Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light

by Charlie Ironside

Overview

Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light, Second Edition provides concise description of the physics and engineering of semiconductor optical waveguides for photonic and electronic switching with a focus on optical communication applications. It provides Python notebooks that illustrate the concepts discussed in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750335171
Publisher:	Iop Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	115
Product dimensions:	7.35(w) x 10.48(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Professor Ironside has over 30 years' experience in semiconductor optoelectronics research and in particular microfabrication of semiconductor photonic components such as laser diodes for optical communications systems, optical sensing and optical metrology systems. He has published over 120 research journal publications and 200 conference papers and has won awards for transferring research knowledge for commercial exploitation.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction / 1.1 Introduction / 1.2 Switching / 1.3 Linear optics: response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation / 1.4 Nonlinear optics / 1.5 Integrated optics - Semiconductor Optical waveguides / 1.6 Outline of book / 2. Linear Electro-optic effect, Electroabsorption and Electrorefraction / 2.1 Dielectricifcation: Linear Electro-optic effect, Electrorefraction and Electroabsorption / 2.2 Electroabsorption & Electrorefraction Effects / 2.3 The Electroabsorption Modulator (EAM) / 2.3.1 The Electroabsorption modulator (EAM) Franz-Keldysh effect in bulk semiconductor / 2.4 Electro-refractive modulators / 2.4.1 The directional coupler / 2.4.2 The integrated electro-refractive Mach-Zehnder interferometer / 2.5 Conclusion / 3. Nonlinear Refraction: 2nd and 3rd Order optical nonlinearities / 3.1 Introduction / 3.2 Cascade 2nd Order Optical nonlinearity nonlinear phase change / 3.2.1 Theory of Cascade 2nd Order Optical nonlinearity / 3.2.2 AlGaAs waveguide example of the cascade second harmonic effect / 3.3 Two photon effects / 3.3.1 Two Photon Absorption and nonlinear refraction / 3.3.2 The AlxGa1-xAs example / 3.3.3 Two photon gain / 3.4. Conclusions