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
Dirac-vortex topology enters optical fibers
Xu Cheng, Zhipei Sun
2026
Frontiers of Optoelectronics
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 & Applications
Two-Dimensional Reconfigurable Photodiode for In-Sensor Color Filtering and Spectral Logic
Xiaokun Guo, Yaoqiang Zhou, Yufeng Zhang, Xinyi Zhao, Yue Pang, Lei Tong, Zhipei Sun, Jianbin Xu
2026
Advanced Materials
Resistive Switching Behaviors in Vertically Aligned MoS2Films with Cu, Ag, and Au Electrodes
Shuei De Huang, Touko Lehenkari, Topias Järvinen, Seyed Hossein Hosseini-Shokouh, Farzaneh Bouzari, Krisztian Kordas, Hannu Pekka Komsa
2026
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Photonic Altermagnets : Magnetic Symmetries in Photonic Structures
Andrew S. Kim, Youqiang Huang, Zhipei Sun, Q-Han Park, Hyunyong Choi
2026
Nano Letters
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
All-van der Waals microcavities for low-loss nonlinear photonics
Zhi Yan Wang, Xiaoqi Cui, Andreas C. Liapis, Hao Ran Shao, Xu Cheng, Jingnan Yang, Nianze Shang, Weizhe Zhang, Henri Kaaripuro, Juan C. Arias Muñoz, Kaifeng Lin, Wenjing Liu, Kaihui Liu, Qihuang Gong, Zhipei Sun, Yun Feng Xiao
2026
Nature Materials
Synthesis of Rhombohedral WS2/MoS2 Nanoribbons with Enhanced Nonlinear Responses
Boxin Wang, En Wang, Yalun Sheng, Shaoyi Zhang, Aomiao Zhi, Yijun Wang, Jingwei Dong, Zitian Pan, Zhengnan Jia, Chenyang Cui, Jundong Zhu, Yucheng Shen, Wei Yang, Dongxia Shi, Sheng Meng, Kaihui Liu, Lifen Wang, Hao Hong, Yaxian Wang, Zhipei Sun, Guangyu Zhang, Luojun Du
2026
Chinese Physics Letters
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
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