This study, based on our previous research, aims to quantitatively determine the enhanced protection of austenitic stainless steels against pitting corrosion in NaCl solution by self-assembled molecular (SAM) layers, in their original form and after...
The need to reduce energy consumption in buildings, the emergence of light-emitting diode (LED) lamps in lighting around 2010, their long lifetime, and the 2025 target to use only LED lamps are changing the existing composition of Category 3 waste el...
Semitransparent organic solar cells (ST-OSCs) show great promise for building integrated photovoltaic systems. The balance between power conversion efficiency (PCE) and average visible transmittance (AVT) is a key point of ST-OSCs. We developed a nov...
Optical microcavity configuration is one optical strategy to enhance light trapping in devices using planar electrodes. In this work, the potential application of optical microcavity configuration with ultrathin metal electrodes in highly efficient p...
In this work, we have proposed a novel long-range surface plasmon resonance (LRSPR) sensor with sharp reflection spectrum, which consists of a glass prism, a (A/B)4-type waveguide-coupled layer and a metal layer. To reveal its sharp reflection spect...
This study investigated the characteristics of radiofrequency, middle-pressure argon plasma used in the atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Al2O3 films. Based on the electrical characteristics—the current, voltage, and phase shift between them&mda...
One of the most important problems in the plasmonics of the terahertz (THz) range, which is actively developing now, is the efficient generation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). The simplest and most promising technological technique of photon e...
We employed a double-layer coupled diffractive optical element, based on metasurfaces and diffraction gratings, which exhibits wavefront modulation and chromatic dispersion compensation. Utilizing this double-layer coupled diffractive optical element...
The optical properties of wurtzite violet InGaN/GaN coupled quantum well (QW) structures are experimentally studied using photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) spectroscopy. Two emission peaks, referred to as Peak H and Peak L, are obse...
This paper reviews the field of cascaded metasurfaces, which are advanced optical devices formed by stacking or serially arranging multiple metasurface layers. These structures leverage near-field and far-field electromagnetic (EM) coupling mechanism...
Based on the finite-difference time-domain method, light field intensification in optical films due to the intercoupling of defects and organic contamination was analyzed. The results show that the intercoupling between the defect and the organic con...
In extreme scenarios such as nuclear explosions and high-energy radiation detection in space, UV-cured adhesives are usually used as coupling media to bind tapered optic fiber arrays with intensified charge-coupled devices or complementary metal&ndas...
In this work, a photonic device integration platform capable of integration of active-passive InP-based photonic devices without the use of material regrowth is introduced. The platform makes use of an adiabatic active-layer waveguide connection (ALW...
In this work, a bidirectional grating coupler for perfectly vertical coupling is proposed. The coupling efficiency is enhanced using a silicon nitride (Si3N4) layer above a uniform grating. In the presence of Si3N4 layer, the back-reflected optical p...
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) comprise the integration of a solar power generation system into the exterior design and architectural elements of a building to produce electricity, which allows the building itself to generate electricity. B...
Lately, wearable applications featuring photonic on-chip sensors are on the rise. Among many ways of controlling and/or modulating, the acousto-optic technique is seen to be a popular technique. This paper undertakes the study of different multilayer...
Laser direct metal deposition (LDMD) enables not only the preparation of high-performance coatings on the surfaces of low-property materials but also the three-dimensional direct manufacturing and re-manufacturing of parts. In the LDMD process, the s...
Tellurene is a new-emerging two-dimensional anisotropic semiconductor, with fascinating electric and optical properties that differ dramatically from the bulk counterpart. In this work, the layer dependent electronic and optical properties of few-lay...
The layered van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure, assembled from monolayer graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and other atomic crystals in various combinations, is emerging as a new paradigm with which to attain desired electronic and optical pr...
The design of metal nanoparticle-on-a-mirror (NPOM) provides a powerful strategy for optical enhancement in gap plasmonics. Here, we report a systematic numerical study on an NPOM structure composed of gold nanocubes (GNC) and a continuous gold film...
This article assembles a distributed feedback (DFB) cavity on the sidewalls of the optical fiber by using very simple fabrication techniques including two-beam interference lithography and dip-coating. The DFB laser structure comprises graduated grat...
In order to solve the problem of the efficiency reduction and complex manufacturing of traditional grating couplers under environmental temperature fluctuations, a Si3N4 high-efficiency grating coupler integrating a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR)...
Magnons (the quanta of spin waves) could be used to encode information in beyond Moore computing applications. In this study, the magnon coupling between acoustic mode and optic mode in synthetic antiferromagnets (SAFs) is investigated by micromagnet...
Augmented reality (AR) near-eye displays (NEDs) couple microdisplay image light to the human eye via integrated optical modules, enabling seamless virtual–real fusion. As core components that synergistically transmit and diffract light, diffrac...
Electronic coupling within InAs/InP quantum dots (QDs) influences carrier lifetime and thus QD laser performance. In this work, vertical electronic coupling between QDs is theoretically investigated based on a structure of five-layer QD stacks. This...
The interlayer coupler is one of the critical building blocks for optical interconnect based on multilayer photonic integration to realize light coupling between stacked optical waveguides. However, commonly used coupling strategies, such as evanesce...
The article discusses the design, fabrication, and experimental evaluation of a large-area vertical grating coupler (VGC) enabling simultaneous coupling of multiple input optical beams. The presented VCG was fabricated by direct nanoimprinting of a g...
We present a theoretical analysis of optical diffractive properties of magnetically tunable optical transmission gratings composed of periodically assembled layers of a polymer and a ferromagnetic liquid crystal (LC). The orientational structure of t...
A kind of magnetoplasmonic resonators is numerically designed with hexagonally arrayed Au/bismuth iron garnet (BIG) bilayer nanodiscks on Au thin film layers. Multi-physics coupling calculation on their magnetoplasmonic resonance features suggest tha...
We investigated the growth of vertically coupled In0.75Ga0.25As quantum dots (QDs) by varying the GaAs spacer thickness (d). Vertically-aligned triple-layer QDs of uniform size and highest accumulated strain are formed with d = 5 nm. The electrolumin...
The study of localized surface plasmons (LSPs) in nanoscale structures is an essential step towards identifying optimal plasmonic modes that can facilitate robust optomechanical coupling and deepen our understanding of light–matter interactions...
Two-dimensional materials allow for extreme light confinement, thus becoming important candidates for all optical application platforms. Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides are direct band gap semiconducting 2D materials featuring bandgaps...
In this study, we present an analysis of the optical response of strong coupling between SPR and labeled proteins. We demonstrate a sensing methodology that allows to evaluate the protein mass adsorbed to the gold’s surface from the Rabi gap, w...
Twisted photonic crystals are photonic analogs of twisted monolayer materials such as graphene and their optical property studies are still in their infancy. This paper reports optical properties of twisted single-layer 2D+ moiré photonic crys...
Cloud-aerosol interactions represent a critical uncertainty in climate systems. Using 2006–2021 CALIPSO products, we investigated upper tropospheric clouds and aerosol layers across four Russian regions: Western Plains, West Siberian Plain, Cen...
Both MXene and black phosphorus (BP), which actg as hot two-dimensional (2D) materials, have unique optical properties and important applications for nano-micro optical devices. Here, a composite MXene/BP-based metasurface, consisting of Ti3C2Tx and...
We proposed a single metalens for fiber coupling within telecom bands. This proposed fiber coupler combined a single layer metalens and a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer. Instead of traditional fiber collimators, which are bulky and require complex...
Given the tunability of their optical properties over the UV–Visible–Near IR spectral range, ligand-capped quantum dots (QDs) are employed for the design of optical biosensors with low detection threshold. Thanks to non-linear optical spectroscopies,...
As a unique electric-optics material, liquid crystals (LCs) have been used in various light-control applications. In LC-based light-control devices, the structural alignment of LC molecules is of great significance. Generally, additional alignment la...
The design, modeling, and analysis of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) grating coupler integrated with a microfluidic channel for lab-on-a-chip applications are presented. The grating coupler was designed to operate at 1310 nm. The simulated SOI structur...
Improved hearing restoration by cochlear implants (CI) is expected by optical cochlear implants (oCI) exciting optogenetically modified spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) via an optical pulse generated outside the cochlea. The pulse is guided to the SGNs...
A dielectric multilayer platform was investigated as a foundation for two-dimensional optics. In this paper, we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental demonstration of absorption of Bloch surface waves in the presence of graphe...
The static and dynamic magnetic responses of symmetric Fe/Al/Fe trilayers were investigated as a function of the thickness of the nonmagnetic spacer layer thickness, with tAl ranging from 0 to 2 nm. Samples showed ferromagnetic coupling between Fe la...
In this paper, we build four-part cone models to explore the coupling effect of seven cone fiber couplers. Moreover, this is the first study of the coupling effect of four layers of biological couplers in animals and other biological lives. We simula...
A one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) based on a planar stack of dielectric layers is used as an optical transducer for biosensing, upon the coupling of TE-polarized Bloch Surface Waves (BSW). The structure is tailored with a polymeric layer prov...
Today, distributed optical fiber sensors are widely used in structural health monitoring due to their high sensitivity and long-distance applicability. However, when embedded in pavement structures, distributed optical fiber sensors are always instal...
In optical one-dimensional grating-on-layer planar structures, an optical resonance occurs when the incident light wave becomes phase-matched to a leaky waveguide mode excited in the layer underneath the grating by an appropriate tuning of the gratin...
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) can benefit not only from transparent but also from opaque modules that maximize light capture. We present haze-assisted luminescent solar concentrators (HALSCs) that integrate scattering and luminescence in...
In this article we present a theoretical investigation of gold-silica-silver nanostructures and their optical properties with respect to ultrafast electronic applications and coherent control by tailored optical fields. We found a remarkable sensitiv...
We propose a simple and innovative configuration consisting of a quantum dot and micro-optical resonator that emits single photons with good directionality in a plane parallel to the substrate. In this device, a single quantum dot is placed as a ligh...
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