Integrated Nanophotonics: Platforms, Devices and Applications

Helps readers understand the important advances in nanophotonics materials development and their latest applications

This book introduces the current state of and emerging trends in the development of integrated nanophotonics. Written by three well-qualified authors, it systematically reviews the knowledge of integrated nanophotonics from theory to the most recent technological developments. It also covers the applications of integrated nanophotonics in essential areas such as neuromorphic computing, biosensing, and optical communications. Lastly, it brings together the latest advancements in the key principles of photonic integrated circuits, plus the recent advances in tackling the barriers in photonic integrated circuits.

Sample topics included in this comprehensive resource include:

• Platforms for integrated nanophotonics, including lithium niobate nanophotonics, indium phosphide nanophotonics, silicon nanophotonics, and nonlinear optics for integrated photonics
• The devices and technologies for integrated nanophotonics in on-chip light sources, optical packaging of photonic integrated circuits, optical interconnects, and light processing devices
• Applications on neuromorphic computing, biosensing, LIDAR, and computing for AI and artificial neural network and deep learning

Materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists can use this book to understand the totality of cutting-edge theory, research, and applications in the field of integrated nanophotonics.

Peng Yu received his M.S. and PhD. degrees from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. His current research interests include plasmon-enhanced light-matter interactions and thermoplasmonics.

Hongxing Xu’s main areas of research are plasmonics, nanophotonics, single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and integrated nanophotonic devices. He is one of the pioneers in single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and plasmonics.

Zhiming Wang is currently a professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has many years of research experience in the molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterization of compound semiconductor nanomaterials and the design and preparation of optoelectronic prototype devices.