Nanostructured Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth and Quantum Device

Dear Colleagues,

Nanostructured materials are at the forefront of 21st-century device innovation. The path of technological progress now takes us to dimensions of a few nm, at which structured materials interact at the dimensions of molecules and have electronic properties governed by quantum interactions. There is enormous potential to transform our approaches to computing, sensing, communications, diagnosis, and even perhaps the treatment of disease.

The understanding and exploitation of nanoscale electronic materials, such as quantum dots and quantum wires, has been the subject of intense research over the last few decades. In addition, nanoplasmonics and functional biomaterials are emerging fields with tremendous potential. However, the underlying nanostructuring process methodology has not evolved significantly over very many years.

Controlling interactions between light and matter in solid-state systems is central to a wide array of modern technologies that are based on the generation, manipulation, and detection of photons. Among technologies that harness interactions between light and matter, quantum information processing is an emerging field of science in which photons are employed to encode, transmit, and process information in the form of quantum bits (qubits). Envisioned applications include improved computation efficiency, quantum state teleportation, and quantum cryptography.

This Special Issue will focus on the developments in the field of semiconductor nanostructured molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth and quantum devices. The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics, including, but not limited to, the optimization of MBE growth, quantum dots, quantum wires, nanowires/pillars, nano-patterned growth, quantum devices, quantum light sources, and nanophotonics.

Prof. Dr. Changsi Peng
Prof. Dr. Chaoyuan Jin
Guest Editors

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• molecular beam epitaxy
• semiconductor
• quantum dot
• quantum wire
• nanowire/pillar
• nano-patterning
• patterned growth
• quantum device
• quantum light source
• nanophotonics