This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5605, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
This course is part of the Active Optical Devices Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
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Semiconductor fundamentals
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15 videos (Total 59 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
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Radiative recombination in semiconductors
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15 videos (Total 51 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
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Light Emitting Diode (LED)
3 hours to complete
14 videos (Total 38 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
6 hours to complete
Fundamentals of semiconductor lasers
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13 videos (Total 41 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
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TOP REVIEWS FROM LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
by GSMay 14, 2020
The course is completely theoretical, it would be nice to have a more hands-on topics.
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