Nanomaterials for New Photonic Devices

Call for Papers

Nanostructures with their many interesting properties, among which, the special geometrical features like, for example, the relatively large surface area to volume ratio and their size-dependant property, are of interest for many photonic devices. Adding to that, specific nanostructures possess extra interesting features of great potential for efficiency of these photonic devices, for example, nanorods are natural wave guides that have geometry that can increase the light extraction and hence lead to higher efficiency for light-emitting diodes. Other devices that benefit from nanomaterials are lasers and detectors. Moreover, the small footprint and the substrate free growth possibility of many of the nanostructures will enable hybrid technologies which will be quite beneficial for integrating different technologies in the same chip. An example of this is lasers on silicon, which can be achieved through the integration of nanomaterials with the proper emission on silicon.

This special issue welcomes manuscripts that deal with growth, characterization (structural, optical, or electrical), and new photonic devices based on nanomaterials. Both review articles as well as research articles are welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Growth of nanostructures for photonic applications
  • Nanostructures based photonic devices (LEDs, lasers, and detectors)
  • Structural, optical, and electrical characterization of nanostructures-based devices

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnt/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Manuscript DueFriday, 2 March 2012
First Round of ReviewsFriday, 25 May 2012
Publication DateFriday, 20 July 2012

Lead Guest Editor

  • Omer Nur, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Guest Editors

  • Laszlo Kish, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
  • M. Jamal Deen, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada