Optoelectronics

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This section of “Optoelectronics” addresses the following topics and considers mostly experimental work or theoretical/simulation work, either directly linked to or supporting the following fields:

• Nanoelectronic and photonic devices and their fabrication
• Microsystems, microdevices (e.g., sensors and nanoenergy devices) and their fabrication

In particular, the following topics are covered:

1. Materials

• Nanomaterials for Device Fabrication
• Silicon on Insulators
• Polymers and Flexible Substrates
• Block Copolymers

2. Advanced Processing

• Process Integration
• 3D Printing
• Three-Dimensional Integration
• Other/Emerging Manufacturing and Fabrication Techniques
• Equipment Modeling
• Laser-Assisted Processing
• Top-Down / Bottom-Up (Self-Assembly) Nanofabrication
• Growth, Planarization, Cleaning Techniques for Devices

3. Advanced Nanoelectronic, Photonic, Sensing, Energy-Harvesting.

• Nanoelectronic, Optoelectronic, and Photonic Devices
• Dimension-Sensitive Device Properties
• Memory Devices, Magnetic, and Spintronic Devices
• Nanoelectronics
  • Flexible/Organic/Molecular Electronics (Organic and Molecular Electronics, Flexible Electronics, Wearable Electronics, Paper Electronics, Printed Electronics)
  • Microdevices, Energy-Harvesting Devices, and Sensors (Physical Sensors and Actuators, Energy Harvesting Devices)
• Photoelectric or photovoltaic effect
• Optical Fiber Communications
• Important applications of optoelectronics to include
  • photomultipliers
  • optoisolators
  • integrated optical circuit (IOC) elements
  • phototransistors
  • Light-emitting diodes or LED
  • OLEDs
  • photoemissive camera tube
  • Photoemissivity
  • photodiodes (including solar cells)
• Photoconductivity, used in:
  • photoresistors
  • photoconductive camera tubes
  • charge-coupled imaging devices