Research Areas

The main research areas of CNP are:

1. Optical properties of compound semiconductor nanostructures and devices (quantum wells, quantum dots, nanowires, photonic crystals, lasers, and photodetectors
2. Si-based nanophotonic structures and devices (Si-based low-dimensional optoelectronic materials, structures, and devices)
3. Energy conversion materials and devices (optical refrigeration, solid state lighting, solar cells, thermophotovoltaics etc.)
4. Organic and bio-photonics

Selected Sponsored Research Projects

1. Semiconductor Green Lasers, DARPA, PI: F. Ponce
2. Modeling of Quantum Dot Photodetectors, NSF, PI: D. Vasileska
3. Nanoscale Architectures for Coherent Hyper-Optical Sources (NACHOS), DARPA, PI: C.-Z. Ning
4. Novel Solar Cells Using Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanowires, SFAz, PI: Y.-H. Zhang
5. Semiconductor Optical Refrigeration (http://csor.asu.edu/index.htm), AFOSR, PI: Y.-H. Zhang
6. Silicon-Based Lasers and Nanophotonics
   (http://web.mac.com/jose.menendez/iWeb/MURI/Welcome.html), AFOSR, PI: J. Menendez

CNP Research Projects

1. Design of Multi-functional DNA-assembled Nanophotonic Devices. PI: Rudy Diaz, Co-PI: Hao Yan
2. Semiconductor nanostructures with extremely wide bandgap coverage on a single substrate, PI: Cun-Zheng Ning, Co-PI: Shane Johnson
3. Optoelectronics devices for biomedical optical imaging, PI: Y.-H. Zhang, Co-PIs: S. Yu, B. Towe
4. Inactivation of viruses and bacteria using novel optical methods: K.-T. (Frank) Tsen, S. Yu, B. Towe, Y.-H. Zhang

Seed Projects

1. Hongbin Yu and Shuiqing Yu: Novel scanning technology for nano-photonics application
2. Junseok Chae, Michael Kozicki and Yong Hang Zhang: Chip-scale directional microphones using photonic devices and nano-dendrimers
3. Dragica Vasileska and Shuiqing Yu: Modeling heating effects in SOI devices