Silicon Photonics Design

Part I. Silicon Photonics - Introduction: 1. Fabless silicon photonics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Silicon photonics - the next fabless semiconductor industry; 1.3 Applications; 1.4 Technical challenges and the state of the art; 1.5 Opportunities; 2. Modelling and design approaches; 2.1 Optical waveguide mode solver; 2.2 Wave propagation; 2.3 Optoelectronic models; 2.4 Microwave modelling; 2.5 Thermal modelling; 2.6 Photonic circuit modelling; 2.7 Physical layout; 2.8 Software tools integration; Part II. Silicon Photonics - Active Components: 3. Optical materials and waveguides; 3.1 Silicon-on-insulator; 3.2 Waveguides; 3.3 Bent waveguides; 3.4 Code listings; 3.5 Problems; 4. Fundamental building blocks; 4.1 Directional couplers; 4.2 Y-branch; 4.3 Mach-Zehnder interferometer; 4.4 Ring resonators; 4.5 Waveguide Bragg grating filters; 4.6 Code listings; 4.7 Problems; 5. Optical I/O; 5.1 The challenge of optical coupling to silicon photonic chips; 5.2 Grating coupler; 5.3 Edge coupler; 5.4 Polarization; 5.5 Code listings; 5.6 Problems; Part III. Silicon Photonics - Active Components: 6. Modulators; 6.1 Plasma dispersion E; 6.2 PN junction phase shifter; 6.3 Micro-ring modulators; 6.4 Forward-biased PIN junction; 6.5 Active tuning; 6.6 Thermo-optic switch; 6.7 Code listings; 6.8 Problems; 7. Detectors; 7.1 Performance parameters; 7.2 Fabrication; 7.3 Types of detectors; 7.4 Design considerations; 7.5 Detector modelling; 7.6 Code listings; 7.7 Problems; 8. Lasers; 8.1 External lasers; 8.2 Laser modelling; 8.3 Co-packaging; 8.4 Hybrid silicon lasers; 8.5 Monolithic lasers; 8.6 Alternative light sources; 8.7 Problems; Part IV. Silicon Photonics - System Design: 9. Photonic circuit modelling; 9.1 Need for photonic circuit modelling; 9.2 Components for system design; 9.3 Compact models; 9.4 Directional coupler - compact model; 9.5 Ring modulator - circuit model; 9.6 Grating coupler - S parameters; 9.7 Code listings; 10. Tools and techniques; 10.1 Process design kit (PDK); 10.2 Mask layout; 11. Fabrication; 11.1 Fabrication non-uniformity; 11.2 Problems; 12. Testing and packaging; 12.1 Electrical and optical interfacing; 12.2 Automated optical probe stations; 12.3 Design for test; 13. Silicon photonic system example; 13.1 Wavelength division multiplexed transmitter.