Silicon photonics
Subtitle: fundamentals and devices
By: M.J. Deen, P.K. Basu
Contributors: Basu, P. K. (Prasanta Kumar)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470517505
Subjects: Silicon; Optical properties; Photonics; Optoelectronic devices
Description: 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 as telecommunications and information processing, light detection, spectroscopy, holography and robotics, silicon photonics has the potential to revolutionise electronic-only systems. Providing an overview of the physics, technology and device operation of photonic devices using exclusively silicon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.