Preface
General interest in photonics research has been increasing significantly because of their
enormous and promising application prospects in the advancement of human civilization. Photonics is regarded as one of the key technologies with applications ranging
from light sources, optical communications, imaging, detectors and sensors, optical data
storage and displays, medical optics and biophotonics, photovoltaics, plasmonics
technology, etc. The importance of photonics was marked by the United Nations
endorsing 2015 as the International Year of Light. Photonics is collectively combined
with micro- and nanoelectronics, biotechnology or nanotechnology. Hence, the
development of new photonic technologies needs the fundamental understanding of
light–matter interactions, implementation of new concepts using novel materials with
tailored properties, multidisciplinary research combining photonics modeling with
long-term strategic aim on final applications. Study on these devices considering the
compatibility and ease of fabrication with currently available technologies and scope of
further miniaturization is of enormous importance. This also leads to an increasing
interest for terahertz (THz) technology in the past decade in the efforts to harness the
power of the thermal radiation in the region from 300 GHz to 3 THz (wavelength:
100 µm to 1 mm) and comes with some uniquely attractive qualities with enormous
application possibilities. This book deals with the emerging applications in terahertz
solid-state physics and devices, including sources, detectors, advanced materials, and
light–matter interactions with theoretical, methodological, well-established, and validated empirical examples. The title covers a very vast audience from basic science to
engineering and technology experts and learners. This could eventually work as a
textbook for engineering and biomedical students or science masters programs and for
researchers. This title also serves common public interest by presenting new methods to
improve the quality of life in general, with a better integration into society.
Asansol, India
Arindam Biswas
Singapore
Amit Banerjee
Cooch Behar, India
Aritra Acharyya
Shizuoka, Japan
Hiroshi Inokawa
Asansol, India
Jintendra Nath Roy
v
General interest in photonics research has been increasing significantly because of their
enormous and promising application prospects in the advancement of human civilization. Photonics is regarded as one of the key technologies with applications ranging
from light sources, optical communications, imaging, detectors and sensors, optical data
storage and displays, medical optics and biophotonics, photovoltaics, plasmonics
technology, etc. The importance of photonics was marked by the United Nations
endorsing 2015 as the International Year of Light. Photonics is collectively combined
with micro- and nanoelectronics, biotechnology or nanotechnology. Hence, the
development of new photonic technologies needs the fundamental understanding of
light–matter interactions, implementation of new concepts using novel materials with
tailored properties, multidisciplinary research combining photonics modeling with
long-term strategic aim on final applications. Study on these devices considering the
compatibility and ease of fabrication with currently available technologies and scope of
further miniaturization is of enormous importance. This also leads to an increasing
interest for terahertz (THz) technology in the past decade in the efforts to harness the
power of the thermal radiation in the region from 300 GHz to 3 THz (wavelength:
100 µm to 1 mm) and comes with some uniquely attractive qualities with enormous
application possibilities. This book deals with the emerging applications in terahertz
solid-state physics and devices, including sources, detectors, advanced materials, and
light–matter interactions with theoretical, methodological, well-established, and validated empirical examples. The title covers a very vast audience from basic science to
engineering and technology experts and learners. This could eventually work as a
textbook for engineering and biomedical students or science masters programs and for
researchers. This title also serves common public interest by presenting new methods to
improve the quality of life in general, with a better integration into society.
Asansol, India
Arindam Biswas
Singapore
Amit Banerjee
Cooch Behar, India
Aritra Acharyya
Shizuoka, Japan
Hiroshi Inokawa
Asansol, India
Jintendra Nath Roy
v