Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Basic Concepts and Numerical Methods; Chapter 3 Trimming of Silicon Ring Resonators; Chapter 4 Configurable Photonic Crystal Waveguides; Chapter 5 Photonic Crystal Resonators with High Quality Factors; Chapter 6 Electro-Optic Modulation in Hybrid Silicon-Organic Waveguide Structures; Chapter 7 Electrical and Nonlinear Characterization of Polymer Thin Films on Silicon Substrate; Chapter 8 Conclusion and Outlook; Appendix A Beam Characterization by the Knife Edge Method; Bibliography; List of Publications; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae
