Photonic Crystal and Its Applications for Next Generation Systems

本書涵蓋了光子晶體在各種應用中的先進製造技術、挑戰和應用，這些應用包括高速網路、光子集成電路、醫療保健、感測器、能源和環境。本書突顯了各種科學家、研究人員和學者在光子晶體及其即時應用方面所提出的文獻和研究成果。書中的內容吸引了如學生、研究人員和工業工程師等讀者，他們正在從事基於光子技術的概念、元件和設備的設計與開發，應用於各種領域。

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is an accomplished researcher with a proven

track record in designing, developing, and translating micro- and nano-scale devices.

His primary objective is to create next-generation products that enhance quality of

life and well-being, making a significant contribution to society. He currently leading

a team 'wearable and connected sensors' at RMIT University, with a focus on mate-

rials, flexible and stretchable devices, wearables, optics, and photonics. He graduated

with a PhD in flexible electronics in June 2017 and secured a competitive postdoctoral

fellowship from the Chilean government from 2018 to 2021. His studies have led to

publications in referred international journals, book chapters, and books in progress

as editor. He has presented plenary/keynote, invited talks and guest lectures, oral

and poster presentations at scientific meeting at various universities world-wide.

Several outcomes have been highlighted by scientific websites (such as Photonics

Media, USA). His research work has led to securing grants from Australian govern-

ment research schemes, such as the Cooperative Research Centres Projects, the ARC

Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, Victorian Medical Research Accel-

eration Fund, and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's Commercialisation

Fund. He has collaborations with universities from various countries, including India,

Australia, Chile, Mexico, and Bangladesh. He has served as a reviewer for over 20

prestigious specialist journals. He also served as a topical editor for highly reputed

journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Instrumenta-

tion and Measurement Magazine, IEEE, Energies, Computer and Electrical Engi-

neering. He is a part of the Editorial Board of American Journal of Optics and

Photonics. In addition, he served as a session chair and technical committee member

in various international conferences.

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan is a Academic Faculty at the University of ATACAMA

working on the development of magnetic nanocomposite for energy storage and

biological applications. He has completed his Ph.D. (2010-2015) at the National

Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He has worked as a post-

doctoral fellow (2015-2017) at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, and

then worked as a FONDECYT postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020) at the University of

Chile, Santiago, Chile. His research interests are synthesizing magnetic nanoparti-

cles, surface modification of nanomaterials for the potential applications in detox-

ification, photocatalyst, energy storage, and biomedical applications. Dr. Thirumu-

rugan acts as a reviewer for various journals from different eminent publishers. He is

editing a topical issue on magnetic nanomaterials and carbonaceous nanocomposites

in the Frontiers publishing group. He edited two books. He published more than 90

international journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

Dr. Ramesh Raju is a staff scientist at Aalto University. His research focuses on

III-V materials growth and fabrication for optoelectronics applications and 2D mate-

rials growth and fabrication for photonics applications. During his Ph.D. at Anna

University, Chennai, India, his research focused on III-Nitride materials growth

by metal organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) for optoelectronics applications.

After obtaining his Ph.D. degree, he moved to China, where he worked as a post-

doctoral researcher at the Nanophotonics Laboratory, College of Physics, Hunan

University (HNU), China. At HNU, he designed the growth setup for 2D material-

based heterostructure for photonics applications. Since he is experienced indifferent

growth, fabrication, and characterization skills, there is a natural scientific overlap

with optoelectronics photonics, nanotechnology, and micro and quantum activities.

In 2017, he started working with the optoelectronics and micro and quantum system

group at Aalto University, Finland. At Aalto University, his research is towards III-

Nitrides for optoelectronics and PEC water splitting applications. He published more

than 35 research articles/conference proceedings based on his work in India and other

international research at various universities. Dr. Ramesh Raju acts as a reviewer for

various journals from different eminent publishers.

Dr. Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj is a research professor at Instituto Politécnico

Nacional (IPN), Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avan-

zada, Unidad Altamira (IPN-CICATA, Altamira). He would like to express his grat-

itude to, the DirectorGeneral of Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) and Director

of Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad

Altamira (CICATA Altamira) for their constant support and facilities, able to promote

the research activities. Extended his gratitude to the Secretaria de Investigación y

Posgrado (SIP) for project number 20231443. He received B.Sc. in Botany special-

ized in Industrial Microbiology, master's in Microbiology, and a postgraduate in

Chemical Information Technology at Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu,

India. He obtained a Doctorate in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2010-2014)

from The Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic

Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), CDMX, Mexico, with a scholarship from the General

Directorate of International Relations-Secretary of Public Education Mexico (SEP-

Mexico). During the academic period, he received the Best Student Competition

Award at Battelle's Second International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustain-

able Environmental Technologies (2013) in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. His thesis

won the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Mexican Hydrogen Society. His passion

for sustainable natural systems triggers him to integrate his knowledge of the various

fields to address the problems in the area of energy, environment, and health. He

registered various patents in the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)

and technology transfer to the industries. He also has relationships with govern-

ment agencies and the private sector for circumstantial decision-making. He served

as a guest editor and a reviewer in international journals. Extended his gratitude

to Mrs Kamaraj Mounika and Bbg Aarudhraa for their family support. Research

Professor, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)-Centro de Investigación en Ciencia

Aplicada y Tecnología AvanzadaUnidad Altamira (CICATA-Altamira), Carretera

Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira Km 14.5, C. Manzano, Industrial Altamira,

89600 Altamira, Tamps., Mexico

Sridarshini Thirumaran is currently working as an assistant professor in the

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering

Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India. She has completed her doctoral

degree in the field of Photonics which mainly focuses on "Photonic crystals for

passive optical components for optical communication systems" at Anna Univer-

sity, Chennai. Her areas of research are optical communication and networks and

photonics. She has contributed about 20 papers in reputed international/national

journals and 4 book chapters. Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, College of

Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan 是一位成就卓越的研究者，擁有設計、開發和轉化微型及納米級設備的豐富經驗。他的主要目標是創造下一代產品，以提升生活品質和福祉，並對社會做出重要貢獻。他目前在 RMIT 大學領導一個「可穿戴和連接感測器」的團隊，專注於材料、柔性和可拉伸設備、可穿戴設備、光學和光子學。他於 2017 年 6 月獲得柔性電子學博士學位，並於 2018 至 2021 年期間獲得智利政府的競爭性博士後獎學金。他的研究成果已在國際期刊上發表，並編輯了書籍章節和正在進行的書籍。他在全球各大學的科學會議上發表了主題演講、受邀演講、客座講座、口頭報告和海報展示。多個成果已被科學網站（如 Photonics Media, USA）報導。他的研究工作獲得了澳大利亞政府研究計畫的資助，包括合作研究中心計畫、ARC 健康連接感測器研究中心、維多利亞醫學研究加速基金和先進製造增長中心的商業化基金。他與來自印度、澳大利亞、智利、墨西哥和孟加拉國的多所大學有合作關係。他擔任超過 20 本知名專業期刊的審稿人，並擔任多本高聲望期刊的主題編輯，包括 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics、IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine、IEEE Energies、Computer and Electrical Engineering。他是美國光學與光子學期刊的編輯委員會成員。此外，他還在各種國際會議中擔任會議主席和技術委員會成員。

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan 是 ATACAMA 大學的學術教職人員，專注於開發用於能源儲存和生物應用的磁性納米複合材料。他於 2010 至 2015 年在印度 Tiruchirappalli 的國立技術學院（NIT）完成博士學位。之後，他於 2015 至 2017 年在印度 Bhubaneswar 的物理研究所擔任博士後研究員，並於 2017 至 2020 年在智利聖地亞哥的智利大學擔任 FONDECYT 博士後研究員。他的研究興趣包括合成磁性納米顆粒、納米材料的表面改性，以應用於解毒、光催化、能源儲存和生物醫學應用。Dr. Thirumurugan 擔任多本不同知名出版社期刊的審稿人，並在 Frontiers 出版集團編輯有關磁性納米材料和碳基納米複合材料的專題。他編輯了兩本書，並發表了超過 90 篇國際期刊文章、書籍章節和會議論文集。

Dr. Ramesh Raju 是 Aalto 大學的研究科學家。他的研究專注於 III-V 材料的生長和製造，用於光電應用，以及 2D 材料的生長和製造，用於光子學應用。在印度金奈的安娜大學攻讀博士學位期間，他的研究重點是通過金屬有機蒸氣相外延（MOVPE）技術生長 III-Nitride 材料以應用於光電領域。獲得博士學位後，他移居中國，並在湖南大學的納米光子學實驗室擔任博士後研究員。在湖南大學，他設計了基於 2D 材料的異質結構的生長設備，用於光子學應用。