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.