Nanophotonics

This chapter presents some concrete examples using nanophotonics concepts to make performing optoelectronic components and how this process has been implemented. Because of wave‐corpuscle duality, light's nature and its propagation can be described with a whole set of parameters. Amplitude, pha...

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Published inMicro‐ and Nanophotonic Technologies pp. 1 - 28
Main Authors Flory, François, Escoubas, Ludovic, Rouzo, Judikael Le, Berginc, Gérard
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim, Germany Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA 28.02.2017
Subjects
elementary quantum
light scattering
nanophotonics
optical systems
optical wave filter functions
optoelectronic components
quantum dot
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Summary:This chapter presents some concrete examples using nanophotonics concepts to make performing optoelectronic components and how this process has been implemented. Because of wave‐corpuscle duality, light's nature and its propagation can be described with a whole set of parameters. Amplitude, phase, wavelength, polarization concern the wave part, when spin, orbital momentum, or energy are used to describe the elementary quantum of light called photon. The number of photons and their energy are linked to the amplitude and the wavelength of the wave. The electrons in a quantum dot (QD) behave like in an atom with different discrete possible energies. Inspired by the antireflecting (AR) properties of moth eyes, surface structures have been studied to reduce the reflection on large wavelength ranges. Complex optical wave filter functions can be made with metamaterials. In optical systems, surface roughness induces light scattering that generally reduce their performances.
ISBN:9783527340378
3527340378
DOI:10.1002/9783527699940.ch1