浙大光电子学课件0introduction.pptVIP

Fundamentals of Photonics Dept. Optical engineering Zhejiang University What is Optoelectronics? A field of technology that combines the physics of light with electricity. Optoelectronics encompasses the study, design and manufacture of hardware devices that convert electrical signals into photon signals and vice versa. Any device that operates as an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical transducer is considered an optoelectronic device. Optoelectronic technologies include fiber optic communications, laser systems, electric eyes, remote sensing systems, medical diagnostic systems and optical information systems. Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that overlaps with physics. The field concerns the hardware that converts electrical signals to visible or infrared radiation (infrared) energy, or vice-versa. Examples of optoelectronic components include photocells, solar cells, optoisolators, LEDs and laser diodes. Optoelectronics The theory of laser Semiconductor light device Photodetectors Modulation (electro-optics effect, Photoacoustic effect, Magnetoptics effect) Display Nonlinear optics The contents of this course General introduction of OEs Principle of laser Semiconductor laser Other types of lasers Modulation Principle of Nonlinear Optics Reference text books H. Salsh: Fundamental of photonics W. Koechner: Solid-State Laser Engineering (Spring Verlag, 1999) A.E. Siegman: Lasers (University Science Books, 1986) W.T. Silfvast: Laser Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, 1996) 克希耐尔，固体激光工程，科学出版社 2002 马养武，光电子学，浙江大学出版社，2001 Optoelectronics Electric signal turn to Light or Photon Luminescent spectrum of different materials Laser theory is the base of optoelectronics History of Laser LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 1917 Albert Einstein first theorized about the process which makes lasers possible called Stimulated Emission 1951 Charles H. Townes conceived the concept of MASER (Microwave Amplification by