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Lecture 17 of 45Week 5

Interaction of Photons with Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor

Prof. M. R. Shenoy · IIT Delhi

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  1. Context, Scope and Contents of the Course Video
  2. Energy Bands in Solids Video
  3. E - k Diagram - The Band Structure Video
  4. The Density of States Video
  5. The Density of States ρ(k), ρ(E) Video
  6. Density of States in a Quantum Well Structure Video
  7. Occupation Probability & Carrier Concentration Video
  8. Carrier Concentration & Fermi Level Video
  9. Quasi Fermi Levels Video
  10. Semiconductor Materials Video
  11. Semiconductor Heterostructures-Lattice-Matched Layers Video
  12. Strained-Layer Epitaxy and Quantum Well Structures Video
  13. Bandgap Engineering Video
  14. Heterostructure p-n junctions Video
  15. Schottky Junctions & Ohmic Contacts Video
  16. Fabrication of Heterostructure Devices Video
  17. Interaction of Photons with Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor Video
  18. Optical Joint Density of States, and Probabilities of Emission and Absorption Video
  19. Rates of Emission and Absorption Video
  20. Amplification by Stimulated Emission Video
  21. The Semiconductor (Laser) Amplifier Video
  22. Absorption Spectrum of Semiconductors Video
  23. Gain and Absorption Spectrum of Quantum Well Structures Video
  24. Electro-absorption Modulator - I Principle of Operation Video
  25. Electro-absorption Modulator - II Device Configuration Video
  26. Injuction Electroluminescence Video
  27. Light emitting diode-1 Device structure and parameters Video
  28. Light emitting diode-II Device Characteristics Video
  29. Light emitting diode-III Output Characteristics Video
  30. Light emitting diode-IV Modulation Bandwidth Video
  31. Light emitting diode-V Material and Applications Video
  32. Laser Basics Video
  33. Semiconductor Laser-I Device Structure Video
  34. Semiconductor Laser-II Output Characteristics Video
  35. Semiconductor Laser-III Single Frequency Lasers Video
  36. Vertical cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) Video
  37. Quantum Well Laser Video
  38. Practical Laser Diodes & Handling Video
  39. General Characteristics of Photodetectors Video
  40. Responsivity & Impulse Response Video
  41. Photoconductors Video
  42. Semiconductor Photo-Diodes-I: PIN Diode Video
  43. Semiconductor Photo-Diodes-II: APD Video
  44. Other Photodetectors Video
  45. Photonic Integrated Circuits Video