Optoelectronics
Contributors: P. G. Piva (Translator)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780521778138
Subjects: Applied optics; Electrical engineering; Optoelectronics; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Electronics - Optoelectronics; Optics; Technology / Engineering / Electrical; Optoelectronic devices
First sentence: This chapter reviews the fundamental principles and techniques of quantum mechanics that are necessary to understand the subject of optoelectronics.
Description: Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Optoelectronics is a practical and self-contained graduate-level textbook on the subject, which will be of great value to both advanced engineering students and practising engineers. Sophisticated concepts are introduced in a practical and coherent way, including such topics as quantum mechanics of electron-photon interaction, quantisation of the electro-magnetic field, semiconductor properties, quantum theory of heterostructures and nonlinear optics. The book builds on these concepts to describe the physics, properties and performances of the main optoelectronic devices: light emitting diodes, quantum well lasers, photodetectors, optical parametric oscillators and waveguides. Emphasis is placed on the unifying theoretical analogies of optoelectronics, such as equivalence of quantisation in heterostructure wells and waveguide modes, entanglement of blackbody radiation and semiconductor statistics. The book concludes by presenting the latest devices, including vertical surface emitting lasers, quantum well infrared photodetectors, quantum cascade lasers and optical frequency converters. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Optoelectronics, Optoelectronic devices.