NPTEL - Semiconductor Optoelectronics offered by IIT Roorkee
- Public/Government Institute
- Estd. 1847
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Overview
Duration | 12 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Highlights
- Earn a E- certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Course details
- For IIIrd, IVth year B.Tech / M.Sc (Physics/ Electronics/ Electronic Sciences) students, M.Tech Ist Sem students
- This course introduces the students to the field of Semiconductor Optoelectronics, which deals with the physics and technology of semiconductor optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes and photodiodes, which are becoming important components in consumer optoelectronics, IT and communication devices, and in industrial instrumentation
- Assuming a general science/engineering undergraduate level background, the course begins with a recap of essential (to this course) semiconductor physics, followed by the study of interaction of photons with electrons and holes in a semiconductor, leading to the realization of semiconductor photon amplifiers, sources, modulators, and detectors
- A variety of designs and configurations of these devices have been emerging with application-specific characteristics
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Curriculum
Week 1
Introduction
Energy bands in solids
Density of states
Week 2
Occupation probability and Carrier concentration
Quasi Fermi levels
Week 3
Semiconductor optoelectronic materials and Heterostructures
Week 4
Heterostructure p-n junctions
Schottky junctions
Ohmic contacts
Week 5
Interaction of photons with electrons and holes in a semiconductor
Week 6
Amplification by stimulated emission
The semiconductor laser amplifier
Week 7
Absorption in semiconductors and quantum wells
Electro-absorption modulator
Week 8
Injection electroluminescence
Light emitting diode and their characteristics
Week 9
Semiconductor laser
Device structure and characteristics
Week 10
Single frequency lasers
VCSEL and Quantum well lasers
Week 11
Semiconductor photodetectors
General characteristics
Week 12
Photodiodes: PIN diode and APD. Photonic Integrated Circuits
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Faculty details
Semiconductor Optoelectronics at IIT Roorkee Entry Requirements
- Prerequisite: Basic undergraduate-level knowledge of Semiconductors, Optics, Electronics and Quantum Mechanics would be required
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