IIT Delhi - Semiconductor Optoelectronic

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Overview

This course deals with the physics and technology of semiconductor optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes and photodiodes, etc.

Duration	12 weeks
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

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Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from NPTEL and IIT Delhi
The program conducts workshops for NPTEL certified students in niche domains
It also offers internships and jobs for NPTEL certified students in niche domains
Course toppers are provided an opportunity to take internship with industry /course instructor
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INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Companies and R&D Laboratories working on Laser Applications, Optoelectronic and Optical Communication are expected to value this course

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Course details

Who should do this course?

INTENDED AUDIENCE: IIIrd, IVth year B.Tech / M.Sc (Physics/ Electronics/ Electronic Sciences) students, M.Tech Ist Sem students

More about this course

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.

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Curriculum

Part I: Semiconductor Physics for Optoelectronics

Context and Scope of the Course

Energy Bands in Solids

E-K Diagram

The Density of States

The Density of States (contd..)

The Density of states in a Quantum well Structure

Occupation Probability and Carrier Concentration

Carrier Concentration and Fermi Level

Quasi Fermi Levels

Semiconductor Materials

Semiconductor Hetrostructures-Lattice-Matched Layers

Strained -Layer Epitaxy and Quantum Well Structures

Bandgap Engineering

Hetrostructure p-n junctions

Schottky Junction and Ohmic Contacts

Fabrication of Heterostructure Devices

Part ? II: Light Emission & Absorption, Amplification & Modulation in Semiconductors

Interaction od Photons with Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor

Optical Joint Density of States

Rates of Emission and Absorption

Amplication by Stimulated Emission

The Semiconductor (Laser) Amplifier

Absorption Spectrum of Semiconductor

Gain and Absorption Spectrum of Quantum Well Structures

Electro-absorption Modulator

Electro-absorption Modulator - II Device Configuration

Mid-Term Revision Question and Discussion

Part ? III: Semiconductor Light Sources

Part - III Semiconductor Light Sources

Light Emitting Diode-I Device Structure and Parameters

Light Emitting Diode-II Device Chracteristics

Light Emitting Diode-III Output Characteristics

Light Emitting Diode-IV Modulation Bandwidth

Light Emitting Diode-V materials and Applications

Laser Basics

Semiconductor Laser - I Device Structure

Semiconductor Laser - II Output Characteristics

Semiconductor Laser - III Single Frequency Lasers

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL)

Quantum Well Laser

Practical Laser Diodes and Handling

Part ? IV: Semiconductor Photodetectors

General Characteristics of Photodetectors

Responsivity and Impulse Response

Photoconductors

Semiconductor Photo-Diodes

Semiconductor Photo-Diodes -II : APD

Other Photodectors

Epilogue

Photonic Integrated Circuits

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Faculty details

Prof. M. R. Shenoy

M. R. SHENOY received the M. Sc. in Physics in 1979 from Mysore University and the PhD in the field of Fiber and Integrated Optics from IIT Delhi in 1987. He joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 1988, where he is currently Professor in the Department of Physics. Dr. Shenoy was a Visiting Scientist with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K., in 1990 for 10 months, and on short- duration visits at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, in 1992, 1997, 2006 and 2008 for collaborative research on Integrated Optical Devices.

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Entry Requirements

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Prerequisites: Basic undergraduate-level knowledge of Semiconductors, Optics, Electronics and Quantum Mechanics would be required

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Semiconductor Optoelectronic

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Other: It's a certified course of 12weeks. In which,we have to complete our assignments regularly and participated in their offline paper ._x000D_ This course is helpful for developing your knowledge in electronics field.

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