Optical Semiconductor Devices
Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering
1. Edition January 1999
XVIII, 422 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The industry in optoelectronics has gone through a rapid progression through the '70's and 80's and this progress continues throughout the '90s. The main devices in optoelectronics are semiconductor lasers and photodiodes (PDs). Lasers and photodiodes have been used in a wide range of applications from compact disk players to the transmitters of information in optical fiber communication systems. This title is a comprehensive reference to the subject of optical semiconductor devices featuring coverage of basic principles and histories through to new areas of research and future applications.
This book is devoted to optical semiconductor devices and their numerous applications in telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics-areas where signal processing or the transmission of signals across fiber optic cables is paramount. It introduces a new generation of devices that includes optical modulators, quantum well (QW) lasers, and photodiodes and explores new applications of more established devices such as semiconductor lasers, light-emitting diodes, and photodiodes. Mitsuo Fukuda examines the material properties, operation principles, fabrication, packaging, reliability, and applications of each device and offers a unique industrial perspective, discussing everything engineers and scientists need to know at different phases of research, development, and production. This guide to the state-of-the-art of optical semiconductor devices:
* Helps you choose the right device for a given application.
* Covers important performance data such as temperature and optical feedback noise in lasers.
* Highlights epitaxial growth techniques and fabrication for each device.
* Features one hundred figures and an extensive bibliography.
* Provides a clear and concise treatment, unencumbered by excessive theory Optical Semiconductor Devices is an essential resource for engineers and researchers in telecommunications and optoelectronics, equipment designers and manufacturers, and graduate students and scholars interested in this rapidly evolving field.
Light-Emitting Diodes.
Laser Diodes.
Photodiodes.
Optical Modulators.
Device Fabrication and Packaging.
Reliability.
Application of Optoelectronic pn-Junction Devices.
Index.