All integrated optical components and devices make use
of "waveguides", where light is confined by total internal
reflection. The elements in such "photonic chip" are
interconnected through waveguides, and also the integrated
optics components themselves are fabricated using waveguide
configuration, such as couplers, switches, modulators,
multiplexors, amplifiers and lasers, etc. These components
are integrated in a single substrate, thus resulting in a
compact and robust photonic device, which can be optically
connected through optical fibres.
With and increase in the number of integrated optical
components and devices emerging from the research
laboratories to the market place an up-to-date book is
essential in collecting, summarizing and presenting the new
developed photonic devices. This includes fundamental
aspects, technical aspects (such as fabrication techniques
and materials) and characterisation and performance.
This is an advanced text aimed at specialists in the
field of photonics, but who may be new to the field of
integrated photonics. The fundamental aspects have been
carefully considered, and all the topics covered by the
book start at a medium level, making it highly relevant for
undergraduate and post-graduate students following this
discipline.
Contents
- Introduction to Integrated Photonics
- Review of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
- Theory of Integrated Optic Waveguides
- Coupled Mode Theory: Waveguide Gratings
- Light Propagation in Waveguides: The Beam Propagation
Method
Appendices
A- Complex Notation of the Electric and Magnetic
Fields
B- Phase Shifts for TE and TM Incidence
C- Marcatili's Method for Solving Guided Modes in
Rectangular Channel Waveguides
D- Demonstration of Formula
E- Derivation of Formula
F- Fast Fourier Algorithm
G- Implementation of the Crank-Nicolson Propagation
Scheme
H- List of Abbreviations
I- Some Useful Physical Constants