Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar

This talk will present my recent work at the intersection of photonics, nanofabrication, and materials design. I will start with an overview of the light emission properties of semiconductor nanowires, including single-nanowire light-emitting diodes, and optically pumped ultraviolet nanowire lasers. Then, I will introduce nanoskiving as a technique for engineering the optical response of metallic nanostructures. Finally, I will discuss two novel approaches for the design of new nanomaterials: point-defect engineered silicon for silicon photonics and rotationally twinned nanowires as a new type of superlattice.