Photonics, Volume 2: Nanophotonic Structures and Materials

Discusses the basic physical principles underlying the science and technology of nanophotonics, its materials and structures

This volume presents nanophotonic structures and Materials. Nanophotonics is photonic science and technology that utilizes light/matter interactions on the nanoscale where researchers are discovering new phenomena and developing techniques that go well beyond what is possible with conventional photonics and electronics.The topics discussed in this volume are: Cavity Photonics; Cold Atoms and Bose–Einstein Condensates; Displays; E–paper; Graphene; Integrated Photonics; Liquid Crystals; Metamaterials; Micro–and Nanostructure Fabrication; Nanomaterials; Nanotubes; Plasmonics; Quantum Dots; Spintronics; Thin Film Optics

Comprehensive and accessible coverage of the whole of modern photonics

Emphasizes processes and applications that specifically exploit photon attributes of light

Deals with the rapidly advancing area of modern optics

Chapters are written by top scientists in their field

Written for the graduate level student in physical sciences; Industrial and academic researchers in photonics, graduate students in the area; College lecturers, educators, policymakers, consultants, Scientific and technical libraries, government laboratories, NIH.

David L. Andrews leads research on fundamental molecular photonics and energy transport, optomechanical forces and nonlinear optical phenomena. He has over 160 research papers and also eight books to his name – including the widely adopted textbook Lasers in Chemistry. The current focus of his research group is on novel mechanisms for optical nanomanipulation and switching, and light–harvesting in nanostructured molecular systems. The group enjoys strong international links, particularly with groups in Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand and the United States. Andrews is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and he is the inaugural Chair of the SPIE Nanotechnology Technical Group.

1 Silicon Photonics
Wim Bogaerts

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Applications

1.3 Optical Functions

1.4 Silicon Photonics Technology

1.5 Conclusion

1.6 References

2 Cavity Photonics
Jesper Mørk

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Cavity Fundamentals

2.3 Cavity–based Switches

2.4 Emitters in Cavities

2.5 Nanocavity Lasers and LEDs

2.6 Summary

2.7 Acknowledgements

2.8 References

3 Metamaterials: State–of–the Art and Future Directions
Natalia Litchinitser and Vladimir Shalaev

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Negative Index Materials

3.3 Magnetic Metamaterials

3.4 Graded–index Transition Metamaterials

3.5 Transformation Optics

3.6 Metasurfaces

3.7 References

4 Quantum Nanoplasmonics
Mark Stockman

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Spaser and Nanoplasmonics with Gain

4.3 Adiabatic Hot–electron Nanoscopy

4.4 Acknowledgements

5 Dielectric Photonics Crystals
Robert Lipson

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Fundamentals

5.3 Fabrication Methods and Materials

5.4 Applications

5.5 Conclusions

5.6 References

6 Quantum Dots
Manijeh Razeghi

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Quantum Dots for Infrared Detection

6.3 Quantum Dot Growth

6.4 Device Fabrication and Measurements Procedures

6.5 Gallium Arsenide Based Quantum Dot Detectors

6.6 Indium Phosphide Based Quantum Dot Detectors

6.7 Colloidal Quantum Dots

6.8 Conclusions

6.9 References

7 Magnetic Control of Spin in Molecular Photonics
Eitan Ehrenfreund and Z. Valy Vardeny

7.1 Introduction

7.2 A Survey of the Magneto–electroluminescence in OLEDs

7.3 Organic MEL at Small Magnetic Fields; Compass Effect

7.4 Magnetic Field Effect on Excited State Spectroscopies in Organic Semiconductor Films

7.5 Basic Quantum Mechanical Models Based on Spin Mixing Manipulation by Magnetic Fields

7.6 Acknowledgments

7.7 References

8 Thin–Film Molecular Nanophotonics
Tetsuzo Yoshimura

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Molecular Assembling for Nano–Scale Tailored Structures

8.3 MLD

8.4 Organic MQDs

8.5 SOLNET

8.6 Proposed Applications

8.7 Summary

8.8 References

9 Light Harvesting Materials for Organic Electronics
Carmen Atienza, Juan Luis Delgado, Damien Joly, Nazario Martin

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) in Artificial Photosynthetic Systems

9.3 Fullerenes for Organic Photovoltaics

9.4 Molecular Wires

9.5 Conclusions

9.6 Acknowledgments

9.7 References

10 Recent Advances in Metal Oxide–Based Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Bob C. Fitzmorris and Jin Zhang

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Materials for PEC Hydrogen Production

10.3 Conclusion

10.4 References

11 Optical Control of Cold Atoms and Artificial Electromagnetism
Gediminas Juzeliunas and Patrik Ohberg

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Atomic Bose–Einstein Condensates

11.3 Optical Forces on Atoms

11.4 References

David L. Andrews leads research on fundamental molecular photonics and energy transport, optomechanical forces and nonlinear optical phenomena. He has over 160 research papers and also eight books to his name – including the widely adopted textbook Lasers in Chemistry. The current focus of his research group is on novel mechanisms for optical nanomanipulation and switching, and light–harvesting in nanostructured molecular systems. The group enjoys strong international links, particularly with groups in Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand and the United States. Andrews is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and he is the inaugural Chair of the SPIE Nanotechnology Technical Group.