Functional Nanophotonic Materials and Structures
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Interaction Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 4139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanophotonics; quantum materials; coherent optical processes; topological photonics; time-resolved laser spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites contributions on the topic of Functional Nanophotonic Materials and Structures.
Exquisite control of light has been realized by functional optical materials and structures at ever-decreasing length and time scales and ever-increasing precision. At the nanometer scale, where researchers have developed the most sophisticated fabrication tools, much work has been devoted to probing emergent quantum phenomena in nanomaterials and to creating new structures with such novel quantum and coherent optical properties. Applications range from new sensing and imaging technologies to optoelectronics and quantum information science. At present, research directions often require the capabilities of controlling or modulating optical functionalities by external stimuli, including optical, electrical, thermal, magnetic, and mechanical measures such as photon/electron injections into materials and the mechanical deformation of materials. These can lead to active light–matter interactions, which may allow dynamic control of the properties and phases of the materials.
We will consider both theoretical and experimental papers covering, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Active metasurfaces and flat optics;
- Thermochromic windows and phase-change nanomaterials;
- Valley- or layer-engineered 2D materials;
- Topological or metallo-dielectric structures with tunable photonic band structures;
- Cavity–emitter (i.e., molecules, ions, defect centers, quantum dots) interactions.
Prof. Dr. Jae Yong Suh
Prof. Dr. Ankun Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Metasurfaces, flat optics
- Thermochromic, phase change
- 2D materials
- Topological photonics
- Optical cavities
- Light–matter interactions
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