Physics of Optoelectronic Devices

FUNDAMENTALS. Basic Semiconductor Electronics. Basic Quantum Mechanics. Theory of Electronic Band Structures in Semiconductors. Electromagnetics. PROPAGATION OF LIGHT. Light Propagation in Various Media. Optical Waveguide Theory. Waveguide Couplers and Coupled--Mode Theory. GENERATION OF LIGHT. Optical Processes in Semiconductors. Semiconductor Lasers. MODULATION OF LIGHT. Direct Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers. Electrooptic Acoustooptic Modulators. Electroabsorption Modulators. DETECTION OF LIGHT. Photodetectors. Appendices. Index.