Chalcogenide Nanophotonics (Tun Cao)

Comprehensive summary of Chalcogenide Nanophotonics, reviewing basic principles, synthesis methods, and cutting-edge applications
 
Chalcogenide Nanophotonics offers an in-depth exploration of these remarkable materials, covering their fundamental physics, synthesis methods, optical phenomena, and cutting-edge applications in modern photonics. A distinctive feature of this book is its interdisciplinary approach, weaving together materials science, condensed matter physics, and photonic engineering.
 
Each chapter integrates theoretical frameworks with practical case studies ? such as phase-change memory devices leveraging GeSbTe alloys or GST-based metasurfaces for dynamic color displays ? to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between material design and device performance. The inclusion of recent breakthroughs, such as van der Waals epitaxy for low-defect heterostructures and UV lithography for scalable metasurfaces, ensures relevance to both academic and industrial audiences.
 
Chalcogenide Nanophotonics includes information on:
 
* Electronic band structure and material properties, elucidating how chemical bonding and lattice dynamics govern their optoelectronic behavior
* Intricate mechanisms of thin-film growth, offering insights into epitaxial techniques such as chemical vapor deposition and pulsed laser deposition
* Properties of chalcogenides, covering dielectric functions, Raman spectroscopy, and emission mechanisms
* Chalcogenide-based photonic crystals and metamaterials, showcasing their potential for beam steering, perfect absorption, and chiral light manipulation
* Future challenges and opportunities, from machine learning-driven material discovery to monolithic 3D integration for quantum photonics
 
Chalcogenide Nanophotonics serves as both a roadmap and an invitation to researchers, engineers, and students alike, encouraging them to harness the infinite potential of chalcogenides.

Dr Cao is the Dean of School of Optoelectronics Engineering and Instrumentation Science - Dalian University of Technology and the Director of Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Nano photonics Technologies and Applications. He received his Ph.D. in Nanophotonics from Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, University of Bristol in 2007. After graduating, he joined as a Research Collaborator at University of Bristol working on on-chipped photonics devices and as a postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Radiography, City University of London. In the Spring semester of 2010, he was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at College of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea. At the end of 2010, he joined Dalian University of Technology. He has published more than 130 scientific journal papers and delivered more than 50 conference papers (including more than 30 keynote/invited talks) and 1 book chapter.

Buch (Hardcover), Englisch, 368 Seiten