Review of Semiconductor device Physics, Semiconductor Opto electronics- Solid State Materials, Emitters, Detectors and Amplifiers, Semiconductor Emitters- LEDs, Diodes, SLDs, CCDs, Semiconductor lasers- basic Structure, theory and device characteristics, DFB, DBR, Quantum well lasers ,Laser diode arrays, VCSEL etc. Semiconductor photo detectors:Materials - Si, Hg Cd Te, InGa As, Al Ga As, GaN etc for different wavelengths.

Detectors :Photoconductors, photo diodes, PIN , APD ,Photo transistors, solar cells, CCDs, IR and UV detectors.

Band gap Engineering, Quantum well structures, size effects, Hetero and nano structures. Fabrication techniques [MBE, CVD, Lithography, Thin films technoloy] and Device characterization. Integrated Optics-Optical wave guide theory, wave guide structures. Fiber optic interconnects- Fiber lasers and amplifiers, fiber sensors.

Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits [OEIC]- Directional couplers, Dividers, Multiplexers, Phase and Amplitude Modulators, Polarization and polarization controllers, etc. Photonics Signal processing, Nonlinear optics- Frequency Converters, Phase conjugation, optical Correlation etc.

Photonic devices and applications for aerospace: Intensity, phase and polarization based Fiber optic sensors for measurement of temperature, pressure, stress etc for space craft health monitoring, Hydrogen leakage sensing in cryo engines. Fiber Optic Gyroscope for navigation application. Optical Intra Satellite links using ELED’s, VCSELs. Fiber Bragg gratings for health monitoring and smart materials: applications in aerospace.

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