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Photonic and Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, Third Edition

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 2212

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Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt

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Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: integrated photonics; plasmonics; fiber-optic sensors; metasurfaces; wearable sensors
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Dear Colleagues,

Photonics refers to the study and application of the physical science of light. Photonic devices are components for creating, manipulating, or detecting light. Examples include laser diodes, light-emitting diodes, switches, solar and photovoltaic cells, displays, and optical amplifiers. Moreover, optoelectronics is a rapidly developing technological discipline that involves the utilization of electronic devices to source, detect, and manipulate light. These devices can be a component of numerous applications, including military services, automatic access control systems, telecommunications, medical equipment, and more. Since this discipline is so wide, the spectrum of devices that come under optoelectronics is enormous, including image pick-up devices, LEDs and elements, information displays, optical storage, remote sensing systems, and optical communication systems. In this Special Issue, reviews and novel research papers on the topic are welcome, as are interdisciplinary works.

Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • optical waveguide devices
  • photonic sensors
  • photodiodes
  • solar cells
  • lasers
  • optical switches
  • logic gates
  • light-emitting diodes
  • plasmonics
  • metamaterials
  • photonic crystals

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TCAD Simulation Study of Electrical Performance of a Novel High-Purity Germanium Drift Detector
by Mingyang Wang, Zheng Li, Bo Xiong and Yongguang Xiao
Micromachines 2025, 16(2), 229; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16020229 - 17 Feb 2025
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High-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors occupy a prominent position in fields such as radiation detection and aerospace because of their excellent energy resolution and wide detection range. To achieve a broader detection range, conventional HPGe detectors often need to be expanded to cubic-centimeter-scale volumes. [...] Read more.
High-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors occupy a prominent position in fields such as radiation detection and aerospace because of their excellent energy resolution and wide detection range. To achieve a broader detection range, conventional HPGe detectors often need to be expanded to cubic-centimeter-scale volumes. However, this increase in volume leads to a large detector area, which in turn increases the detector capacitance, affecting the detector’s noise level and performance. To address this issue, this study proposes a novel high-purity germanium drift detector (HPGeDD). The design features a small-area central collecting cathode surrounded by concentric anode rings, with a resistive chain interposed between the anode rings to achieve self-dividing voltage. This design ensures that the detector’s capacitance is only related to the area of the central collecting cathode, independent of the overall active area, thus achieving a balance between a small capacitance and large active area. Electrical performance simulations of the novel detector were conducted using the semiconductor simulation software Sentaurus TCAD (P-2019.03). The results show a smooth electric potential distribution within the detector, forming a lateral electric field, as well as a lateral hole drift channel precisely directed toward the collecting cathode. Furthermore, simulations of heavy ion incidence were performed to investigate the detector’s carrier collection characteristics. The simulation results demonstrate that the HPGeDD exhibits advantages such as fast signal response and short collection time. The design proposal presented in this study offers a new solution to the problem of excessive capacitance in conventional HPGe detectors, expands their application scope, and provides theoretical guidance for subsequent improvements, optimizations, and practical manufacturing. Full article
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Investigation of Modal Characteristics of Silicon Nitride Ridge Waveguides for Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing
by Muhammad A. Butt, Lukasz Kozlowski, Mateusz Słowikowski, Marcin Juchniewicz, Dagmara Drecka, Maciej Filipiak, Michał Golas, Bartłomiej Stonio, Michal Dudek and Ryszard Piramidowicz
Micromachines 2025, 16(2), 119; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16020119 - 21 Jan 2025
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This paper investigates the wavelength-dependent sensitivity of a ridge waveguide based on a silicon nitride (Si3N4) platform, combining numerical analysis and experimental validation. In the first part, the modal characteristics of a Si3N4 ridge waveguide are [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the wavelength-dependent sensitivity of a ridge waveguide based on a silicon nitride (Si3N4) platform, combining numerical analysis and experimental validation. In the first part, the modal characteristics of a Si3N4 ridge waveguide are analyzed in detail, focusing on the effective refractive index (neff), evanescent field ratio (EFR), and propagation losses (αprop). These parameters are critical for understanding the interplay of guided light with the surrounding medium and optimizing waveguide design for sensing applications. In the second part, the wavelength-dependent sensitivity of a racetrack ring resonator (RTRR) based on the Si3N4 waveguide is experimentally demonstrated. The results demonstrate a clear increase in the sensitivity of the RTRR, rising from 116.3 nm/RIU to 143.3 nm/RIU as the wavelength shifts from 1520 nm to 1600 nm. This trend provides valuable insights into the device’s enhanced performance at longer wavelengths, underscoring its potential for applications requiring high sensitivity in this spectral range. Full article
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