Research and Markets has added "Integrated Nanophotonic Devices. Micro and Nano Technologies" to their offering. The study of the behavior of light with structures at the nanometer scale is called Nanophotonics.
It works similar to the way computer chips are used for switching and routing electrical signals. Nanophotonics can be used in a wide range of applications in telecommunications, sensing, and computation using high speed optoelectronic parts and high bandwidth.
The authors of the book, Zalevsky and Abdulhalim discuss one of the important technologies evolving in nanophotonics which is nano-integrated photonic modulation instruments and sensors. The challenge of combining photonic dynamic components with microelectronic circuits is evolving as a major industrial and scientific trend especially because presently, processing is done using microelectronic chips whereas long distance transmission takes place through optical links.
The book will explore emerging technologies in the nanophotonics research sector that holds potential for commercialization with applications in security, computing, telecommunications and sensing. Nanophotonics will soon be used to develop advanced products and services.
Some of the important topics include physical background, silicon photonic modulation circuitry, physics of optical modulation, non conventional modulation schemes, micro and nano fluidics, plasmonics, and fabrication aspects of integrated devices.