Silicon Photonics: Fundamentals and Devices

Contents

Cover

Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Series Preface

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Silicon Photonics

1.1 Introduction

1.2 VLSI: Past, Present, and Future Roadmap

1.3 The Interconnect Problem in VLSI

1.4 The Long-Haul Optical Communication Link

1.5 Data Network

1.6 Conclusions

1.7 Scope of the Book

Chapter 2: Basic Properties of Silicon

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Band Structure

2.3 Density-of-States Function

2.4 Impurities

2.5 Alloys of Silicon and Other Group IV Elements

2.6 Heterojunctions and Band Lineup

2.7 Si-Based Heterostructures

2.8 Direct Gap: Ge/SiGeSn Heterojunctions

Chapter 3: Quantum Structures

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Quantum Wells

3.3 Quantum Wires and Dots

3.4 Superlattices

3.5 Si-Based Quantum Structures

3.6 Effect of Electric Field

Chapter 4: Optical Processes

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Optical Constants

4.3 Basic Concepts

4.4 Absorption Processes in Semiconductors

4.5 Fundamental Absorption in Direct Gap

4.6 Fundamental Absorption in Indirect Gap

4.7 Absorption and Gain

4.8 Intervalence Band Absorption

4.9 Free-carrier Absorption

4.10 Recombination and Luminescence

4.11 Nonradiative Recombination

4.12 Excitonic and Impurity Absorption

Chapter 5: Optical Processes in Quantum Structures

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Optical Processes in QWs

5.3 Intersubband Transitions

5.4 Excitonic Processes in QWs ...