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Optoelectronics I

A. Kosari

Email: amir.kousari@gmail.com

Optoelectronics I (Autumn 2014)

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Course Objectives

Understanding key design issues of optical communication link using optical fiber.

Understanding the major semiconductor optoelectronic devices.

Their physics and operating principles, Design, characteristics and applications Example of design considerations

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Contents

Light propagation in waveguides (fibers, planar waveguides, couplers), (polarization, refraction, reflection, transmission, Maxwell’s equations and wave equations)

Optical and electronic properties of semiconductors

Light emitting diodes (material systems, physics of operation, structures, characteristics and reliability)

Laser diodes (spontaneous and stimulated emission, gain and loss, structures, time response, characteristics)

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Contents

Optical detectors (optical absorption, physics of operation, structures, characteristics)

Optical communication systems

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Text and References

J. Wilson, J. Hawkes, Optoelectronics, An Introduction, Prentice Hall Europe, 1998.

G. P. Agrawal, Fiber Optic Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

J. Singh, Optoelectronics, An Introduction to Materials and Devices, McGraw-Hill, 1996.

H. C. Casey JR., M. B. Panish, Heterostructure Lasers, Part A, Academic Press, 1978.

J. M. Liu, Photonic Devices, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Text and References

D. A. B. Miller, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, Stanford University, 1999.

P. Bhattacharya, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, Prentice Hall International, 2002.

 

Optoelectronics Areas

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Optoelectronics Future Areas

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Optical Fiber Advantages

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Communication Bandwidth

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Optical Fiber

40 - 120 km

Up to 10,000 km

= 25 - 100 GHz (0.4 or 0.8 nm @ 1500 nm)

Amp Amp

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WDMMux

R

R

R

R

WDMDeMux

Frequency-registeredtransmitters

Receivers

WDM Optical System

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Wavelength Regions

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