隨著人工智慧、高速光通訊、資料中心、量子通訊與光學感測等技術快速發展，矽光子（Silicon Photonics）已成為近年積體光電與次世代半導體技術的重要發展方向。矽光子技術可結合既有 CMOS 製程，將光波導、調變器、干涉儀、光學濾波器與光偵測器等元件整合於單一晶片上，形成光子積體電路（Photonic Integrated Circuit, PIC），廣泛應用於高速光通訊、光學感測、光學運算與量子光學等領域。因此，建立學生對矽光子元件、光積電路與相關設計方法之基礎能力，已成為電機、光電與半導體相關領域人才培育的重要課題。
本課程「矽光子導論」主要針對大學高年級與碩士班學生設計，課程內容涵蓋光波導物理、矽光子元件、光通訊與量子通訊基礎、矽光子感測技術、可程式化光積電路，以及光子晶片設計與黃光微影實作等主題。課程並導入 ATP 資料庫之 IC-01「以半導體元件為基礎之量子密鑰分佈平臺」與 IC-05「光積電路應用於古典及量子光運算」教材模組，使學生得以接觸目前矽光子與光運算領域之重要應用方向。此外，課程亦安排馬赫–曾德干涉儀（MZI）模擬實作、MZI mesh 可程式化光學矩陣運算，以及光子晶片佈局與黃光微影製程實作，使學生建立從理論、模擬到製程之完整矽光子學習架構。

With the rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-speed optical communications, data centers, quantum communications, and optical sensing, silicon photonics (Silicon Photonics) has become an important development direction of integrated optoelectronics and next-generation semiconductor technology in recent years. Silicon photonics technology can be combined with existing CMOS processes to integrate components such as optical waveguides, modulators, interferometers, optical filters, and optical detectors on a single chip to form a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), which is widely used in fields such as high-speed optical communications, optical sensing, optical computing, and quantum optics. Therefore, establishing students' basic abilities in silicon photonic components, optical integrated circuits and related design methods has become an important topic for cultivating talents in the fields of electrical machinery, optoelectronics and semiconductors.
This course "Introduction to Silicon Photonics" is mainly designed for senior and master's degree students in universities. The course content covers topics such as optical waveguide physics, silicon photonic components, basics of optical and quantum communications, silicon photonic sensing technology, programmable optical circuits, as well as photonic chip design and yellow light lithography implementation. The course also imports the IC-01 "Quantum Key Distribution Platform Based on Semiconductor Components" and IC-05 "Optical Integrated Circuits Application in Classical and Quantum Optical Computing" teaching modules from the ATP database, allowing students to gain exposure to important application directions in the current field of silicon photonics and optical computing. In addition, the course also arranges Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) simulation implementation, MZI mesh programmable optical matrix operation, and photonic chip layout and yellow light lithography process implementation, allowing students to establish a complete silicon photonics learning framework from theory, simulation to production process.

1. 《Silicon Photonics: An Introduction》（Graham T. Reed & Andrew P. Knights, Wiley, 2004）
約占課程內容 40%，主要提供矽光子基本理論、光波導、干涉元件與光子積體電路之基礎知識。
2. 自編教材：
約占課程內容 35%，包含矽光子感測技術、MZI mesh、光神經網路、光子晶片設計流程、黃光微影實作與課程實作教材等內容，以配合本課程教學目標與實作需求。
3. ATP資料庫教材模組：
約占課程內容 25%，主要採用 IC-01 與 IC-05 模組內容，包含傳統光通訊、量子密鑰分配（QKD）、可程式化光積電路、光學矩陣運算與 4×4 可程式化矽光子晶片等主題。

1. "Silicon Photonics: An Introduction" (Graham T. Reed & Andrew P. Knights, Wiley, 2004)
Accounting for approximately 40% of the course content, it mainly provides basic knowledge of silicon photonics basic theory, optical waveguides, interference elements and photonic integrated circuits.
2. Self-compiled teaching materials:
Accounting for about 35% of the course content, it includes silicon photonic sensing technology, MZI mesh, optical neural network, photonic chip design process, yellow light lithography implementation and course implementation teaching materials, etc., to meet the teaching objectives and implementation needs of this course.
3. ATP database teaching material module:
Accounting for about 25% of the course content, it mainly uses IC-01 and IC-05 module content, including topics such as traditional optical communication, quantum key distribution (QKD), programmable optical integrated circuits, optical matrix operations, and 4×4 programmable silicon photonic chips.