Advanced Materials for Integrated Optical Waveguides

• Main Author: Tong Ph.D, Xingcun Colin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, 46
• Subjects: Physics.; Semiconductors.; Electronic circuits.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to integrated optical waveguides for information technology and data communications. Integrated coverage ranges from advanced materials, fabrication, and characterization techniques to guidelines for design and simulation. A concluding chapter offers p...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1 Fundamentals and design guides for optical waveguides
• 2 Characterization methodologies of optical waveguides
• 3 Optoelectronic devices integrated with optical waveguides
•  4 Optical fibers
• 5 Semiconductor waveguides
• 6 Silicon-on-insulator waveguides
• 7 Glass waveguides
• 8 Electro-optic waveguides
• 9 Polymer based optical waveguides
• 10 Hollow waveguides
• 11 Metamaterial optical waveguides
• 12 Perspectives and future trends
• Index.