Semiconductor Lasers (formerly Optoelectronics II)

(Prof. Dr. H. Hillmer)

Diese Vorlesung wird nur in Englisch gehalten.

Examination: oral, 30 min. - (OKA/UNI) 

Course targets

To learn basic principles of optoelectronic devices and systems, structure and operating principles of optoelectronic components as well as special applications of these devices and photonic tools. The course is completed by future perspectives and market visions. Not only simple facts and tools are presented, but considerable emphasis is also put on methodology. The engineer should learn to solve problems using interdisciplinary analogies. In other words: looking into the successful solutions of nature is a promising approach for an advanced working engineer. To gether deep knowledge of the complex interaction of electronic, thermal and optical phenomena in laser diodes.

Contents

• Diffractive elements: 1D, 2D and 3D gratings (Fresnel lenses and photonic crystals)
• Light emitting devices: LEDs: basic principles, recent advances: green, blue, UV, white (huge future market), Lasers: Fabry-Perot, distributed feedback, arrays, pulse generation, ultrafast lasers, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, quantum cascade lasers, microdisc lasers, blue semiconductor lasers
• Light detecting and absorbing devices: photodiodes and solar cells. Light processing components: amplifier, switches, splitters, combiners, multiplexer, de-multiplexer, beam transformer, micro-spectrometers
• Displays: advanced developments such as micromachined micromirror displays, laser display technology and vacuum-microelectronics.

The course includes a visit of the Institute of Nanostructure Technology and Analytics (INA) demonstrating design tools for optoelectronic components and showing the clean room facilities as well as the characterization and technological laboratories.

Exercises

• Exercises Semiconductor Lasers (PDF)

Script

• Optoelectronic Devices (PDF) chapter 1-4
• Optoelektronic Devices (PDF) chapter 5-10
• Semiconductor Lasers (PDF) chapter 1-4
• Semiconductor Lasers (PDF) chapter 5-8

Literature

• J. Gowar: Optical Communication Systems, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1993
• K. J. Ebeling: Integrierte Optoelektronik, 2. Aufl., Springer Verlag, 1992
• H. Hultzsch: Optische Telekommunikationssysteme, Damm Verlag, 1996
• K. Iga, S. Kinoshita: Process technology for semiconductor lasers, Springer, Series in Material Science 30, 1996
• G. P. Agrawal, N. K. Dutta: Long-wavelength semiconductor lasers, Van Nostrand, 1986
• H. Fouckhardt: Photonik, Teubner Verlag, Stuttgart 1994
• L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine: Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, John Wiley, New York 1995
• S. L. Chuang: Physics of Optoelectronic Devices, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1995
• M. Young: Optics and lasers, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1993
• P. Bhattacharya: Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, London 1997