Course L T P J C

Optoelectronics PE
Code:PHY6007 3 0 2 0 4
Version No. 1.0
Course Pre- Basic Solid State Physics
requisites/ Co-
requisites/ anti-
requisites (if any).
Otherwise, please
indicate as ‘None’
Expected Upon learning this subject, the students will have been exposed to the
Outcome/Objecti fundamental principles behind the operation of various light sources as
ves well as detectors. They would have also learned about how light is
modulated and subsequently launched into an optical fiber. The
students would have come to know about the problems currently faced
with fiber optic communications system and their mitigations. They
would have also learned about the important phenomena that arise in
nonlinear optical regime.
Module Topics L. Hrs SLO
1 Incoherent Source 4 1, 2
Semiconductor – basics - direct and indirect
bandgap semiconductors – light emitting diode
(LED) - internal and external quantum efficiency –
LED characteristics – types of LEDs (Self-study) –
problems
2 Coherent Source 4 1, 2
Lasers – basics –laser diode (LD) – internal and
external quantum efficiency – laser modes (Self-
study) – problems.
3 Detectors 8 5, 9
Photodiode – quantum efficiency – responsivity –
long-wavelength cut-off – p-i-n photodiode –
avalanche photodiode (APD) – heterojunction
photodiodes – separate absorption and
multiplication (SAM) APD – superlattice APD
(Self-study) – phototransistors (Self-study) –
problems.
4 Modulators 8 5, 9, 11
Introduction – optical polarization - birefringence
– retardation plates (Self-study) – electro-optic
modulator (EOM) - Pockels effect - Kerr effect –
longitudinal and transverse EOMs - acousto-optic
modulator (AOM) – Raman -Nath modulator –
Bragg modulator – magneto optic modulator
(MOM) (Self-study) – problems.
5 Fiber Optic Communication Systems 5 9, 11
Optical fibers – basics – digital systems and analog
systems – system architecture: point to point links
– distribution networks – local area networks.

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 6 Fiber Sensors 6 9, 11
Fiber optic sensors – intensity modulated sensors
– phase modulated sensors – Fiber optic Mach-
Zehnder interferometric sensor–Fiber based
plasmonic sensors.
7 Nonlinear Optics 8 5, 17
Introduction – harmonic generation - relationship
between refractive index and light intensity in a
nonlinear regime – second harmonic generation
(SHG) – factors influencing SHG- optical
parametric oscillator (Self-study)
Soliton based Fiber Optic Communications
System
Nonlinear effects in optical fibers – Kerr effect –
self-phase modulation – modeling pulse
propagation in optical fibers – nonlinear
Schrödinger equation (Self-study) – soliton
communication system.
8 Talk by Industrial / External Expert 2 17
Total Lecture Hours 45
Text Books:
1. Fiber optics and optoelectronics, R. P. Khare, Oxford University Press, 2004.
2. Optoelectronics- An Introduction to Materials and Devices – Jasprit Singh, McGraw-
Hill International Edition, 1998.
3. Optoelectronics and Photonics-Principles and Practices, S.O.Kasap, Prentice-Hall,
Inc., New Jersey, 2001.
4. Nonlinear Fiber Optics, G. P. Agrawal, 5th edition, Academic Press, 2013.
References:
1. Optoelectronics – An Introduction, J.Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes, 3rd Edition, Indian
reprint, Prentice-Hall of India, 2003.
2. Fiber-optic communications technology, Djafar K. Mynbaev and Lowell L.Scheiner,
Addison Wesley Longman(Singapore) Pte Ltd, Indian reprint, 2011
3. Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, Pallab Bhattacharya, Prentice-Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd, Second Edition, 2004.
4. Solitons in Optical Fibers: Fundamentals and Applications, L. F. Mollenauer and J. P.
Gordon, Academic Press, 2006.

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Optoelectronics Laboratory Experiments

1. Diffraction through a single and double slit

2. Determination of refractive index of a solid and liquid
3. Measurement of Laser beam parameters
4. Construction of Michelson interferometer
5. Measurement of fiber coupling loss and bending loss
6. Determination of fiber attenuation by cut-back method
7. Determination of numerical aperture and mode field diameter
8. Characteristics of a Photo-diode and an LDR
9. Characteristics of an LED

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Approved by Academic Council No.:40 Date:18.03.2016

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