"Optoelectronics: Materials and Techniques" ed. by Padmanabhan Predeep

This book is an anthology on the multifaceted areas of optoelectronics. It is an attempt to capture some of the materials and techniques and underlying physical and technical phenomena that make such developments possible through some real time players in the field contributing their work and this is sure to make this collection of essays extremely useful to students and other stake holders such as researchers and materials scientists in the area of optoelectronics.

Photonics and optoelectronics are making an impact multiple times the semiconductor revolution made on the quality of our life. In telecommunication, entertainment devices, computational techniques, clean energy harvesting, medical instrumentation, materials and device characterization and scores of other areas of R&D the science of optics and electronics get coupled by fine technology advances to make incredibly large strides.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Inorganic Optoelectronic Materials
1 Optoelectronic Properties of Amorphous Silicon the Role of Hydrogen: From Experiment to Modeling
2 Silicon-Rich Silicon Oxide Thin Films Fabricated by Electro-Chemical Method
3 Silicon Oxide (SiOx, 0<x<2): A Challenging Material for Optoelectronics
4 Gallium Nitride: An Overview of Structural Defects
5 Cuprous Oxide (Cu20): A Unique System Hosting Various Excitonic Matter and Exhibiting Large Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Responses
6 Optoelectronic Properties of ZnSe, ITO, Ti02 and ZnO Thin Films
Part 2 Polymer Optoelectronic Materials
7 Side-Chain Multifunctional Photoresponsive Polymeric Materials
8 Ladder Polysiloxanes for Optoelectronic Applications
9 Synthesis of Aromatic-Ring-Layered Polymers
10 Nano morphologies in Conjugated Polymer Solutions and Films for Application in Optoelectronics, Resolved by Multiscale Computation
Part 3 Techniques and Characterization
11 Optoelectronic Techniques for Surface Characterization of Fabrics
12 Optoelectronic Circuits for Control of Lightwaves and Microwaves
13 An Analytical Solution for Inhomogeneous Strain Fields Within Wurtzite GaN Cylinders Under Compression Test
14 Application of Quaternary AlInGaN- Based Alloys for Light Emission Devices
15 Air Exposure Improvement of Optical Properties of Hydrogenated Nanostructured Silicon Thin Films for Optoelectronic Application
16 Fabrication and Characterization of As Doped p-Type ZnO Films Grown by Magnetron Sputtering
17 Light Intensity Fluctuations and Blueshift
18 Self-Similarity in Semiconductors: Electronic and Optical Properties
19 Long-Term Convergence of Bulk- and Nano-Crystal Properties
20 Micro-Raman Studies of Li Doped and Undoped ZnO Needle Crystals