This book provides a comprehensive introduction to integrated
optical waveguides for information technology and data
communications. Integrated coverage ranges from advanced materials,
fabrication, and characterization techniques to guidelines for
design and simulation. A concluding chapter offers perspectives on
likely future trends and challenges. The dramatic scaling down of
feature sizes has driven exponential improvements in semiconductor
productivity and performance in the past several decades. However,
with the potential of gigascale integration, size reduction is
approaching a physical limitation due to the negative impact on
resistance and inductance of metal interconnects with current
copper-trace based technology. Integrated optics provides a
potentially lower-cost, higher performance alternative to
electronics in optical communication systems. Optical
interconnects, in which light can be generated, guided, modulated,
amplified, and detected, can provide greater bandwidth, lower power
consumption, decreased interconnect delays, resistance to
electromagnetic interference, and reduced crosstalk when integrated
into standard electronic circuits. Integrated waveguide optics
represents a truly multidisciplinary field of science and
engineering, with continued growth requiring new developments in
modeling, further advances in materials science, and innovations in
integration platforms. In addition, the processing and fabrication
of these new devices must be optimized in conjunction with the
development of accurate and precise characterization and testing
methods. Students and professionals in materials science and
engineering will find "Advanced Materials for Integrated Optical
Waveguides" to be an invaluable reference for meeting these
research and development goals.
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