Optoelectronics: Principles and Practices

Optoelectronics, a subfield of photonics, is the study and application of electronic equipment and systems that produce, detect and control light. In addition to visible light, it also includes the study and use of gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet rays and infrared rays. Optoelectronic devices can be optical-to-electrical or electrical-to-optical transducers, or devices that use such instruments in their working. Optoelectronics is centered on the quantum mechanical effects of light on elect...