We propose a very efficient approach to interconnect together two metallic nanostrips
supporting the propagation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves by fabricating a …

Neuromorphic models are proving capable of performing complex machine learning tasks,
overcoming the structural limitations imposed by software algorithms and electronic …

Optical neural networks (ONNs) herald a new era in information and communication
technologies and have implemented various intelligent applications. In an ONN, the …

The development of mid-infrared nanophotonics relies on the availability of new materials
combining metal-and insulator-like optical features. We systematically studied the phase …

Over the past few years, neural networks (NNs) have become indispensable for a variety of
applications. However, the increasing complexity and resource demands of traditional NNs …

We investigated the mid-infrared optical properties of GaN/Al (x) Ga (1-x) N-type
heterostructures on sapphire substrate grown by the Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor …

In this work we numerically analyze a photonic unconventional accelerator based on the
four-wave mixing effect in highly nonlinear waveguides. The proposed scheme can act as a …

Questo capitolo descrive nel dettaglio la fisica che vi è dietro la formazione dei solitoni
spaziali fotorifrattivi, indagandone anche la descrizione degli aspetti matematici. Il punto di …

The applications of optics, in particular non-linear optics, have joined the electrical ones in
many contexts, often equaling or exceeding them thanks to the characteristics ensured by …

The chapter describes the realization of photonic integrated circuits based on
photorefractive solitonic waveguides. In particular, it has been shown that X-junctions …