| Call Number | 14078 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 4:10pm-6:40pm 420 Pupin Laboratories |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Michal Lipson |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Planar resonators. Photons and photon streams. Photons and atoms: energy levels and band structure; interactions of photons with matter; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; thermal light, luminescence light. Laser amplifiers: gain, saturation, and phase shift; rate equations; pumping. Lasers: theory of oscillation; laser output characteristics. Photons in semiconductors: generation, recombination, and injection; heterostructures; absorption and gain coefficients. Semiconductor photon sources: LEDs; semiconductor optical amplifiers; homojunction and heterojunction laser diodes. Semiconductor photon detectors: p-n, p-i-n, and heterostructure photo diodes; avalanche photodiodes. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Electrical Engineering |
| Enrollment | 23 students (50 max) as of 7:06PM Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Subject | Electrical Engineering |
| Number | E4411 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate |
| Section key | 20253ELEN4411E001 |