Glasses and Thin Films for Nanophotonics and Integrated Optics
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 7121
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Interests: flexible glasses for photonics; single-phase hybrid membranes for water treatment and artificial organs; multifunctional platforms for medicine and pharmacy (silica, titania, and SPIONs); nanostructured amorphous materials
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Dear Colleagues,
This is the age of multidisciplinary frontiers in science and technology where major breakthroughs are likely to occur at the interfaces of disciplines. Photonics, the science and technology involving light-matter interactions, has already hit our daily life, from high bandwidth fiber-optics telecommunications to high capacity DVDs. Nanotechnology, utilizing nanomaterials and nanofabrication, hold numerous promises to produce new, highly efficient and compact technologies. Nanophotonics utilizes light-matter interactions on the nanoscale, showing up new physical phenomena and developing technologies that go well beyond what is possible with conventional photonics and electronics. Nanophotonics covers a broad range of topics from advanced passive devices for frequency and spatial domain light manipulation to complex integrated optoelectronic components with tailored material responses to allow light emission and light control in the temporal domain. Near filed microscopy, efficient solar power generation, high-bandwidth and high-speed communications, high-capacity data storage, flexible- and high-contrast displays, nanoscale optical materials and nanofabrication are some of the nanophotonic products.
Glass stands as a pivotal material in many scientific and engineering applications including optics, photonics, communications, electronics, hermetic seals, and microfluidic, microelectromechanical, chemical and biological systems. Unmatched optical transparency paired with outstanding thermal and chemical resistance makes glass the material of choice for many applications in science, industry, and society. When optical and photonics are concerned, glass stands naturally as the first choice material.
Whatever your expertise, we invite you to join us in this Materials Special Issue devoted to the topic “Glasses and Thin Films for Nanophotonics and Integrated Optics.”
Dr. M. Clara Gonçalves
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nanophotonic
- integrated optics
- glass
- thin film
- sensors
- sol-gel
- cvd
- pvd
- epitaxial growth
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