Title :
Active and passive nanophotonics for information systems applications
Author :
Fainman, Y. ; Tan, D. ; Zamek, S. ; Bondarenko, O. ; Simic, A. ; Mizrahi, A. ; Feng, L. ; Nezhad, M. ; Slutsky, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper explores the role of nanotechnology with focus on nanophotonics in dielectric, metal, and semiconductor inhomogeneous metamaterials and devices for optical communications, information and signal processing, and sensing.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; dielectric materials; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; metals; metamaterials; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical materials; optical sensors; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor quantum wells; silicon compounds; InGaAsP-InP; SiO2; active nanophotonics; dielectric metamaterials; information processing; information systems applications; metal; nanotechnology; optical communications; passive nanophotonics; semiconductor inhomogeneous metamaterials; sensing; signal processing; Laser modes; Metals; Optical device fabrication; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Information optics; metamaterials; nanophotonics; optoelectronics;
Conference_Titel :
Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8428-7
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730089
