Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on ElectronicsVol.E95-CNo.2pp.178-187 Publication Date: 2012/02/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1353 DOI: 10.1587/transele.E95.C.178 Print ISSN: 0916-8516 Type of Manuscript: INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Photonic Devices using Nanofabrication Technology and Their Applications) Category: Keyword: photonic crystal, quantum dot, surface plasmon, negative index material, all-optical switch,
Summary: This paper reviews our recent activities on nanophotonics based on a photonic crystal (PC)/quantum dot (QD)-combined structure for an all-optical device and a metal/semiconductor composite structure using surface plasmon (SP) and negative refractive index material (NIM). The former structure contributes to an ultrafast signal processing component by virtue of new PC design and QD selective-area-growth technologies, while the latter provides a new RGB color filter with a high precision and optical beam-steering device with a wide steering angle.
