Syllabus
Optical properties of semiconductor materials -Optical absorption and emission-Diode lasers-edge emitting, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, direct modulation-frequency chirping-steady state characteristics-noise. Dielectric waveguides, perturbation and coupled mode theory, Photonic crystals, metamaterials, plasmonics, Integrated optics and photonic integrated circuits. Optical modulators-Electrooptic, Electro absorption, Photodetectors. Optical delay lines, Optical based true time delays. Optoelectronic integrated circuits, Silicon photonics.
Text Books
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References
1. Fundamentals of Photonics, B. Saleh and M. Teich, Wiley-Interscience, 2nd Edition, 2007.
2. Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, L. A. Coldren, S. W. Corzine and M. L. Mashanovitch, 2nd Edn., Wiley, 2012.
3. Photonics, A. Yariv and P. Yeh, 6th Edition, Oxford, 2007.
4. Semiconductor Optoelectronics Devices, P. Bhattacharya, 2nd Edition., PHI, 2009.
5. Integrated Optics, R. G. Hunsperger, Springer, 1995.
6. Laser Fundamentals, W. T. Silfvast, 2nd Edition, Cambridge, 1993.
7. Optical Integrated Circuits, Nishihara, McGraw Hill.