Refresher: Physics of Optoelectronic Devices

Syllabus

• Basics of semiconductor physics: energy bands; Fermi-Dirac distribution; difference between conductors, insulators, semi-conductors; doping 
• Basics of lasers: black-body radiation; self-oscillation conditions; resonant cavities 
• Semiconductor lasers: Bernard & Duraffourg condition; structures (Fabry-Perot, DFB); gain curve; evolution equations 
• Electro-optical modulation: phase and Mach-Zehnder intensity modulators; electro-absorption 
• Propagation in a dielectric waveguide: the optical fibre (modes, dispersion, attenuation) 
• Optical signal detection and noise, amplified systems