Optoelectronics

Course title: Optoelectronics

Code: 3ФЕИТ05Л029

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge of the principles of optoelectronic elements. Able to analyze and design electronic circuits with opto-elements.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Introduction to optoelectronics. Properties of light. Overview of physics of semiconductors and pn-junction. Optical injection. Generation-recombination processes in semiconductors. LED diodes - structure,principles of operation, electrical and optical characteristics. Architecture of commercial LEDs. White LED. Drivers for LED for low and high voltages. Drivers for RGB LED. Driving LED matrices.  Principle of generating laser light. Laser diode - structure, electrical and optical characteristics. Driving circuits with APC for laser diodes. Photodetectors (photoresistors, photodiodes, phototransistors, optocouplers). Noises in photodetectors. Photoresistor as an element in driving circuits. IR diodes and detectors - applications. Optocouplers in digital (switching) and in analog mode. Solar cells - analysis of pn-junction sollar cel and structures. Operating voltage and current, fill factor and efficiency. CMOS and CCD image sensors.

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