Optoelectronics
The Optoelectronics group is part of the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University. The group is located in the nanofabrication research center Micronova. Optoelectronics group conducts research in the areas of semiconductor materials, optoelectronic components and photonics (e.g. optical fibers). The research is done in collaboration with foreign universities, VTT Microelectronics and industry. Optoelectronics group teaches the first year physics courses for the degree programmes AUT, BioIT and EST in addition to the teaching of NanoRAD majors.
(Figure: Christoffer Kauppinen, Sabbir Ahmed Khan, Jonas Sundqvist, Dmitry B. Suyatin, Sami Suihkonen, Esko I. Kauppinen, and Markku Sopanen, "Atomic layer etching of gallium nitride" Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 35, 060603 (2017); doi: 10.1116/1.4993996)
(Figure: Christoffer Kauppinen, Sabbir Ahmed Khan, Jonas Sundqvist, Dmitry B. Suyatin, Sami Suihkonen, Esko I. Kauppinen, and Markku Sopanen, "Atomic layer etching of gallium nitride" Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 35, 060603 (2017); doi: 10.1116/1.4993996)

The main research topics are:
- Dilute nitrides and SESAM structures
- GaN technology
- HVPE
- LED-microarrays
- Quantum dot structures
- Novel LED structures
Group members
Latest publications
Kristina Bespalova, Glenn Ross, Sami Suihkonen, Mervi Paulasto-Kröckel
2024
Advanced Electronic Materials
Lingju Meng, Maedeh Akhoundian, Anas Al Azawi, Yalda Shoja, Pei-Yin Chi, Kristoffer Meinander, Sami Suihkonen, Sami Franssila
2024
Advanced Healthcare Materials
Pinki Pal, Amadeep Kaur, Sami Suihkonen, Jori Lemettinen, A. Laha, Subhabrata Dhar, Suddhasatta Mahapatra
2023
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
H Seppanen, I Prozheev, C Kauppinen, S Suihkonen, K Mizohata, H Lipsanen
2023
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
Iurii Kim, Christoffer Kauppinen, Ivan Radevici, Pyry Kivisaari, Jani Oksanen
2022
Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications and Materials Science
Hironori Okumura, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tomohiko Shibata, Kohei Yoshizawa, Akira Uedono, Hiroki Tokunaga, Shuuichi Koseki, Tadanobu Arimura, Sami Suihkonen, Tomás Palacios
2022
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Pinki Pal, Bhupesh Bhardwaj, Robin Dahiya, Sami Suihkonen, Jori Lemettinen, Apurba Laha, Dinesh Kabra, Suddhasatta Mahapatra
2022
2022 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics, ICEE 2022
Ravindra Singh Pokharia, Ritam Sarkar, Shivam Singh, Swarup Deb, Sami Suihkonen, Jori Lemettinen, Subhabrata Dhar, Dinesh Kabra, Apurba Laha
2021
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Ritam Sarkar, Bhanu B. Upadhyay, Swagata Bhunia, Ravindra S. Pokharia, Dhiman Nag, S. Surapaneni, Jori Lemettinen, Sami Suihkonen, Philipp Gribisch, Hans Jorg Osten, Swaroop Ganguly, Dipankar Saha, Apurba Laha
2021
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Christoffer Kauppinen, Tuomas Haggren, Harri Lipsanen, Markku Sopanen
2020
Applied Physics Letters
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.
Contact:
Associate Professor Markku Sopanen
Email: markku.sopanen at aalto.fi
Tel.: +358 50 3656 356
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 4188
Tietotie 3, 02150 Espoo