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
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
Extended Transport and Size Selection of Gold-Nanorods Using a Liquid-Immersible All-Fiber Airy-like Beam
Hyeonwoo Lee, Hyucksu Choi, Mikko Partanen, Meongrae Kim, Anjali T. Vinod, Mingyu Lee, Hyeung Joo Lee, Seokjin Kim, Kishan Dholakia, Seongjin Hong, Kyunghwan Oh
2026
ACS Photonics
Hierarchical self-assembly of atomically precise Au6 nanoclusters into fibrillar superstructures with collective optical properties
Ville Liljeström, Pietro Castronovo, Daisy Agrawal, Susobhan Das, Negar Hosseiniyan, Jani Seitsonen, Hua Jiang, Marco Cannas, Alice Sciortino, Zhipei Sun, Fabrizio Messina, Sourov Chandra
2026
Nature Communications
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
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