In this course, it is appropriate to introduce specific notions to this multidisciplinary discipline but essentially based on the physics of materials.
Optoelectronics is quickly becoming a fast emerging technology field that consists of applying electronic devices, to sourcing, detection, and control of light. These devices can be a part of many applications like automatic access control systems, energy (solar cells), telecommunications, medical equipment, and more.
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles. Electronics is a subfield of electrical engineering, but it differs from it in that it focuses on using active devices such as transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits to control and amplify the flow of electric current and to convert it from one form to another, such as from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) or from analog to digital. Electronics also encompasses the fields of microelectronics, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and quantum electronics, which deal with the fabrication and application of electronic devices at microscopic, nanoscopic, optical, and quantum scales. To make this course accessible to GP students who have little knowledge of electronics a quick overview of electronic components and their evolution over the last century will be provided. Then some basic notions of optics will be presented. Finally it will be described how the combination of these two disciplines leads to that of optoelectronics.
- Teacher: Dr. SALEM FOUAD CHABIRA