Front Matter
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Published:2022
Yikai Su, Yong Zhang, "Front Matter", Passive Silicon Photonic Devices: Design, Fabrication, and Testing, Yikai Su, Yong Zhang
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This important book is a practical guide to the design, fabrication, and testing of passive silicon photonic devices. It outlines the progress of the last decades and is organized into three parts: design principles of silicon waveguides and devices, nano-fabrication processes for passive devices, and testing of waveguide devices including vertical coupling and edge coupling setup for interfacing with fibers.
This timely book:
Provides detailed materials on the operation of equipment and methods for fabrication and testing
Teaches researchers and technical staff the skills to implement silicon photonic circuits quickly and successfully
Is authored by an eminent team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China
Researchers, specialists, and students working in photonics and silicon photonics devices will find Passive Silicon Photonic Devices: Design, Fabrication, and Testing an invaluable resource.
Acknowledgments
Together with the co-author of this book, Professor Yong Zhang, we would like to thank many contributors to the book entitled “Passive Silicon Photonic Devices.” This book is a summary of hands-on experience provided by many researchers, students, and staff members based on a nano-fabrication center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
I would like to thank my postdoc and graduate students, including Yu He, Zhen Wang, Ruihuan Zhang, and Yuhan Du for their significant contribution to the design and testing of passive silicon photonics devices. They shared valuable experience with readers based on their outstanding research work at the cutting edge of the research field.
We are especially grateful to the staff members of the fabrication center. The contribution from Jian Xu, Min Liu, Xuecheng Fu, Fengdan Wang, and Jinxi Li is highly appreciated. They have done excellent work to operate the equipment in clean rooms and ensure the successful fabrication of large quantity devices with diverse requirements.
I acknowledge the valuable suggestions and feedback from two experts in the nano-fabrication field: Baoshun Zhang and Baoqin Chen. They were very helpful in the early stage of building up the nano-fabrication center.
I value the friendship and support of my colleagues at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, including but not limited to Xuhan Guo, Ciyuan Qiu, Lu Sun, Weiqiang Xie, Yan Li, and Yuye Ling.
I also appreciate the helpful and enlightening discussion with many eminent scholars, such as Po Dong, Haoshuo Chen, Dries Van Thourhout, Xingchen Ji, Ben Eggleton, William Shieh, and Ben Yoo. The interactions with them have been very enjoyable and beneficial.
Finally, I would like to thank my wife Xiabo and my daughter Lily for their love and support. They brought to me tremendous joy in my life. I feel lucky that we met and formed a family and they have become the most important part of my life.
Yikai Su