Associated Faculty: Bakhru, Carpenter, Oktyabrsky, Shahedipour-Sandvik

This track focuses on the design, fabrication, testing, and integration of integrated optoelectronic and photonic device structures using compound semiconductors. It also includes the testing and hybridization of optoelectronic/photonic devices in system-on-a-chip (SOC) and nano-electro-mechanical system (NEMS) architectures.

Foundations Course: Because this track is part of the Nanoscale Engineering program, it is recommended that students wishing to prepare for it pursue the Nanoengineering Qualifying Examination. Students without adequate background in the following subjects should take the corresponding Foundation Courses:

506 Crystallinity and Diffraction
506 Phase Equilibria
506 Kinetics & Transport
506 Mechanics of Materials
507 Quantum 1A
507 Quantum 1B
509 Deposition for Ultra-Thin Films
509 Nanoscale Device Principles
509 Surfaces and Interfaces
512 Quantum Theory of Solids II (3)

Track-Specific Coursework: Students must take 9 credits of track-specific coursework from the following list. These courses were selected to provide students with a strong foundation for their research in optoelectronic nanoengineering.

615 Semiconductor Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices (3)
616 Nanoelectronic Semiconductor Devices (3)
618 Science and Nanoengineering of Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures (3)