Optical Interconnects

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.

Advanced Conventional Interconnects: State of the Art, Future Trends, and Limitations.- Optical Gain in Silicon and the Quest for a Silicon Injection Laser.- Silicon Raman Laser, Amplifier, and Wavelength Converter.- Electro-Optical Modulators in Silicon.- Silicon Photodetectors and Receivers.- Active SiGe Devices for Optical Interconnects.- An Introduction to Silicon Photonics.- Submicron Silicon Strip Waveguides.- Photonic Crystal Microcircuit Elements.- On Chip Optical Waveguide Interconnect: the Problem of the In/Out Coupling.- Si Microphotonics for Optical Interconnection.- Silicon-Integrated Optics.- Free-Space Optical Interconnects.

From the reviews:

"Optical interconnect technology is, for several reasons, an increasingly attractive alternative and has become more and more essential for some industrial leaders of microelectronics who are very active in this field of research. ... Not only physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also graduate students, who are interested in the fields of microelectronics and optoelectronics will be highly grateful to the eminent authors who have produced a very interesting and fascinating picture of the state-of-the-art set of lectures and chapters." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007)