Emmanuel Rosencher, Borge VinterCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 5/30/2002EAN 9780521771290, ISBN10: 0521771293Hardcover, 744 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 4.1 cmLanguage: EnglishOptoelectronics, 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.Preface1. Quantum mechanics of the electron2. Quantum mechanics of the photon3. Quantum mechanics of the electron-photon interaction4. Laser oscillations5. Band structures of semiconductors6. Electronic properties of semiconductors7. Optical properties of semiconductors8. Semiconductor heterostructures and quantum wells9. Waveguides10. A few building blocks for semiconductor devices11. Semiconductor photodetectors12. Optical frequency conversion in semiconductors13. Light emitting diodes and laser diodesAppendix.
