This special issue of Nanophotonics, titled “Programmable Nano-optics and Photonics,”
highlights cutting-edge advancements in the field that represents a paradigm shift from …

Using photons in lieu of electrons to process information has been an exciting technological
prospect for decades. Optical computing is gaining renewed enthusiasm, owing to the …

As a promising technology to realize multilevel, non-volatile data storage and information
processing, optical phase change technologies have attracted extensive attention in recent …