Silicon Photonics

Lorenzo Pavesi is Professor of experimental physics at the university of Trento (Italy). Born the 21st of november 1961, he received his master degree in physics in 1985 at the university of trento and the phd in physics in 1990 at the ecole polytechnique federale of lausanne (switzerland). in 1990 he became assistant professor, an associate professor in 1999 and full professor in 2002 at the university of trento. He organized several international conferences, workshops and schools and is a frequent invited speaker. He manages several research projects, both national and european.

Silicon Fundamentals for Photonics Applications.- Integrated Photonics.- Monolithic Silicon Microphotonics.- Optical Interconnect.- Monolithic Silicon Light Sources.- Light Generation, Amplification, and Wavelength Conversion via Stimulated Raman Scattering in Silicon Microstructures.- Silicon Photoreceivers.- Silicon-based Waveguides.- Silicon-based Photonic Crystals.- Silicon-based Waveguide Technology for Wavelength Division Multiplexing.- Light Modulation with Silicon Devices.- Subject Index.