Main applications of optoelectronics are detailed in the following table.
Application |
Characteristics |
Fibre optics communications
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Fibre optics is used as a transmission chanel of information because of its intrinsic characteristics: Low cost and weigh, low attenuation and dispersion, and provide high bandwith. Other optoelectronic devices as LDs, photodetectors, sensors, optical amplifiers, optic modulators and demodulators, multiplexers and demultiplexers forms part of the optics communication systems. Optical data transmission is also used in equipment control and industrial automatization. |
Consumer electronic products |
A large set of consumer electronic product in the market include optoelectronic devices as photodetectors, leds, CCD sensors, photodiodes, phototransistors etc..
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LDs, Laser diodes |
Main applications of LDs are in the field of telecommunications through optical fibres as light emitters. However, other applications of LDs are :
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Lighting, leds. |
Leds are used in lighting applications in many fields as :
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Solar cells |
Photovoltaic (PV) systems
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