4: The Density of States

Lecture 5: The Density of States (contd..)

Lecture 6: The Density of states in a Quantum well Structure

Lecture 7: Occupation Probability and Carrier Concentration

Lecture 8: Carrier Concentration and Fermi Level

Lecture 9: Quasi Fermi Levels

Lecture 10: Semiconductor Materials

Lecture 11: Semiconductor Hetrostructures-Lattice-Matched Layers

Lecture 12: Strained -Layer Epitaxy and Quantum Well Structures

Lecture 13: Bandgap Engineering

Lecture 14: Hetrostructure p-n junctions

Lecture 15: Schottky Junction and Ohmic Contacts

Lecture 16: Fabrication of Heterostructure Devices

Lecture 17: The Semiconductor (Laser) Amplifier

Lecture 18: Interaction od Photons with Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor

Lecture 19: Optical Joint Density of States

Lecture 20: Rates of Emission and Absorption

Lecture 21: Amplication by Stimulated Emission

Lecture 22: Absorption Spectrum of Semiconductor

Lecture 23: Gain and Absorption Spectrum of Quantum Well Structures

Lecture 24: Electro-absorption Modulator

Lecture 25: Electro-absorption Modulator - II Device Configuration

Lecture 26: Mid-Term Revision Question and Discussion

Lecture 27: Part - III Semiconductor Light Sources

Lecture 28: Light Emitting Diode-I Device Structure and Parameters

Lecture 29: Light Emitting Diode-II Device Chracteristics

Lecture 30: Light Emitting Diode-III Output Characteristics

Lecture 31: Light Emitting Diode-IV Modulation Bandwidth

Lecture 32: Light Emitting Diode-V materials and Applications

Lecture 33: Laser Basics

Lecture 34: Semiconductor Laser - I Device Structure

Lecture 35: Semiconductor Laser - II Output Characteristics

Lecture 36: Semiconductor Laser - III Single Frequency Lasers

Lecture 37: Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL)

Lecture 38: Quantum Well Laser

Lecture 39: Practical Laser Diodes and Handling

Lecture 40: General Characteristics of Photodetectors

Lecture 41: Responsivity and Impulse Response

Lecture 42: Photoconductors

Lecture 43: Semiconductor Photo-Diodes

Lecture 44: Semiconductor Photo-Diodes -II : APD

Lecture 45: Other Photodectors

Lecture 46: Photonic Integrated Circuits