Phase Change Materials-based Photonic Computing

Phase Change Materials-Based Photonic Computing provides a clear introduction to the field, introducing concepts of photonics, computing, phase change materials and future outlooks. Phase change materials are well known and studied in many contexts, and photonics is a longstanding field, with photonic neuromorphic computing recently gathering interest. However, the two fields are disparate and few people understand the key concepts needed to integrate the two. This book will be the first to do so in this promising field. It is suitable for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry working in the disciplines of materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and computing.

• Introduces the advanced fundamental concepts of photonics computing and phase change materials
• Reviews the remaining challenges to translation, opportunities and future outlooks
• Addresses definitions, historical context, foundational concepts and the latest advances of phase change materials-based photonics computing

Harish Bhaskaran is Professor of Applied Nanomaterials at Oxford and leads the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group. He has taught courses in Materials and Nanomaterials to both Graduate and Undergraduate Students. He has also worked in industry before coming to Academia and had held the EPSRC Manufacturing Fellowship since 2013. His research focuses on nanomechanical devices, data storage and nanomanufacturing. He also serves as the Founding Director and Chief Scientific Officer of Bodle Technologies Limited.

2015 – present Professor (W3), Physics Institute, WWU Münster
2013 – 2018 Helmholtz International Research Group Leader, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT)
2011 – 2015 Emmy-Noether Research Group Leader, KIT
2008 – 2011 Feodor-Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Dept. of
Electrical Engineering, Yale University (USA), Prof. H. Tang
2004 – 2007 Software Engineer, Photon Design, Oxford (GB)
2007 DPhil, Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford (GB)
2004 Diploma in Microsystems Technology, University of Freiburg
2001 – 2002 Studies of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington (USA)
Scientific Awards, Honors, Appointments and Professional Recognition
2016 ERC Consolidator Grant
2012 Alumni Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation
2011 Emmy-Noether Fellowship, DFG
2008 Feodor-Lynen Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation
2004 – 2007 EPSRC Fellowship
2002 – 2007 eFellows Scholarship
2001 – 2002 Baden-Württemberg Program, Scholarship
2001 – 2001 Indiana University Bloomington, Honors Program, Dean’s list