Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
8605006 Introduction to Electro-Optical Engineering 3.0 3
Description Part one--Fundamentals of optoelectronics Chapter one Crystals and junctions 1-1Various crystals and their structures 1-2Energy band diagrams 1-3PN and Schottky junctions Chapter two Light emission and detection 2-1 Direct and indirect semiconductors 2-2 Photoluminescence 2-3 Sensitivity, photoconductivity and optical gain 2-4 Photovoltaic effect Part two--Photonic devices Chapter three Light-emitting devices 3-1 LEDs 3-2 Laser diodes Chapter four Light-detecting devices 4-1 Infrared detectors 4-2 Solar cells Part three-Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)Chapter five LCD 5-1 Optical waves in media 5-2 Fundamentals of LCD 5-3 Thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD Part four-Fiber Optic Communications Chapter six Fibers, losses, and dispersions 6-1 Importance of fiber communications 6-2 Losses in a fiber 6-3 Signal dispersions in a fiber Chapter seven Fiber Communications 7-1 Components in a fiber communication system 7-2 Dense