Silicon photonic integration in telecommunications

[摘要] Silicon photonics is the guiding of light in a planar arrangement of silicon-based materials to perform various functions. We focus here on the use of silicon photonics to create transmitters and receivers for fiber-optic telecommunications. As the need to squeeze more transmission into a given bandwidth, a given footprint, and a given cost increases, silicon photonics makes more and more economic sense.

[学科分类] 物理（综合）

[关键词] integrated optics;silicon photonics;Optical Fibers;gratings;Coherent communications;Waveguides;Telecommunications