Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division
First Semester 2024-2025
Mid-Semester Test
(EC-2 Regular)
Course No. : MEL ZG512
Course Title : OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES, CIRCUIT & SYSTEMS
Nature of Exam : Closed Book
Weightage : 30% No. of Pages =2
Duration : 2 Hours No. of Questions = 7
Date of Exam : 21/09/2024 (EN)
Note to Students:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.
Q.1 Silicon (Si) has a diamond crystal structure. Compute packing factor (APF), co-
ordination number and number of atoms per unit cell. 5 Marks
Q.2 Find the Miller Indices for the planes A and B in the following figure
4 Marks
Q.3 A double heterojunction InGaAsP LED emitting at a peak wavelength of 1250 nm has a
radiative and non-radiative recombination time of 30 and 100 ns, respectively. The drive
current is 35 mA. Find the internal quantum efficiency and the internal power level.
5
Marks
Q.4 A laser has a refractive index of 1.55 and a crystal length of 5 cm. Determine the number
of longitudinal modes and their frequency separation for a peak emission wavelength of
0.6 µm. 5 Marks
Q.5 A GaAs Laser with a length of 490 µm has = 10/cm. The threshold gain of the Laser is
38/cm. Find the reflectivities r1 = r2 of the uncoated facets for the above Laser.
3 Marks
Q.6 The Intrinsic carrier density at room temperature in Ge is 2.37 × 10 19
m3. Calculate the resistivity if the electron and hole mobilities are 0.4
and 0.2 m2v–1s–1, respectively.
3 Marks
Q.7 A photodiode with a quantum efficiency of 68% was incident by photons of energy
2 x 10-19 J. Calculate
a. The photodiode operating wavelength. 2Marks
b. For a photocurrent of 3 µA, the required incidental optical power with the above
operating conditions. 3 Marks