Photonics
The Photonics Group is part of the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University. The group studies electrical and optical properties of various nanomaterials for photonic and optoelectronic applications. The group is located in the Micronova Research Center.
Group members
Latest publications
Colossal infrared nonlinear optical anisotropy in a 2D charge-transfer Mott insulator
Ruihuan Duan, Song Zhu, Xiaodong Xu, Yao Wu, Sicheng Zhou, Xuan Mao, Zhen Xu, Wenduo Chen, Xiaodan Lyu, Youqiang Huang, Yi Zhang, Fakun Wang, Lishu Wu, Ya Deng, Manzhang Xu, Yanchao He, Jiayu Shi, Wenting Zhao, Guangtong Liu, Weibo Gao, Zhipei Sun, Xingji Li, Qi Jie Wang, Zheng Liu
2026
Light: Science and Applications
Nonlinear phase-matched van der Waals crystals integrated on optical fibres
Kaifeng Lin, Guangjie Yao, Jiahui Shao, Yilong You, Jiajie Qi, Daopeng Yuan, Yijun Wang, Muhong Wu, Lingjun Kong, Xiangdong Zhang, Enge Wang, Zhipei Sun, Hao Hong, Kaihui Liu
2026
Nature Materials
Biosynthetic optical waveguide interface integration using biomimetic - de novo design ELP for optoelectronic applications
Anni Seisto, Ari Hokkanen, Pia Damlin, Robert Pylkkänen, Kirsi Kiiveri, Anna S. Borisova, Carita Kvarnström, Xu Cheng, Zhipei Sun, Pezhman Mohammadi
2026
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Direct tensor processing with coherent light
Yufeng Zhang, Xiaobing Liu, Chenguang Yang, Jinlong Xiang, Hao Yan, Tianjiao Fu, Kaizhi Wang, Yikai Su, Zhipei Sun, Xuhan Guo
2026
Nature Photonics
Recent advances in piezoelectric resonant infrared detectors
Jicong Zhao, Haiyang Hou, Yanmeng Dang, Yanjuan Ma, Longfei Li, Haiyan Sun, Zhipei Sun, Tengfei Xu
2026
Infrared Physics and Technology
Disorder- and Interaction-Driven Quantum Criticality in WSe2
Nasir Ali, Fida Ali, Hyungyu Choi, Sobia Waheed, Youqiang Huang, Fedor Nigmatulin, Zhenping Wang, Hyokwang Park, Hoseong Shin, Kwangro Lee, Faisal Ahmed, Boseok Kang, Zhipei Sun, Won Jong Yoo
2025
ACS Nano
Photonics in Flatland: challenges and opportunities for nanophotonics with 2D semiconductors
Ali Azimi, Julien Barrier, Angela Barreda, Thomas Bauer, Farzaneh Bouzari, Abel Brokkelkamp, Francesco Buatier de Mongeot, Timothy Parsons, Peter Christianen, Sonia Conesa-Boj, Alberto G. Curto, Suprova Das, Bernardo Dias, Itai Epstein, Zlata Fedorova, F. Javier García de Abajo, Ilya Goykhman, Lara Greten, Johanna Grönqvist, Ludovica Guarneri, Yujie Guo, Tom Hoekstra, Xuerong Hu, Benjamin Laudert, Jason Lynch, Sabrina Meyer, Battulga Munkhbat, Dragomir Neshev, Masha Ogienko, Sotirios Papadopoulos, Aparna Parappurath, Jeroen Sangers, Pedro Soubelet, Chris Soukaras, Giancarlo Soavi, Isabelle Staude, Zhipei Sun, Klaas Jan Tielrooij, MD Gius Uddin, Alexey Ustinov, Jorik van de Groep, Jasper van Wezel, Nathalie Vermeulen, Hai Wang, Yadong Wang, Sanshui Xiao, Bingying You, Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto
2025
npj Nanophotonics
Beyond visible: giant bulk photovoltaic effect for broadband neuromodulation
Xueping Chai, Zhipei Sun
2025
Light: Science & Applications
Vertically Stacked Boron Nitride/Graphene Heterostructure for Tunable Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber
Yi Cheng, Xu Cheng, Jin Xie, Guang Cui, Shuting Cheng, Xiao Li, Jiajie Gan, Han Dong, Yuyao Yang, Wentao Yu, Ke Chen, Hao Hong, Xu Zhou, Meng Pang, Xin Jiang, Zhipei Sun, Kaihui Liu, Zhongfan Liu
2025
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Miniaturized spectral sensing with a tunable optoelectronic interface
Xiaoqi Cui, Fedor Nigmatulin, Lei Wang, Igor Reduto, Andreas C. Liapis, Mingde Du, Md Gius Uddin, Shafi Abde Mayeen, Faisal Ahmed, Yi Zhang, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Harri Lipsanen, Seppo Honkanen, Timo Aalto, Zongyin Yang, Tawfique Hasan, Weiwei Cai, Zhipei Sun
2025
Science Advances
Contact:
Professor Zhipei Sun
Email: zhipei.sun at aalto.fi
Tel.: +358 50 430 2820
Postal address:
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
P.O. Box 13500, 00076 Aalto, Finland
Visiting address:
Micronova, 4th floor, room 4185
Tietotie 3, 02150 Espoo