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

Yufeng Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

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

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

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

In situ spectral reconstruction based on a memristor chip for energy-efficient computational spectrometry

Han Zhao, Lei Wang, Yanze Zhou, Siqi Liu, Qi Qin, Xueqi Li, Yiru Zhang, Yue Xi, Yunrui Jiao, Zhengwu Liu, Ruofei Hu, Yudeng Lin, Xuewei Feng, Liangjun Lu, Tawfique Hasan, Zhipei Sun, Yingzheng Liu, Peng Yao, Bin Gao, He Qian, Jianshi Tang, Weiwei Cai, Huaqiang Wu 2026 Nature Electronics

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
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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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