<p>Lecture, four hours; recitation, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Enforced requisite: course 101A. Recommended: courses 2, 170A. Fundamentals of detection of light for communication and sensing, as well as conversion of light to electrical energy in solar cells. Introduction to radiometry, semiconductor photodetectors, noise processes and figures of merit, thermal detectors, and photovoltaic solar cells of various types and materials. Letter grading.</p>

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Photonic Sensors and Solar Cells

ECENGR170C

4 units