With Contributions from Some of the World's Leading Researchers in Silicon Photonics,...

With Contributions from Some of the World's Leading Researchers in Silicon Photonics, This Book Collates the Latest Advances in the Technology

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89104) has announced the
addition of "Silicon Photonics: The State of the Art" to their
offering.

Silicon photonics is currently a very active and progressive area
of research, as silicon optical circuits have emerged as the
replacement technology for copper-based circuits in communication and
broadband networks. The demand for ever improving communications and
computing performance continues, and this in turn means that photonic
circuits are finding ever increasing application areas. This text
provides an important and timely overview of the 'hot topics' in the
field, covering the various aspects of the technology that form the
research area of silicon photonics.

Silicon Photonics: the State of the Art opens with a highly
informative foreword, and continues to feature:

-- the integrated photonic circuit;

-- silicon photonic waveguides;

-- photonic bandgap waveguides;

-- mechanisms for optical modulation in silicon;

-- silicon based light sources;

-- optical detection technologies for silicon photonics;

-- passive silicon photonic devices;

-- photonic and electronic integration approaches;

-- applications in communications and sensors.

Silicon Photonics: the State of the Art covers the essential
elements of the entire field that is silicon photonics and is
therefore an invaluable text for photonics engineers and professionals
working in the fields of optical networks, optical communications, and
semiconductor electronics. It is also an informative reference for
graduate students studying for PhD in fibre optics, integrated optics,
optical networking, microelectronics, or telecommunications.

Foreword by Professor Lionel C. Kimerling

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Opto-Electronic Integrated Circuit

-- Richard Soref

Chapter 2 Silicon Photonic Waveguides

-- G. Z. Mashanovich, G. T. Reed, B. D. Timotijevic, and S. P.
Chan

Chapter 3 Silicon Based Photonic Crystal Structures: From Design
to Realization

-- Dennis. W. Prather, Shouyuan Shi, Janusz Murakowski,

-- Garrett Schneider,

-- Ahmed Sharkawy, Caihua Chen, and BingLin Miao

Chapter 4 Optical Modulators in Silicon Photonic Circuits

-- G. T. Reed, F .Y. Gardes, G. Z. Mashanovich, and C. E. Png

Chapter 5 Silicon Lasers

-- Bahram Jalali, Dimitris Dimitropoulos, Varun Raghunathan, and
Sasan Fathpour

Chapter 6 Optical Detection Technologies for Silicon Photonics

-- A. P. Knights and J. D. B. Bradley

Chapter 7 Passive Silicon Photonic Devices

-- Ansheng Liu, Nahum Izhaky, and Ling Liao

Chapter 8 Integration

-- Cary Gunn

Chapter 9 Silicon Photonic Applications

-- Richard Jones, Haisheng Rong, Hai-Feng Liu, and Mario Paniccia

Index

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