Semiconductor Devices for High-Speed Optoelectronics

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.

Author: Giovanni Ghione
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521763448

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 03/01/2010 pg. 140

About the Author
Ghione, Giovanni: - 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.