Photonic nanostructures provide a means of tailoring the interaction between light and
matter and the past decade has witnessed tremendous experimental and theoretical …

Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

Harnessing the full complexity of optical fields requires the complete control of all degrees of
freedom within a region of space and time—an open goal for present-day spatial light …

Quantum dots are promising candidates for telecom single photon sources due to their
tunable emission across the different low-loss telecommunications bands, making them …

Two photonic crystal optical refractive index sensors have been proposed in this paper.
These sensors can be used for detection of basal cell cancer. A rod-type square lattice of …

Quantum emitters are an integral component for a broad range of quantum technologies,
including quantum communication, quantum repeaters, and linear optical quantum …

Multi-cavity photonic systems, also known as photonic molecules, exhibit multi-well
potentials that may prove useful for advanced quantum and nonlinear optics,,,. A key …

Photonic nanostructures simultaneously maximizing spectral and spatial overlap between
fundamental and second-harmonic confined modes are highly desirable for enhancing …

Thanks to their high quality factor, combined to the smallest modal volume, defect-cavities in
photonic crystal slabs represent a promising, versatile tool for fundamental studies and …

Long-distance quantum communication relies on the ability to efficiently generate and
prepare single photons at telecom wavelengths. In many applications these photons must …