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Special issue on ‘integrated photonic devices: sensors, materials, systems’

Special issue on ‘integrated photonic devices: sensors, materials, systems’ Adv. Opt. Techn. 2015; 4(2): 117­118 Editorial Peter O'Brien*, Meint K. Smit and Christian Koos DOI 10.1515/aot-2015-0021 Photonics is related to the generation, control and detection of light. Photonic technologies are becoming more pervasive in the world, with applications ranging from energy efficient lighting or high speed telecommunications to minimally invasive medical devices or specialized materials processing. As photonic systems become more complex, driven by the demands of such emerging applications, there is a move towards higher levels of integration, much like the developments made in previous decades in microelectronic integration. However, unlike microelectronics, photonic systems can be fabricated from a wide variety of diverse materials, from semiconductors including InP, GaAs, GaN and silicon, to dielectrics and advanced polymers. In addition, there is an increasing demand to integrate both photonic and electronic functions on the same device which presents additional technological challenges and which can result in extremely high chip and package manufacturing costs. Therefore, production of these devices is non-trivial and access to fabrication and packaging services is an issue, especially for companies and researchers who do not have their own in-house expertise or advanced cleanroom facilities. These issues combined present major roadblocks which impede the development, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advanced Optical Technologies de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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2192-8576
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2192-8584
DOI
10.1515/aot-2015-0021
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Adv. Opt. Techn. 2015; 4(2): 117­118 Editorial Peter O'Brien*, Meint K. Smit and Christian Koos DOI 10.1515/aot-2015-0021 Photonics is related to the generation, control and detection of light. Photonic technologies are becoming more pervasive in the world, with applications ranging from energy efficient lighting or high speed telecommunications to minimally invasive medical devices or specialized materials processing. As photonic systems become more complex, driven by the demands of such emerging applications, there is a move towards higher levels of integration, much like the developments made in previous decades in microelectronic integration. However, unlike microelectronics, photonic systems can be fabricated from a wide variety of diverse materials, from semiconductors including InP, GaAs, GaN and silicon, to dielectrics and advanced polymers. In addition, there is an increasing demand to integrate both photonic and electronic functions on the same device which presents additional technological challenges and which can result in extremely high chip and package manufacturing costs. Therefore, production of these devices is non-trivial and access to fabrication and packaging services is an issue, especially for companies and researchers who do not have their own in-house expertise or advanced cleanroom facilities. These issues combined present major roadblocks which impede the development,

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Advanced Optical Technologiesde Gruyter

Published: Apr 1, 2015

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