Nano Optoelectronic Sensors And Devices

This book is about nanophotonics and the various devices that can be made using this technology. The book provides guidelines for the design and manufacture of nanophotonics devices, as well as covering thermal annealing and packaging processes. Some of the applications of nanophotonics devices that are mentioned in the book are in the fields of electronics and solar energy.

Nanophotonics has emerged as a major technology and applications domain, exploiting the interaction of light-emitting and light-sensing nanostructured materials. These devices are lightweight, highly efficient, low on power consumption, and are cost effective to produce. The authors of this book have been involved in pioneering work in manufacturing photonic devices from carbon nanotube (CNT) nanowires and provide a series of practical guidelines for their design and manufacture, using processes such as nano-robotic manipulation and assembly methods. They also introduce the design and operational principles of opto-electrical sensing devices at the nano scale. Thermal annealing and packaging processes are also covered, as key elements in a scalable manufacturing process. Examples of applications of different nanowire based photonic devices are presented. These include applications in the fields of electronics (e.g. FET, CNT Schotty diode) and solar energy.