Title :
Guiding, modulating, and emitting light on Silicon-challenges and opportunities
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Silicon photonics could enable a chip-scale platform for monolithic integration of optics and microelectronics for applications of optical interconnects in which high data streams are required in a small footprint. This paper discusses mechanisms in silicon photonics for waveguiding, modulating, light amplification, and emission. These mechanisms, together with recent advances of fabrication techniques, have enabled the demonstration of ultracompact passive and active silicon photonic components with very low loss.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photoluminescence; silicon; Si; chip-scale platform; data streams; fabrication techniques; integrated optics; light amplification; light emission; light guiding; light modulation; microelectronics; monolithic integration; optical interconnects; optical loss; silicon photonics; Integrated optics; Microelectronics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Photonics; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Integrated optics; light emitters; modulators; silicon; waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.858225
