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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Radiative recombination in semiconductors
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Fundamentals of semiconductor lasers
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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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