Optoelectronics

Optoelectronics, first published in 2002, is a practical and self-contained textbook written for graduate students and engineers.

Emmanuel Rosencher (Author), Borge Vinter (Author), P. G. Piva (Translated by)

9780521778138, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 May 2002

744 pages, 290 b/w illus. 10 tables
24.4 x 17 x 3.8 cm, 1.25 kg

'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

Optoelectronics, first published in 2002, is a practical and self-contained graduate-level textbook on the subject, which will be of great value to both advanced engineering students and practising engineers. Sophisticated concepts are introduced in a practical and coherent way, including such topics as quantum mechanics of electron-photon interaction, quantisation of the electro-magnetic field, semiconductor properties, quantum theory of heterostructures and nonlinear optics. The book builds on these concepts to describe the physics, properties and performances of the main optoelectronic devices: light emitting diodes, quantum well lasers, photodetectors, optical parametric oscillators and waveguides. Emphasis is placed on the unifying theoretical analogies of optoelectronics, such as equivalence of quantisation in heterostructure wells and waveguide modes, entanglement of blackbody radiation and semiconductor statistics. The book concludes by presenting devices including vertical surface emitting lasers, quantum well infrared photodetectors, quantum cascade lasers and optical frequency converters.

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.

Subject Areas: Electronics engineering [TJF], Electrical engineering [THR]