Optoelectronics, photonics and sensors

PROJECT

European Virtual Learning Platform for Electrical and Information Engineering
http://www.techepdia.eu

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

AUTHOR

Santiago Silvestre

ANNOTATION

This is an introductory course to optoelectronics. In the firsts chapters basic concepts on light transmission are introduced. Then, physical mechanisms related to optoelectronic devices are described in chapter four. Main optoelectronic devices are presented in chapter five. Finally chapter 6 and 7 describe the principles of fibre optic communications and main applications of optoelectronics.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the study of this course the student will be able to understand basics on optoelectronics, important issues related to light transmission and identify main optoelectronic devices and applications.

KEYWORDS

Light transmission, optical fibres, optoelectronic devices, optical communications.

LITERATURE

[1] Novikov, M. A. in Ahead of the Time Ch. 1, 7–31 (N. I. Lobachevsky State Univ. of Nizhniy Novgorod Publishing, 2006).
[2] Hecht, Eugene (2002). Optics. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-18878-0.
[3] Clifford R. Pollock. Fundamentals of Optoelectronics. Irwin, 1995. ISBN 0256101043, 9780256101041
[4] French, A.P., Taylor, E.F. (1978). An Introduction to Quantum Physics, Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, ISBN 0-442-30770-5.
[5] Kasap S.O. Optoelectroncis and Photonics, principles and practices. Pearson 2013.ISBN 978-0-273-77417-4
[6] DeWerd, L. A.; Moran, P. R. (1978). "Solid-state electrophotography with Al₂O₃". Medical Physics 5 (1): 23–26.
[7] Buck, John .A. Fundamentals of Optical Fibers, second edition. John Wiley sand Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-471-22191-0.

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