EE 208. Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices (3-0-3)
Materials
for optoelectronics, optical processes in semiconductors, absorption
and radiation, transition rates and carrier lifetime. Principles of
LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators and solar cells. Optoelectronic
integrated circuits. Designs, demonstrations and projects related to
optoelectronic device phenomena.
EE 308. Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs (3-0-3) Prerequisite: EE 208
Optical
processes in semiconductors, spontaneous emission, absorption gain,
stimulated emission. Principles of light-emitting diodes, including
transient effects, spectral and spatial radiation fields. Principles of
semiconducting lasers, gain-current relationships, radiation fields,
optical confinement and transient effects.
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