Rent 9780201610871 | Optoelectronics and Photonics : Principles and Practices

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For one-semester, undergraduate-level courses in Optoelectronics and Photonics, in the departments of electrical engineering, engineering physics, and materials science and engineering.This text takes a fresh look at the enormous developments in electo-optic devices and associated materials such as Pockels (Lithium Niobate) modulators.

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Wave Nature of Light

(50)

Light Waves in a Homogeneous Medium

(6)

Plane Electromagnetic Wave

(3)

Maxwell's Wave Equation and Diverging Waves

(3)

Example 1.1.1:A diverging laser beam

(1)

Refractive Index

(2)

Example 1.2.1: Relative permittivity and refractive index

(1)

Group Velocity and Group Index

(2)

Example 1.3.1: Group velocity

(1)

Example 1.3.2: Group and phase velocities

(1)

Magnetic Field, Irradiance, and Poynting Vector

(3)

Example 1.4.1: Electric and magnetic fields in light

(1)

Snell's Law and Total Internal Reflection (TIR)

(2)

Fresnel's Equations

(12)

Amplitude Reflection and Transmission Coefficients

(6)

Example 1.6.1: Evanescent wave

(1)

Intensity, Reflectance, and Transmittance

(1)

Example 1.6.2: Reflection of light from a less dense medium

(1)

Example 1.6.3: Reflection at normal incidence. Internal and external reflection

(1)

Example 1.6.4: Antireflection coatings on solar cells

(1)

Example 1.6.5: Dielectric mirrors

(1)

Multiple Interference and Optical Resonators

(4)

Example 1.7.1: Resonator modes and spectral width

(1)

Goos-Hanchen Shift and Optical Tunneling

(2)

Temporal and Spatial Coherence

(3)

Diffraction Principles

(13)

Fraunhofer Diffraction

(4)

Example 1.10.1: Resolving power of imaging systems

(1)

Diffraction grating

(2)

Questions and Problems

(6)

Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers

(57)

Symmetric Planar Dielectric Slab Waveguide

(10)

Waveguide Condition

(5)

Single and Multimode Waveguides

(1)

TE and TM Modes

(1)

Example 2.1.1: Waveguide modes

(1)

Example 2.1.2: V-number and the number of modes

(1)

Example 2.1.3: Mode field distance (MFD)

(1)

Modal and Waveguide Dispersion in the Planar Waveguide

(3)

Waveguide Dispersion Diagram

(1)

Intermodal Dispersion

(2)

Intramodal Dispersion

(1)

Step Index Fiber

(6)

Example 2.3.1: A multimode fiber

(1)

Example 2.3.2: A single mode fiber

(1)

Example 2.3.3: Single mode cut-off wavelength

(1)

Example 2.3.4: Group velocity and delay

(1)

Numerical Aperture

(2)

Example 2.4.1: A multimode fiber and total acceptance angle

(1)

Example 2.4.2: A single mode fiber

(1)

Dispersion in Single Mode Fibers

(7)

Material Dispersion

(2)

Waveguide Dispersion

(1)

Chromatic Dispersion or Total Dispersion

(1)

Profile and Polarization Dispersion Effects

(1)

Dispersion Flattened Fibers

(1)

Example 2.5.1: Material dispersion

(1)

Example 2.5.2: Material, waveguide, and chromatic dispersion

(1)

Bit-Rate, Dispersion, Electrical, and Optical Bandwidth

(5)

Bit-Rate and Dispersion

(3)

Optical and Electrical Bandwidth

(1)

Example 2.6.1: Bit-rate and dispersion

(1)

The Graded Index Optical Fiber

(4)

Example 2.7.1: Dispersion in a graded-index fiber and bit-rate

(2)

Light Absorption and Scattering

(3)

Absorption

(1)

Scattering

(2)

Attenuation in Optical Fibers

(4)

Example 2.9.1: Rayleigh scattering limit

(1)

Example 2.9.2: Attenuation along an optical fiber

(1)

Fiber Manufacture

(13)

Fiber Drawing

(2)

Outside Vapor Deposition (OVD)

(2)

Example 2.10.1: Fiber drawing

(1)

Questions and Problems

(9)

Semiconductor Science and Light Emitting Diodes

107

(52)

Semiconductor Concepts and Energy Bands

107

(12)

Energy Band Diagrams

107

(3)

Semiconductor Statistics

110

(3)

Extrinsic Semiconductors

113

(3)

Compensation Doping

116

(1)

Degenerate and Nondegenerate Semiconductors

117

(1)

Energy Band Diagrams in an Applied Field

118

(1)

Example 3.1.1: Fermi levels in semiconductors

118

(1)

Example 3.1.2: Conductivity

119

(1)

Direct and Indirect Bandgap Semiconductors: E-k Diagrams

119

(4)

pn Junction Principles

123

(14)

Open Circuit

123

(3)

Forward Bias

126

(5)

Reverse Bias

131

(3)

Depletion Layer Capacitance

134

(1)

Recombination Lifetime

135

(1)

Example 3.3.1: A direct band gap pn junction

136

(1)

The pn Junction Band Diagram

137

(2)

Open Circuit

137

(1)

Forward and Reverse Bias

138

(1)

Light Emitting Diodes

139

(3)

Principles

139

(2)

Device Structures

141

(1)

LED Materials

142

(2)

Heterojunction High Intensity LEDs

144

(3)

LED Characteristics

147

(3)

Example 3.8.1: LED output spectrum

149

(1)

Example 3.8.2: LED output wavelength variations

149

(1)

Example 3.8.3: InGaAsP on InP substrate

150

(1)

LEDs for Optical Fiber Communications

150

(9)

Questions and Problems

153

(6)

Stimulated Emission Devices Lasers

159

(58)

Stimulated Emission and Photon Amplification

159

(3)

Stimulated Emission Rate and Einstein Coefficients

162

(2)

Optical Fiber Amplifiers

164

(2)

Gas Laser: The He-Ne Laser

166

(4)

Example 4.4.1: Efficiency of the He-Ne laser

169

(1)

Example 4.4.2: Laser beam divergence

170

(1)

The Output Spectrum of a Gas Laser

170

(4)

Example 4.5.1: Doppler broadened linewidth

173

(1)

LASER Oscillation Conditions

174

(7)

Optical Gain Coefficient g

174

(2)

Threshold Gain gth

176

(2)

Phase Condition and Laser Modes

178

(3)

Example 4.6.1: Threshold population inversion for the He-Ne laser

181

(1)

Principle of the Laser Diode

181

(4)

Heterostructure Laser Diodes

185

(5)

Example 4.8.1: Modes in a laser and the optical cavity length

189

(1)

Elementary Laser Diode Characteristics

190

(2)

Example 4.9.1: Laser output wavelength variations

192

(1)

Steady State Semiconductor Rate Equation

192

(3)

Light Emitters for Optical Fiber Communications

195

(1)

Single Frequency Solid State Lasers

196

(3)

Example 4.12.1: DFB Laser

198

(1)

Quantum Well Devices

199

(4)

Example 4.13.1: A GaAs quantum well

202

(1)

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)

203

(2)

Optical Laser Amplifiers

205

(1)

Holography

206

(11)

Questions and Problems

209

(8)

Photodetectors

217

(37)

Principle of the pn Junction Photodiode

217

(2)

Ramo's Theorem and External Photocurrent

219

(2)

Absorption Coefficient and Photodiode Materials

221

(3)

Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity

224

(1)

The pin Photodiode

225

(5)

Example 5.5.1: Operation and speed of a pin photodiode

228

(1)

Example 5.5.2: Photocarrier diffusion in a pin photodiode

228

(1)

Example 5.5.3: Responsivity of a pin photodiode

229

(1)

Avalanche Photodiode

230

(4)

Example 5.6.1: InGaAs APD Responsivity

234

(1)

Example 5.6.2: Silicon APD

234

(1)

Heterojunction Photodiodes

234

(3)

Separate Absorption and Multiplication (SAM) APD

234

(2)

Superlattice APDs

236

(1)

Phototransistors

237

(2)

Photoconductive Detectors and Photoconductive Gain

239

(3)

Noise In Photodetectors

242

(12)

The pn Junction and the pin Photodiodes

242

(2)

Example 5.10.1: NEP of a Si pin photodiode

244

(1)

Example 5.10.2: Noise of an ideal photodetector

244

(1)

Example 5.10.3: SNR of a receiver

245

(1)

Avalanche Noise in the APD

246

(1)

Example 5.10.4: Noise in an APD

246

(1)

Questions and Problems

247

(7)

Photovoltaic Devices

254

(21)

Solar Energy Spectrum

254

(3)

Example 6.1.1: Solar energy conversion

256

(1)

Photovoltaic Device Principles

257

(4)

Example 6.2.1: The photocurrent Iph

260

(1)

pn Junction Photovoltaic I-V Characteristics

261

(4)

Example 6.3.1: A solar cell driving a resistive load

264

(1)

Example 6.3.2: Open circuit voltage and illumination

264

(1)

Series Resistance and Equivalent Circuit

265

(3)

Example 6.4.1: Solar cells in parallel

267

(1)

Temperature Effects

268

(1)

Solar Cells Materials, Devices, and Efficiencies

269

(6)

Question and Problems

272

(3)

Polarization and Modulation of Light

275

(48)

Polarization

275

(5)

State of Polarization

275

(3)

Example 7.1.1: Elliptical and circular polarization

278

(1)

Malu's Law

279

(1)

Light propagation in an Anisotropic Medium: Birefringence

280

(7)

Optical Anisotropy

280

(1)

Uniaxial Crystals and Fresnel's Optical Indicatrix

281

(4)

Birefringence of Calcite

285

(1)

Dichroism

286

(1)

Birefringent Optical Devices

287

(5)

Retarding Plates

287

(1)

Example 7.3.1: Quartz half-wave plate

288

(1)

Example 7.3.2: Circular polarization from linear polarization

289

(1)

Soleil-Babinet Compensator

289

(2)

Birefringent Prisms

291

(1)

Optical Activity and Circular Birefringence

292

(2)

Electro-Optic Effects

294

(7)

Definitions

294

(1)

Pockels Effect

295

(4)

Example 7.5.1: Pockets Cell Modulator

299

(1)

Kerr Effect

300

(1)

Example 7.5.2: Kerr effect modulator

301

(1)

Integrated Optical Modulators

301

(6)

Phase and Polarization Modulation

301

(2)

Mach-Zehnder Modulator

303

(1)

Coupled Waveguide Modulators

304

(3)

Example 7.6.1: Modulated directional coupler

307

(1)

Acousto-Optic Modulator

307

(3)

Example 7.7.1: Modulated Directional Coupler

309

(1)

Magneto-Optic Effects

310

(1)

Non-Linear Optics and Second Harmonic Generation

311

(12)

Questions and Problems

314

(9)

Notation and Abbreviations

323

(9)

Index

332

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SAFA KASAP is currently a Professor of Electronic Materials and Devices in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He obtained the B.S.E.E. (1976), M.S. (1978), and Ph.D. (1983) degrees from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, specializing in amorphous semiconductors and optoelectronics. In 1996 he was awarded the D.Sc. (Engineering) degree from London University for his research contributions to materials science in electrical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Materials. His research interests are in amorphous semiconductors, noise in electronic devices, photoconductors, photodetectors, X-ray image detectors, laser-induced transient photocnductivity and related topics, with more than 100 refereed journal publications in these areas.

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