Micro- and Nanophotonic Technologies

Foreword
Preface
An Overview of Micro- and Nanophotonic Science and Technology

PART I. FROM RESEARCH TO APPLICATION
Nanophotonics: From Fundamental Research to Applications
Photonic Crystal and Plasmonic Microcavities
Unconventional Thermal Emission from Photonic Crystals
Extremely Small Bending Loss of Organic Polaritonic Fibers
Plasmon Color Filters and Phase Controllers
Entangled Photon Pair Generation in Naturally Symmetric Quantum Dots Grown by Droplet Epitaxy
Single-Photon Generation from Nitrogen Isoelectronic Traps in III-V Semiconductors
Parity-Time Symmetry in Free Space Optics
Parity-Time Symmetric Cavities: Intrinsically Single-Mode Lasing
Silicon Quantum Dot Composites for Nanophotonics

PART II. BREAKTHROUGH APPLICATIONS
Ultrathin Polarizers and Waveplates Made of Metamaterials
Nanoimprint Lithography for the Fabrication of Metallic Metasurfaces
Applications to Optical Communication
Advanced Concepts for Solar Energy
The Micro and Nanoinvestigation and Control of Physical Processes Using Optical Fiber Sensors and Numerical Simulations: a Mathematical Approach
Laser Micronanofabrication
Ultrarealistic Imaging Based on Nanoparticle Recording Materials
An Introduction to Tomographic Diffractive Microscopy: Toward High-Speed Quantitative Imaging Beyond the Abbe Limit
Nanoplasmonic Guided Optics Hydrogen Sensor
Fiber Optic Liquid-Level Sensor System for Aerospace Applications
Tuneable Micropatterned Colloid Crystal Lasers
Colloidal Photonic Crystals Made of Soft Materials: Gels and Elastomers
Surveying the Landscape and the Prospects in Nanophotonics

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Patrick Meyrueis is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Strasbourg, France. He started his career as an engineer of the French Department of Industry and took up a position as Associate Professor at the University Louis Pasteur (now University of Strasbourg) in 1981 where he founded the Photonics Group, which he headed until 1987. He then moved on to become founder and head of the Photonics System Laboratory which was one of the most advanced labs in the field of planar digital optics (now Icube Institute). Patrick Meyrueis is the author of more than 200 publications, 100 patents and several books. He was the chairman of more than 20 international conferences in photonics.

Kazuaki Sakoda is Professor in the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences at Tsukuba University, Japan, and Managing Researcher of the Research Center for Functional Materials at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS). After his BE and ME degrees, obtained from Tokyo University, he worked as Senior Researcher at TORAY Industries, Inc. for eleven years. Kazuaki Sakoda received his PhD in Applied Physics from Tokyo University in 1992 and continued his academic career as Associate Professor in the Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkaido University before taking up his current positions.

Marcel Van de Voorde has 40 years' experience in European Research Organisations including CERN-Geneva, European Commission, with 10 years at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany. For many years, he was involved in research and research strategies, policy and management, especially in European research institutions. He holds a Professorship at the University of Technology in Delft, the Netherland, as well as multiple visiting professorships in Europe and worldwide. He holds a doctor honoris causa and various honorary Professorships.
He is senator of the European Academy for Sciences and Arts, in Salzburg and Fellow of the World Academy for Sciences. He is a Fellow of various scientific societies and has been decorated by the Belgian King. He has authored of multiple scientific and technical publications and co-edited multiple books in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

P. Meyrueis, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France; K. Sakoda, University of Tsukuba, Japan; M. Van de Voorde, TU Delft, Bergen, The Netherlands