Fundamentals of Semiconductor LEDs and Lasers
ECE 577 (3)Carrier generation and recombination, photon generation and loss in laser cavities, density of optical modes and blackbody radiation, radiative and non-radiative processes, optical gain, spontaneous and stimulated emission, Fermi’s golden rule, gain and current relations, characterizing real diode lasers, dynamic effects, rate equation; small signal and large signal analysis, radiative intensity noise and linewidth.
Prerequisite: 572
Prerequisites / Corequisites
Semiconductor Physics - ECE 572
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