NPTEL - Semiconductor Optoelectronics
offered by IIT Roorkee

Public/Government Institute
Estd. 1847

Semiconductor Optoelectronics
at
IIT Roorkee
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics principles and concepts

Duration	12 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Semiconductor Optoelectronics

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Semiconductor Optoelectronics
at
IIT Roorkee
Highlights

Earn a E- certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee

Semiconductor Optoelectronics
at
IIT Roorkee
Course details

Who should do this course?

For IIIrd, IVth year B.Tech / M.Sc (Physics/ Electronics/ Electronic Sciences) students, M.Tech Ist Sem students

More about this course

This course introduces the students to the field of Semiconductor Optoelectronics, which deals with the physics and technology of semiconductor optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes and photodiodes, which are becoming important components in consumer optoelectronics, IT and communication devices, and in industrial instrumentation
Assuming a general science/engineering undergraduate level background, the course begins with a recap of essential (to this course) semiconductor physics, followed by the study of interaction of photons with electrons and holes in a semiconductor, leading to the realization of semiconductor photon amplifiers, sources, modulators, and detectors
A variety of designs and configurations of these devices have been emerging with application-specific characteristics

Semiconductor Optoelectronics
at
IIT Roorkee
Curriculum

Week 1

Introduction

Energy bands in solids

Density of states

Week 2

Occupation probability and Carrier concentration

Quasi Fermi levels

Week 3

Semiconductor optoelectronic materials and Heterostructures

Week 4

Heterostructure p-n junctions

Schottky junctions

Ohmic contacts

Week 5

Interaction of photons with electrons and holes in a semiconductor

Week 6

Amplification by stimulated emission

The semiconductor laser amplifier

Week 7

Absorption in semiconductors and quantum wells

Electro-absorption modulator

Week 8

Injection electroluminescence

Light emitting diode and their characteristics

Week 9

Semiconductor laser

Device structure and characteristics

Week 10

Single frequency lasers

VCSEL and Quantum well lasers

Week 11

Semiconductor photodetectors

General characteristics

Week 12

Photodiodes: PIN diode and APD. Photonic Integrated Circuits

Semiconductor Optoelectronics
at
IIT Roorkee
Faculty details

M. R. Shenoy

M. R. Shenoy received the M. Sc. in Physics in 1979 from Mysore University and the PhD in the field of Fiber and Integrated Optics from IIT Delhi in 1987. He joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 1988, where he is currently Professor in the Department of Physics.