Silicon Photonics II Components and Integration /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lockwood, David J. (Editor), Pavesi, Lorenzo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 119
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This book is volume II of a series of books on silicon photonics. It gives a fascinating picture of the state-of-the-art in silicon photonics from a component perspective. It presents a perspective on what can be expected in the near future. It is formed from a selected number of reviews authored by...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Silicon wire waveguiding system: Fundamental characteristics and applications
• Polarization issues in silicon waveguide components and their control using cladding stress
• Photonics and electronics integration
• Germanium-on-silicon light emitters
• Grating couplers and polarization diversity in silicon photonics
• Erbium-doped nanocrystalline silicon for light amplification
• Efficient silicon MOSLEDs
• Germanium as a material to enable silicon photonics
• Ultralow power silicon microdisk modulators for on-chip otical interconnects
• Hybrid silicon photonic integrated circuits for optical networking
• Silicon photonics front-end integration in high-speed SiGe BiCMOS.