Handbook of Silicon Photonics (dhl)

The development of integrated silicon photonic circuits has recently been driven by the Internet and the push for high bandwidth as well as the need to reduce power dissipation induced by high data-rate signal transmission. To reach these goals, efficient passive and active silicon photonic devices, including waveguide, modulators, photodetectors, multiplexers, light sources, and various subsystems, have been developed that take advantage of state-of-the-art silicon technology.

Suitable for both specialists and newcomers, Handbook of Silicon Photonics presents a coherent and comprehensive overview of this field from the fundamentals to integrated systems and applications. It covers a broad spectrum of materials and applications, emphasizing passive and active photonic devices, fabrication, integration, and the convergence with CMOS technology. The book's self-contained chapters are written by international experts from academia and various photonics-related industries.

The handbook starts with the basics of silicon as an optical material. It then describes the building blocks needed to drive integrated silicon photonic circuits and explains how these building blocks are incorporated in complex photonic/electronic circuits. The book also presents applications of silicon photonics in numerous fields, including biophotonics and photovoltaics.

With many illustrations, including some in color, this handbook provides an up-to-date reference to the broad and rapidly changing area of silicon photonics. It shows how basic science and innovative technological applications are pushing the field forward.

近年來，整合矽光子電路的發展受到互聯網和對高頻寬的需求的推動，以及高數據傳輸速率引起的功耗降低需求的影響。為了實現這些目標，已經開發了高效的被動和主動矽光子器件，包括波導、調制器、光檢測器、多路復用器、光源和各種子系統，利用了最先進的矽技術。

《矽光子學手冊》適用於專家和新手，從基礎知識到集成系統和應用，提供了這一領域的一致且全面的概述。它涵蓋了廣泛的材料和應用，強調被動和主動光子器件、製造、集成以及與CMOS技術的融合。本書的獨立章節由來自學術界和各種光子相關行業的國際專家撰寫。

手冊從矽作為光學材料的基礎知識開始。然後描述了驅動集成矽光子電路所需的基本組件，並解釋了這些組件如何被納入複雜的光子/電子電路中。本書還介紹了矽光子在生物光子學和光伏等多個領域的應用。

本手冊提供了許多插圖，其中包括一些彩色插圖，是關於矽光子學這一廣泛且快速變化領域的最新參考資料。它展示了基礎科學和創新技術應用如何推動該領域的發展。

Laurent Vivien, Lorenzo Pavesi

Laurent Vivien, Lorenzo Pavesi