Charlie Ironside, Bruno Romeira, Jose Figueiredo

Resonant Tunneling Diode Photonics Devices and Applications (Second Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As semiconductor devices become smaller and smaller, driven by the commercial and technical demands of the semiconductor industry often summarised as Moore's law that states the number of transistors on a semiconductor chip doubles every 18 months. The semiconductor device dimensions have become small enough that low-energy electrons can tunnel through large energy barriers - an entirely quantum effect. This effect can be utilised to make the highest speed semiconductor devices ever fabricated.

This book is about how a particular version of a quantum device the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is employed in photonic applications. The book discusses devices such as the RTD electroabsorption modulator, the few-photon RTD photodetector, the RTD-driven laser diode and light-emitting diode. The book discusses in detail how to incorporate these devices into systems that emulate how the brain works, so-called neuromorphic systems, and this requires a detailed understanding of nonlinear dynamics. The book generally gives insight into how quantum effects can be used for greater functionality and speed in semiconductor devices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 175
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750357142
• Artikelnr.: 69609454

Autorenporträt

Professor Charlie Ironside has over 30 years' experience in semiconductor optoelectronics research and in particular microfabrication of semiconductor photonic components such as laser diodes for optical communications systems, optical sensing and optical metrology systems. He has published over 120 research journal publications and 200 conference papers and has won awards for transferring research knowledge for commercial exploitation.

Bruno Romeira is a staff researcher at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal. He received a PhD degree (summa cum laude) in physics and the European PhD degree from the University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, jointly with the University of Glasgow, UK, and the University of Seville, Spain, in 2012. His research cuts across several disciplines in applied physics and engineering, which include semiconductor physics, quantum nanoelectronics, low-dimensional nanostructures, nanophotonics and neuromorphic devices.

José Figueiredo is an associate professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He holds a BSc in physics (optics and electronics), a MSc in optoelectronics and lasers, and a PhD in physics (microelectronics and optoelectronics, in a joint programme with the University of Glasgow, Scotland) from the University of Porto, Portugal. His research interests in the fields of applied physics and physics engineering include quantum electronics, photonics, semiconductor physics, and semiconductor photonic components.