Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering

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.
Nanowire optical gate
Figure from Yang, H., Khayrudinov, V., Dhaka, V., Jiang, H., Autere, A., Jussila, H., ... Sun, Z. (2018). Nanowire network–based multifunctional all-optical logic gates. Science Advances, 4(7), [eaar7954]. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7954

Group members

Jin Zhang

Academy Research Fellow

Yucai Lin

Doctoral Researcher

Xu Cheng

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ruijuan Tian

Postdoctoral Researcher

Latest publications

Emergence of Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior with Quantum Criticality in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Nasir Ali, Zhenping Wang, Hoseong Shin, Hyokwang Park, Sobia Waheed, Fida Ali, Sungwon Lee, Hyungyu Choi, Wonchan Lee, Yunjung Cho, Kangpyo Cho, Zhipei Sun, Fei Zhuge, Boseok Kang, Hyeon Suk Shin, Seunguk Song, Min Sup Choi, Won Jong Yoo 2026 ACS Nano

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

Spectrally Tunable 2D Material-Based Infrared Photodetectors for Intelligent Optoelectronics

Junheon Ha, Yingshan Ma, Yong Nam An, Sung Un An, Hyeon Hak Jung, Suvi Tuuli Varjamo, Jiwon Yoo, Junho Min, Hanvit Kim, Faisal Ahmed, Sang Hoon Chae, Young Min Song, Weiwei Cai, Tawfique Hasan, Zhipei Sun, Dong Ho Kang, Hyeon Jin Shin, Yunyun Dai, Hoon Hahn Yoon 2026 Advanced Functional Materials

Transport of polaritons in hyperbolic media

Hai Hu, Hanchao Teng, Na Chen, Zhuoxin Xue, Zhipei Sun, F. Javier García de Abajo, Qing Dai 2026 Nature Reviews Materials

Observation of tunable chiral spin textures with nonlinear optics

Youqiang Huang, Tiago V.C. Antão, Adolfo O. Fumega, Mikko Turunen, Yi Zhang, Hanlin Fang, Nianze Shang, Juan C. Arias-Muñoz, Fedor Nigmatulin, Hao Hong, Andrew S. Kim, Faisal Ahmed, Hyunyong Choi, Sanshui Xiao, Kaihui Liu, Jose L. Lado, Zhipei Sun 2026 Nature Communications

On-chip waveguide-integrated light sources using MoS2/WSe2 moiré superlattices on a silicon photonic platform

Xingyu Huang, Hanlin Fang, Shima Kadkhodazadeh, Monia Runge Nielsen, Youqiang Huang, Qiaoling Lin, Zhipei Sun, Martijn Wubs, Sanshui Xiao 2026 Science Advances

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
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.
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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

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