Integrated optics - from single photon sources to complex photonic circuits

摘要

The fascinating concept of 'Integrated Optics', with the meaning of optical devices and circuits realised in a patterned planar waveguide format, was first described by Stewart Miller in a historic special issue of the Bell System Technical Journal (BSTJ), as long ago as 1969 [1]. His original paper "outlines a proposal for a miniature form of laser beam circuitry.