"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Photonics -- 1.2. Integrated photonics -- 1.3. Silicon photonics -- 1.4. Silicon-on-insulator technology in this book2. Waveguides -- 2.1. Maxwell's equations for linear, passive materials -- 2.2. Dielectric slab waveguides -- 2.3. General properties of modes in dielectric waveguides -- 2.4. Rectan…