Semiconductor Devices for High-Speed Optoelectronics

An all-inclusive treatment of high-speed electronic and optoelectronic devices, emphasizing circuit applications and advanced device design solutions.

Giovanni Ghione (Author)

9780521763448, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 October 2009

480 pages, 19 b/w illus. 7 tables 270 exercises
25.3 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm, 1.09 kg

Providing an all-inclusive treatment of electronic and optoelectronic devices used in high-speed optical communication systems, this book emphasizes circuit applications, advanced device design solutions, and noise in sources and receivers. Core topics covered include semiconductors and semiconductor optical properties, high-speed circuits and transistors, detectors, sources, and modulators. It discusses in detail both active devices (heterostructure field-effect and bipolar transistors) and passive components (lumped and distributed) for high-speed electronic integrated circuits. It also describes recent advances in high-speed devices for 40 Gbps systems. Introductory elements are provided, making the book open to readers without a specific background in optoelectronics, whilst end-of-chapter review questions and numerical problems enable readers to test their understanding and experiment with realistic data.

Preface
1. Semiconductors, alloys, heterostructures
2. Semiconductor optical properties
3. High-speed semiconductor devices and circuits
4. Detectors
Sources
Modulators
Symbol list
Index.

Subject Areas: Circuits & components [TJFC], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]