ECE4603

Advanced electronic and photonic devices ( 4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL)

Leader: L N Binh

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: Advanced semiconductor junctions: pnpn junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions, super-conductor junctions, MOS structures, heterojunctions, quantum well structures. Electron devices. Schottky diodes, SQUIDs. Photon devices: Fabry-Perot injection laser diodes, distributed feedback laser diodes, optical fibre amplifiers, quantum well lasers. Integrated photonic filters, switches, isolators and modulators.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Contact Hours: 26 lectures, 26 hours of practice classes and laboratory classes

Prerequisites: ECE3202 and ECE3603