This book gives a fascinating picture of the state-of-the-art in silicon photonics and a perspective on what can be expected in the near future.
The highest coupling efficiencies from gratings in silicon have been reported by Ang et al., who achieved an output coupling efficiency of approximately 70% for rectangular gratings [17], and 84% for gratings with a nonsymmetrical ...
25 The use of a microcavity structure , which is basically a combination of two dielectric mirrors is a well established tool ... we reported that the PL emission characteristics of PSi can be precisely controlled by ion irradiation .
Cohen, D. Rubin, A. Barkat, G. Sarid, R. Cohen and M. Paniccia, 'Development of CMOS compatible integrated silicon ... [14] R. A. Soref, 'The past, present and future of silicon photonics', IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum ...
Providing an overview of the physics, technology and device operation of photonic devices using exclusively silicon and related alloys, the book includes: Basic Properties of Silicon Quantum Wells, Wires, Dots and Superlattices Absorption ...
Silicon Photonics: Electromagnetic Theory
The book details the many roles silicon photonics will play, from wide area networks down to the chip level. Silicon photonics is set to change the optical components and chip industries; this book explains how.
Silicon Photonics, Volume 99 in the Semiconductors and Semimetals series, highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on Transfer printing in Silicon Photonics, Epitaxial integration of ...
The book may be used as a first introduction to integrated optics, with only basic electrodynamics as prerequisite.