Progress in Nano-Electro-Optics V (eBook)

Dr. M. Ohtsu is currently a professor of The University of Tokyo. He is also a project leader of SORST Nanophotonics Team, Japan Science and TechnologyAgency. He has been a president of IEEE LEOS Japan Chapter. He has also been a member of the board of directors, Japan Society of Applied Physics. He is a fellow of Optical Society of America.

Preface to Progress in Nanoelectro- Optics 6
Preface to Volume V 8
Contents 10
List of Contributors 13
Theory and Principles of Operation of Nanophotonic Functional Devices 15
1 Introduction 15
2 Optical Near-Field Coupling 20
3 Nanophotonic Switch Based on Dissipation Control 29
4 Nanophotonic Functional Devices Using Coherently Coupled States 44
5 Conclusions 73
References 75
Integration and Evaluation of Nanophotonic Device Using Optical Near Field 77
1 Introduction 77
2 Fabrication of Nanostructure Using Optical Near Field 78
3 Near-Field Evaluation of Isolated ZnO Nanorod Single- Quantum- Well Structure for Nanophotonic Device 97
4 An Optical Far/Near-Field Conversion Device 104
5 Conclusions 116
References 118
Unique Properties of Optical Near Field and their Applications to Nanophotonics 122
1 Introduction 122
2 Excitation Energy Transfer via Optical Near Field 129
3 Demonstration of Nanophotonic Switch 139
4 Optical Nanofountain to Concentrate Optical Energy 145
5 Laterally Coupled GaN/AlN Quantum Dots 148
6 Nonadiabatic Nanofabrication Using Optical Near Field 153
7 A Control of an Optical Near Field Using a Fiber Probe 166
References 172
Architectural Approach to Nanophotonics for Information and Communication Systems 176
1 Introduction 176
2 Nanophotonic Computing Architecture Based on High- Density Table Lookup 177
3 Data Summation Using Near-Field Interactions 179
4 Broadcast Interconnects 185
5 Hierarchical Nanophotonic Systems 189
6 Summary and Discussion 194
Index 196