Silicon photonics : fundamentals and devices /

• Main Author: Deen, M. Jamal
• Other Authors: Basu, P. K. (Prasanta Kumar)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.
• Series: Wiley series in materials for electronic and optoelectronic applications.
• Subjects: Silicon > Optical properties.; Optoelectronic devices.; Photonics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Semiconductors.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Solid State.; Silicon / Optical properties.; Electronic books.

The creation of affordable high speed optical communications using standard semiconductor manufacturing technology is a principal aim of silicon photonics research. This would involve replacing copper connections with optical fibres or waveguides, and electrons with photons. With applications such a...