Resonant tunnelling diode photonics devices and applications /

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"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Quantum tunnelling devices -- 1.3. Negative differential conductance -- 1.4. Nonlinear dynamics -- 1.5. Optoelectronic integrated circuits -- 1.6. Outline2. Quantum tunnelling -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Negative differential resistance -- 2.3. Calculating the transmission probability, T(E) -- 2.4. Applying the transfer matrix method to an AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs RTD -- 2.5. Resonance tunnelling diode response time -- 2.6. Conclusions3. Resonant tunnelling diode : electrical and optical properties -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Differential negative conductance -- 3.3. Optical properties : optical waveguiding, electroabsorption, photoconduction and lasers and LEDs -- 3.4. Conclusions4. Resonant tunnelling diode-electroabsorption modulator (RTD-EAM) -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Electro-optic and electroabsorption modulators -- 4.3. Resonant tunnelling diode EAM device -- 4.4. RTD-EAM design and operation principle -- 4.5. GaAs RTD-EAM operation at 900 nm -- 4.6. InGaAlAs/InP RTD-EAM operation at 1550 nm -- 4.7. Conclusions5. Resonant tunnelling diode-photodetector (RTD-PD) -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. RTD-PD operation -- 5.3. Review of photoconductive detectors -- 5.4. RTD-PD implementation and characterisation -- 5.5. RTD-PD excitability and optically induced spike generation -- 5.6. Optical control of high-frequency RTD oscillators -- 5.7. Design guidelines for high-bandwidth RTD-PDs -- 5.8. Conclusions6. Resonant tunnelling diode--laser diode (RTD--LD and LEDs) -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Hybrid RTD laser circuit -- 6.3. Integrated RTD laser circuit -- 6.4. Integrated RTD light emitting diode (RTD-LED) -- 6.5. Conclusions7. Nonlinear dynamics of RTD oscillators -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Photonic synchronisation and chaos -- 7.3. Excitable spiking in neuromorphic photonic devices and systems -- 7.4. Conclusions8. Resonant tunnelling diode-optoelectronic oscillator (RTD-OEO) -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Optoelectronic oscillator -- 8.3. Photonic integrated RTD-OEO -- 8.4. Regenerative RTD-OEO -- 8.5. Conclusions9. RTD photonics for neuromorphic computing -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Neural dynamics in artificial RTD neurons -- 9.3. Excitable neuron-like dynamics -- 9.4. Spiking neural networks -- 9.5. Conclusions10. Conclusion -- 10.1. Conclusions11. The Jupyter Python notebooks -- 11.1. Colab Python notebooks.The resonant tunnelling diode (RTD) is a semiconductor device that can act as the highest speed electronic amplifier and oscillator (bandwidth >1 THz). It is made using ultrathin (<10 nm) layers of semiconductor alloy that can be easily integrated with photonic devices such photodetectors and lasers. Incorporating the ultrahigh speed RTD amplifier gives the photonic devices new capabilities that are described in the book--as are exciting new applications made possible by integrating the RTD with photonic devices such as neuromorphic (brain-like) photonic computing. Some of these systems provide real-world applications of concepts from nonlinear dynamical theory--concepts including excitability, chaos and synchronisation.Design engineers, academics and PhD students doing research work in semiconductor optoelectronics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.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. Jos?e 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.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 4, 2024).

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Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)
Semiconductors
Nonlinear optics.
Heterostructures.
Superlattices as materials.
Tunneling (Physics)

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Charlie Ironside, Bruno Romeira, Jos?e Figueiredo.

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