Teaching at the Department of Optoelectronics
The Department of Optoelectronics runs the Optoelectronics specialisation within the Electronics and Telecommunications programme, offering students a complete education in modern optical and optoelectronic technologies.
Main teaching areas
Optoelectronic components and circuits
- Optical radiation detectors
- LEDs and laser diodes
- Optical radiation detection circuits
- Design and characterisation of optoelectronic components
Optical measurement techniques
- Optical microscopy and imaging techniques
- Interferometry and precision optical measurement
- Spectrometry and spectral analysis
- Optical transmission and information processing
- Spatial filters and optical processors
- Holography and optical information recording
- Free-space optical data transmission
Specialist courses
- Materials engineering for optoelectronics
- Optoelectronic devices and systems
- Laser technology and its applications
- Information visualisation systems
- Current fibre-optic telecommunication systems
- Optical information processing and holography
- Computer-aided design of electronic circuits
Graduate competences
An MSc Eng. in Electronics with the Optoelectronics specialisation is prepared to:
- work creatively as an engineer in optoelectronics
- carry out research and development work
- design and build optoelectronic systems
- work with modern optical systems
Specialist areas of knowledge
Fibre-optic telecommunications
- Properties of optical fibres and their applications
- Generation and detection of optical signals
- Construction and properties of integrated optics circuits
- Fibre-optic components
Laser technology
- Types of lasers used in science, technology, medicine, and industry
- Generation of short and high-power laser pulses
- Applications of the different laser types
- Safety in laser technology
Optical measurement methods
- Fibre-optic sensors
- Optical measurement techniques
- Optical information processing
- Holographic techniques
- Information visualisation methods
Career prospects. Graduates are prepared to work in:
- companies manufacturing optoelectronic systems
- companies using laser technologies
- research institutions in optics
- telecommunication companies working with fibre-optic systems
- centres developing fibre-optic sensors
- companies working in integrated optics
- companies designing MOEMS (micro-opto-electromechanical systems)
We welcome all students who wish to study Optoelectronics.