Reed / Knights Silicon Photonics

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-87035-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 276 Seiten, E-Book

The growing demand for instant and reliable communication meansthat photonic circuits are increasingly finding applications inoptical communications systems. One of the prime candidates toprovide satisfactory performance at low cost in the photoniccircuit is silicon. Whilst silicon photonics is less welldeveloped as compared to some other material technologies, it ispoised to make a serious impact on the telecommunications industry,as well as in many other applications, as other technologies failto meet the yield/performance/cost trade-offs. Following asympathetic tutorial approach, this first book on silicon photonicsprovides a comprehensive overview of the technology. SiliconPhotonics explains the concepts of the technology, taking thereader through the introductory principles, on to more complexbuilding blocks of the optical circuit. Starting with the basics ofwaveguides and the properties peculiar to silicon, the book alsofeatures:
* Key design issues in optical circuits.
* Experimental methods.
* Evaluation techniques.
* Operation of waveguide based devices.
* Fabrication of silicon waveguide circuits.
* Evaluation of silicon photonic systems.
* Numerous worked examples, models and case studies.
Silicon Photonics is an essential tool forphotonics engineers and young professionals working in the opticalnetwork, optical communications and semiconductor industries. Thisbook is also an invaluable reference and a potential main text tosenior undergraduates and postgraduate students studying fibreoptics, integrated optics, or optical network technology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reed, Graham T.

Knights, Andrew

Knights, Andrew P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
1. Fundamentals.
2. The Basics of Guided Waves.
3. Characteristics of Optical Fibres for Communications.
4. Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Photonics.
5. Fabrication of Silicon Waveguide Devices.
6. A Selection of Photonic Devices.
7. Polarisation-dependent Losses: Issues for Consideration.
8. Prospects for Silicon Light-emitting Devices.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Reed is Professor of Optoelectronics at theUniversity of Surrey in the UK. He graduated in 1983 with a FirstClass Honours degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering.Subsequently he obtained a PhD in Integrated Optics in 1987. Aftera brief period as leader of the Electro-Optics Systems Group at ERATechnology Ltd, he joined the University of Surrey in 1989, wherehe established the Silicon Photonics Group. As such this was one ofthe pioneering groups in silicon photonics, and has made asignificant impact on the state of the art. The group is currentlythe leading group in the UK In this field, and Professor Reed isacknowledged as the individual who initiated research on siliconphotonic circuits and devices in the UK. The aim of the siliconwork has been to develop a technology that would have a variety ofapplications, although telecommunications remains the dominantapplication area. The work has been carried out with collaboratorsfrom all around the world, both from academic and industrialinstitutions. Professor Reed has published extensively in theinternational scientific literature, has contributed p resentationsto numerous international conferences both as a submitting and aninvited speaker, and has served on a variety of internationalcommittees.
Andrew P. Knights received his Ph.D. in 1994 in the areaof surface material characterisation with beams of low energypositrons and electrons. His subsequent research took him first tothe University of Western Ontario where he performedground-breaking work on the generation and evolution of implantinduced defects in silicon, and then to the University of Surrey aspart of the EPSRC Icon Beam Centre, reaching novel fabricationprocesses for micro and opto-electronic materials. In 2000 hejoined Bookham Technology and worked on a range ofsilicon-based, highly integrated photonic devices. He played acritical role in the development of the solid-state electronicoptical variable attenuator (VOA); the multiplexer + VOA and themonolithically integrated optical detector. In 2003 he moved toMcMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, where he holds a facultyposition in the Department of Engineering Physics. He currentlyleads a research group working on the interaction of opticaland electrical functionality in silicon-based structures. Dr.Knights has published extensively on semiconductor device design,fabrication and characterization and his work has been presented atinternational conferences on numerous occasions.