Ion Irradiation of Dielectrics for Photonic Applications, 1st ed. 2020 Springer Series in Optical Sciences Series, Vol. 231

Fundamentals of Waveguides and Nanoparticle Systems.- Overview of Ion Beam Produced Dielectric Waveguides.- Photonic Structures Produced by Ion Beams.- Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Ion Implantation.- Elongation for Nanorods and Optical Effects.- Electrooptic Properties of Dielectric Waveguides.- Photoluminescence of Dielectric Waveguides.- Nonlinear Optical Dielectric Waveguides.- Lasing Based Dielectric Waveguides.- Tailoring of Optical Properties by Nanoparticles.- Summary and Outlook.

Feng Chen is currently a Professor at School of Physics, Shandong University. He received his BSc. (1997) and Ph.D. (2002) degrees in Physics at Shandong Normal University and Shandong University, China, respectively. He spent 2 years at Technische Universität Clausthal (2003-2005), Germany, as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. His research interests include fabrication of micro-nanoscale photonic structures, optical waveguides, ion beam modification of nanomaterials, laser writing, plasmonics, lasers, and nonlinear optics, etc. He has more than 300 papers and 4 chapters published in peer-reviewed journals or books, and holds 7 patents. He was awarded the Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2009) from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Feng Chen is a Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, a Senior Member of Optical Society of America (OSA), a Senior Member of SPIE, and a Director Board Member of Chinese Physical Society (CPS). He serves as theDeputy Editor of Chinese Optics Letters, an Editorial Board Member of Optical Engineering and Scientific Reports, and an active reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed journals. He has given invited talks in more than 60 international conferences/workshops, and co-organized some conferences related to Optics (CLEO, CLEO-Europe, CIOP, etc.) or Ion Beam (IBMM, REI, etc.) societies. 

Hiroshi Amekura is currently a Chief Researcher in the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He received B.Sc. (1989), M.Sc. (1991) from the University of Tokyo, and Ph.D. degree (1999) from Tsukuba University, Japan. His current interests include ion implantation/irradiation, synthesis of nanoparticles by ion beams, and their optical properties. He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. In 1998, he received Young Scientist Award in 12th International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology. He has been involved in orga