Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) that
results in resonant absorption, scattering, and near field enhancement around the NC can …

The discovery, design and development of materials are critically linked to advances in
many areas of research, and optics is no exception. Recently, the spectral region in which …

Optical modulators encode electrical signals to the optical domain and thus constitute a key
element in high-capacity communication links,. Ideally, they should feature operation at the …

Plasmonics is a rapidly developing field at the boundary of physical optics and condensed
matter physics. It studies phenomena induced by and associated with surface plasmons …

Ultra-compact, densely integrated optical components manufactured on a CMOS-foundry
platform are highly desirable for optical information processing and electronic-photonic co …

Metal oxides, when electronically doped with oxygen vacancies, aliovalent dopants, or
interstitial dopants, can exhibit metallic behavior due to the stabilization of a substantial …

On-chip integration of quantum optical systems could be a major factor enabling photonic
quantum technologies. Unlike the case of electronics, where the essential device is the …

Chip-scale integration of electronics and photonics is recognized as important to the future
of information technology, as is the exploitation of the best properties of electronics …

The ongoing quest for ultra-compact optical devices has reached a bottleneck due to the
diffraction limit in conventional photonics. New approaches that provide subwavelength …

Nanophotonics and metamaterials have revolutionized the way we think about optical space
(ɛ, μ), enabling us to engineer the refractive index almost at will, to confine light to the …