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Optical Signal Processing by Silicon Photonics

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This chapter focuses on the gradual and time-needed advancements made in the field of photonics. It also highlights the evolution taken place in the devices which are being used and prepared for future trends as well. The traditional and nontraditional motivations regarding selection of silicon as the enabling material for the usefulness of photonics and SOI waveguides and their types are also presented with great emphasis and depth.

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Abbreviations

SOI:

Silicon on insulator

CMOS:

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor

PhCs:

Photonic crystal

PIC:

Photonic integrated circuit

NLO:

Nonlinear optics

ULSI:

Ultra-large-scale integrated

IC:

Integrated circuit

MEMS:

Micro-electro-mechanical structures

MOEMS:

Micro-opto-electro-mechanical structures

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  1. HITEC University, D-13, Residential Compound, HITEC Taxila Cantt, Taxila, Pakistan

    Jameel Ahmed

  2. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 17 Nanyang View, S2-B2a-28, Singapore, 639627, Singapore

    Mohammed Yakoob Siyal

  3. HITEC University, Sadiq house, opposite UET west gate Rahber colony HMC, Taxila, Pakistan

    Freeha Adeel & Ashiq Hussain

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Ahmed, J., Siyal, M.Y., Adeel, F., Hussain, A. (2013). Advancements in Silicon Photonics. In: Optical Signal Processing by Silicon Photonics. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-11-5_4

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