Semiconductor Devices for High-Speed Optoelectronics / Edition 1

by Giovanni Ghione

Overview

Providing an all-inclusive treatment of electronic and optoelectronic devices used in high-speed optical communication systems, this book emphasizes circuit applications, advanced device design solutions, and noise in sources and receivers. Core topics covered include semiconductors and semiconductor optical properties, high-speed circuits and transistors, detectors, sources, and modulators. It discusses in detail both active devices (heterostructure field-effect and bipolar transistors) and passive components (lumped and distributed) for high-speed electronic integrated circuits. It also describes recent advances in high-speed devices for 40 Gbps systems. Introductory elements are provided, making the book open to readers without a specific background in optoelectronics, whilst end-of-chapter review questions and numerical problems enable readers to test their understanding and experiment with realistic data.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521763448
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2009
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Giovanni Ghione is Full Professor of Electronics at Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy. His current research activity involves the physics-based and circuit-oriented modeling of high-speed electronic and optoelectronic components, with particular attention to III-N power devices, thermal and noise simulation, eletrooptic and electroabsorption modulators, coplanar passive components, and integrated circuits. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and has authored or co-authored over 200 technical papers and four books.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Semiconductors, alloys, heterostructures; 2. Semiconductor optical properties; 3. High-speed semiconductor devices and circuits; 4. Detectors; Sources; Modulators; Symbol list; Index.