Lukas Chrostowski is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He is the Program Director of the NSERC CREATE Silicon Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuits (Si-EPIC) training program, has been teaching silicon photonics courses and workshops since 2008, and has been awarded the Killiam Teaching Prize (2014).

Part I. Silicon Photonics - Introduction: 1. Fabless Silicon Photonics: 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Silicon photonics - the next fabless semiconductor industry; 1.3 Applications; 1.4 Technical challenges and the state of the art; 1.5 Opportunities; 2. Modelling and Design Approaches: 2.1 Optical Waveguide Mode Solver; 2.2 Wave Propagation; 2.3 Optoelectronic models; 2.4 Microwave Modelling; 2.5 Thermal Modelling; 2.6 Photonic Circuit Modelling; 2.7 Physical Layout; 2.8 Software Tools Integration; Part II. Silicon Photonics - Passive Components: 3. Optical Materials and Waveguides: 3.1 Silicon-on-Insulator; 3.2 Waveguides; 3.3 Bent waveguides; 3.4 Code Listings; 3.5 Problems; 4. Fundamental Building Blocks: 4.1 Directional couplers; 4.2 Y-Branch; 4.3 Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; 4.4 Ring resonators; 4.5 Waveguide Bragg Grating Filters; 4.6 Code Listings; 4.7 Problems; 5. Optical I/O: 5.1 The challenge of optical coupling to silicon photonic chips; 5.2 Grating Coupler; 5.3 Edge Coupler; 5.4 Polarization; 5.5 Code Listings; 5.6 Problems; Part III. Silicon Photonics - Active Components: 6. Modulators: 6.1 Plasma Dispersion E; 6.2 PN Junction Phase Shifter; 6.3 Micro-ring Modulators; 6.4 Forward-biased PIN Junction; 6.5 Active Tuning; 6.6 Thermo-Optic Switch; 6.7 Code Listings; 6.8 Problems; 7. Detectors: 7.1 Performance Parameters; 7.2 Fabrication; 7.3 Types of detectors; 7.4 Design Considerations; 7.5 Detector modelling; 7.5.2 Electronic Simulations; 7.6 Code Listings; 7.7 Problems; 8. Lasers: 8.1 External Lasers; 8.2 Laser Modelling; 8.3 Co-Packaging; 8.4 Hybrid Silicon Lasers; 8.5 Monolithic Lasers; 8.6 Alternative Light Sources; 8.7 Problems; Part IV. Silicon Photonics - System Design: 9. Photonic Circuit Modelling: 9.1 Need for photonic circuit modelling; 9.2 Components for System Design; 9.3 Compact Models; 9.4 Directional Coupler - Compact Model; 9.5 Ring Modulator - Circuit Model; 9.6 Grating Coupler - S Parameters; 9.7 Code Listings; 10. Tools and Techniques: 10.1 Process Design Kit (PDK); 10.2 Mask Layout; 11. Fabrication: 11.1 Fabrication Non-Uniformity; 11.2 Problems; 12. Testing and Packaging: 12.1 Electrical and Optical Interfacing; 12.2 Automated Optical Probe Stations; 12.3 Design for Test; 13. Silicon Photonic System Example: 13.1 Wavelength Division Multiplexed Transmitter.