From the Back Cover:
Physics of Optoelectronic Devices offers readers a broad ranging, systematic review of important topics in semiconductor electronics, physics, and electromagnetics, information essential to understanding the design and operation of optoelectronic devices.
The book begins with a detailed look at fundamentals such as Maxwell's equations and semiconductor physics, then explores a vast array of theoretical issues concerning the propagation, generation, modulation, and detection of light. It clearly demonstrates how these issues apply to the operation of various bulk and quantum-well semiconductor devices. Topics and devices discussed include:
* Heterojunctions and band structure calculations near the band edges for both bulk and quantum-well semiconductors
* Optical dielectric waveguide theory applied to semiconductor lasers, directional couplers, and electrooptic modulators
* General theory for optical gain and absorption via interband and intersubband transitions in bulk and quantum-well semiconductors
* Double heterojunction semiconductor lasers, strained quantum-well lasers, distributed-feedback lasers, and vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
* High-speed modulation of semiconductor lasers using linear and nonlinear gains and the linewidth enhancement theory
* Franz-Keldysh effects and excitonic effects in bulk and quantum-well semiconductors, electroabsorption modulators
* Interband and intersubband photodetectors
Comprehensive, timely, and practical, Physics of Optoelectronic Devices is both a superior textbook for advanced courses in electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science and an invaluable reference for professionals.
About the Author:
SHUN LIEN CHUANG is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana--Champaign. He received his PhD in electrical engineering and computer science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research centers on quantum--well semiconductor optoelectronic devices and nonlinear optics. Recently, he served as coeditor for a special issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America on terahertz generation, physics, and applications.
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