Silicon Photonics: An Introduction
暫譯: 矽光子學：入門指南

隨著對即時且可靠的通訊需求日益增加，光子電路在光通訊系統中的應用也越來越廣泛。矽是光子電路中一個主要的候選材料，能以低成本提供滿意的性能。儘管與其他材料技術相比，矽光子學的發展相對較少，但它有望對電信產業以及許多其他應用產生重大影響，因為其他技術無法滿足產量/性能/成本的權衡。這本關注於矽光子學的首本書籍採取了同情的教學方式，提供了該技術的全面概述。《Silicon Photonics》解釋了該技術的概念，帶領讀者從入門原理進入更複雜的光電路構建模塊。書中從波導的基本概念及矽的特性開始，還涵蓋了以下內容：
- 光電路中的關鍵設計問題。
- 實驗方法。
- 評估技術。
- 基於波導的設備操作。
- 矽波導電路的製造。
- 矽光子系統的評估。
- 許多實例、模型和案例研究。

《Silicon Photonics》是光子工程師和在光網路、光通訊及半導體產業工作的年輕專業人士的重要工具。這本書對於學習光纖、集成光學或光網路技術的高年級本科生和研究生來說，也是一本寶貴的參考資料和潛在的主要教材。

Graham Reed is Professor of Optoelectronics at the University of Surrey in the UK. He graduated in 1983 with a First Class Honours degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Subsequently he obtained a PhD in Integrated Optics in 1987. After a brief period as leader of the Electro-Optics Systems Group at ERA Technology Ltd, he joined the University of Surrey in 1989, where he established the Silicon Photonics Group. As such this was one of the pioneering groups in silicon photonics, and has made a significant impact on the state of the art. The group is currently the leading group in the UK In this field, and Professor Reed is acknowledged as the individual who initiated research on silicon photonic circuits and devices in the UK. The aim of the silicon work has been to develop a technology that would have a variety of applications, although telecommunications remains the dominant application area. The work has been carried out with collaborators from all around the world, both from academic and industrial institutions. Professor Reed has published extensively in the international scientific literature, has contributed p resentations to numerous international conferences both as a submitting and an invited speaker, and has served on a variety of international committees.

Andrew P. Knights received his Ph.D. in 1994 in the area of surface material characterisation with beams of low energy positrons and electrons. His subsequent research took him first to the University of Western Ontario where he performed ground-breaking work on the generation and evolution of implant induced defects in silicon, and then to the University of Surrey as part of the EPSRC Icon Beam Centre, reaching novel fabrication processes for micro and opto-electronic materials. In 2000 he joined Bookham Technology and worked on a range of silicon-based, highly integrated photonic devices. He played a critical role in the development of the solid-state electronic optical variable attenuator (VOA); the multiplexer + VOA and the monolithically integrated optical detector. In 2003 he moved to McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, where he holds a faculty position in the Department of Engineering Physics. He currently leads a research group working on the interaction of optical and electrical functionality in silicon-based structures. Dr. Knights has published extensively on semiconductor device design, fabrication and characterization and his work has been presented at international conferences on numerous occasions.

格雷厄姆·里德是英國薩里大學的光電學教授。他於1983年獲得電子與電氣工程一級榮譽學位，隨後於1987年獲得集成光學的博士學位。在擔任ERA Technology Ltd的電光系統小組負責人後，他於1989年加入薩里大學，並成立了矽光子學小組。這是矽光子學的先驅小組之一，對該領域的技術進步產生了重大影響。該小組目前是英國該領域的領先團隊，里德教授被認可為在英國啟動矽光子電路和設備研究的個人。矽光學工作的目標是開發一種具有多種應用的技術，儘管電信仍然是主要的應用領域。這項工作與來自世界各地的學術和工業機構的合作者共同進行。里德教授在國際科學文獻中發表了大量文章，並在眾多國際會議上作為提交和受邀演講者發表演講，還擔任各種國際委員會的成員。

安德魯·P·奈茨於1994年獲得博士學位，研究低能量正電子和電子束的表面材料特性。隨後，他的研究首先在西安大略大學進行，開展了關於矽中植入誘導缺陷的生成和演變的開創性工作，然後作為EPSRC Icon Beam Centre的一部分來到薩里大學，達成了微型和光電子材料的新型製造工藝。2000年，他加入Bookham Technology，從事一系列基於矽的高度集成光子設備的工作。他在固態電子光學可變衰減器（VOA）、多路復用器 + VOA和單體集成光檢測器的開發中發揮了關鍵作用。2003年，他轉到加拿大漢密爾頓的麥克馬斯特大學，擔任工程物理系的教職。他目前領導一個研究小組，研究基於矽的結構中光學和電氣功能的相互作用。奈茨博士在半導體設備設計、製造和特性化方面發表了大量文章，並多次在國際會議上展示他的工作。