Fields and Waves in Optoelectronic Devices R2a

Overview

Credits points: 6

Workload: 45 hours course attendance, 135 hours self-study

Semester: winter

Language: English

Module type: elective

Module usability: M.Sc. Electrical Communication Engineering, M.Sc. Elektrotechnik

Module duration: one semester

Required qualifications:
basic knowledge of vector calculus and electromagnetic field theory; fundamentals of mathematical operations; basics of python programming

Competences to be acquired

Research and development in electromagnetic field theory for optoelectronic components

Acquisition of in-depth and applied subject-specific principles of electrical engineering

Independently describe semiconductor resonators and waveguides for LEDs or photodiodes

Courses

Content

  • Fundamentals of ray- and wave optics
  • Fundamentals of light-matter interaction
  • Introduction to semiconductor and quantum theory
  • Fields and waves in optoelectronic components
  • Nanophononics and its theoretical description fundamentals metallic waveguides and resonators, transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes, wave-guide components

Learning outcomes

  • Understanding the concepts of fields and waves and their propagation in optoelectronic devices
  • Theoretical basics for photonics, electromagnetic problems, and wave guiding
  • Electromagnetic principles applied to the characteristics in the semiconductor devices

Details

  • Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
  • Teaching method: lecture and exercises
  • SWS: 3
  • Credit points: 6
  • Offered in: winter
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-2523