Optoelectronics

ISBN-13: 9780521778138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 744 str.

Emmanuel Rosencher; Borge Vinter; Borge Vinter

Opis

Optoelectronics is a practical and self-contained graduate-level text on the subject. The authors include such topics as quantum mechanics of electron-photon interaction, quantization of the electro-magnetic field, semiconductor properties, quantum theory of heterostructures and nonlinear optics. They build on these concepts to describe the physics, properties and performances of light-emitting diodes, quantum well lasers, photodetectors, optical parametric oscillators and waveguides. The emphasis is on the unifying theoretical analogies of optoelectronics, such as equivalence of quantization in heterostructure wells and waveguide modes, entanglement of blackbody radiation and semiconductor statistics.

Recenzje

'So who will buy this book? Well, our PhD students for a start. I've told them all to buy their own copy; at less than £40 for more than 700 pages it's an absolute snip. Also, in the three weeks I've had my free copy I've consulted it four times, all to fruitful effect, in discussions with colleagues, so I'd suggest they get their own as well. As a reference text for course writers it could be invaluable, and device researchers writing papers, theses, proposals or reports may well wear it out completely.' C. C. Phillips, Contemporary Physics

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Quantum mechanics of the electron; 2. Quantum mechanics of the photon; 3. Quantum mechanics of the electron-photon interaction; 4. Laser oscillations; 5. Band structures of semiconductors; 6. Electronic properties of semiconductors; 7. Optical properties of semiconductors; 8. Semiconductor heterostructures and quantum wells; 9. Waveguides; 10. A few building blocks for semiconductor devices; 11. Semiconductor photodetectors; 12. Optical frequency conversion in semiconductors; 13. Light emitting diodes and laser diodes; Appendix.