1- Introduction:

 

Establishing research centers and specialized laboratories are necessary factors in order to ascertain one of the most important academic prophecies, that is, to internalize research. Through the development of the Nanoptronics Research Center, Iran University of Science and Technology has dedicated a welcoming atmosphere for researchers and students interested in the field of Nanoptronics.  This center is significant in conducting research, managing semi-industrial and industrial projects, creating appropriate opportunities for conducting M.Sc and Ph.D. student projects and researches, educating experts necessary for various centers and industries, and so forth. Immigration of scientists and educated people from Iran to western countries is not only due to economic reasons, but also due to under equipped and under developed laboratories.  Providing scientific and academic advances can highly increase their return.  The Nanoptronics research center can meet scientific and human development demands, prospects of medium-term and long-term plans, and specialize in electronic-related sciences. The center has been created as a result of the Nanoptronics sub-major (branch of study) in the Electronics faculty of Iran University of Science and Technology, and the necessity to develop related laboratories. According to the guidelines mentioned, research priorities and our country’s requirements, this center was established in 2007 with the following laboratories:

1. Nanoelectronic Lab.
2. Optoelectronic Lab.
3. Quatronics Lab.

1. Nanoelectronic laboratory: 

One of the most important aspects of nanotechnology is its multi-disciplinary aspect. The current training program structure in most universities has some shortcomings for nanotechnology experts. Therefore training programs need to be optimized. The factors by which lead the way toward long-term goals of nanotechnology are being provided in a time period of less than 20 years, and include: establishing nanotechnology research centers, applied laboratories, and multi-disciplinary research programs and groups in universities. Hundreds of billions of dollars investments in the field of nanotechnology by developed countries like Japan and America indicates nanotechnology’s universal importance. In Iran there is a great deal of scientific potential in order to conduct nanoelectronic researches. As a matter of fact, published articles in authoritative international journals and successful research projects show that Iran has had great success in this area, leaving a minor distance between Iran and developed countries in this field, making competition all the more possible. Research contexts in this laboratory include studying quantum transmission, single-electron devices, applying nanoparticles to fabrication of photodetectors with ZnO and molecular nanoelectronic. It has been predicted that by means of equipping the laboratory in the future, it will be possible to conduct various  experiments with tools, including the electronic microscope to measure atomic dimensions and molecular ordering, identifying three-dimensional features and nanoelectronic device surface, controlling molecular ordering and fabrication of photodetectors and so on.

2. Optoelectronic laboratory:

Measurement systems and accurate optical instruments are important requirements of different industries particularly those related to semiconductor device fabrication, optical lithography and mask production. In optical lithography processes, it is necessary to take care of nanometric accuracies in measuring mobility of different axes. Moreover, other practical instances of optical measurement equipments include calibration of laboratory and industrial equipments, accurate cutting, robotic systems, surface roughness measurement, and geological sciences and gravity measurement. Obtaining accurate measurement systems are ever more necessary for the planning and establishing of an applied laboratory concerning measurement equipments and devices and accurate instruments. Important applications of optical electronics, Laser and Optic, under our study include rangefinding and speedometer, aiming through laser, leader and tracker electro optic systems, electro optic discovery and detector systems and more.

3. Quatronics laboratory:

One of the basic applications of spintronics is quantum communication, the goal of which is to transfer quantum states from one point to the other. Because this is a new branch of the sciences, it is possible to achieve progress and innovation along with developed countries by attending and providing necessary facilities to researchers. This technology is critical to communication safety and quantum communication safety, which will be possible in the near future.  Using quantum communication in national sensitive applications will help these sections greatly. Subjects like production of entangled photons, transferring them to receiver and transmitter stations, investigation of environmental effects on entangled photon pairs, design and fabrication parametric reducer convertors, quantum encoding, quantum key distribution, designing and testing quantum gates, entanglement exchange and distillation, investigation of optical fiber effects on entangled photon pairs, and processing quantum information and so on can be performed in this lab.

2-  Research center members:

In 2013, two department faculty members, four Ph.D. students, six M.Sc. students have had the following activities:

Num.	Name	Post	Research field	Responsibility
1	Dr. Shahram Mohammad Nejad	Assistant Professor of Iran University and Technology	Research center advisor	Research center chief
2	Dr. Saeed Olyaeei	Faculty members of Shahid Rajaee College and collaborator of this center	Optoelectronics	Responsible of optoelectronic Lab.
3	Mrs. Maryam Pourmahayabadi	Ph.D. student	Photonic crystal fibers	Collaborator of Optpelectronics Lab.
4	Mr. Kiazand Fasihi	Ph.D. student	Photonic crystal devics	Collaborator of Optoelectronics Lab.
5	Mr. Shams Allah Salemian	Ph.D. student	Quantum Communication	Collaborator of Quantunics Lab.
6	Mr. Ehsan Rahimi	Ph.D. student	Nanoelectronics	Collaborator of Nanoelectronics Lab.
7	Mr. Shahed Mohammad Nejad	-	-	Collaborator of Internal Affairs
8	Mr. Shahin Enaiati	M.Sc. student	UV/IR Photodetectors	-
9	Mr. Mostafa Aghaee	M.Sc. student	Laser Speedometer	-
10	Mr. Mohammad Ali Ramazani	M.Sc. student	Photonic crystal fibers	-
11	Mr. Mani Babaali	M.Sc. student	Photonic crystal lasers	-
12	Mr. Mazdak Listani	M.Sc. student	Optoelectronics	-
13	Mr. Ali Asghar Torabi	M.Sc. student	Quantum encoding	-

Further, a collection of educational and research activities of the Nanoptronics Research Center has been exhibited in 1387.

3- Research activites:

Activity fields of the Nanoptronics Research Center in 1387 include: - Photonic crystal fibers and devices - Quantum calculation and communication - Nanoelectronics - Optoelectronics Research results have been exhibited in the following table:

3-1 Journal Articles:

No.	Title	Journal	Status
1.	Orthogonal Hybrid Waveguides: An Approach To Low Crosstalk And Wideband Photonic Crystal Intersections Design	JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY	Published
2.	Design And Simulation Of Velocity And Displacement Measurement System With Subnanometer Uncertainty Based On A New Stabilized Laser Doppler–Interferometer	The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering	Published
3.	Error Analysis, Design and Modeling of an Improved Heterodyne Nano-Displacement Interferometer	Iranian Journal of Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Published
4.	Prediction of Photonic Crystal Fiber Characteristics by Nero-Fuzzy Systems	Optics   Communications	accepted
5.	Design of Ultra-low and Ultra-Flattened Dispersion single mode Photonic Crystal Fiber by DE/EDA Algorithm	Journal   of Modern Optics	accepted
6.	Advanced Design and Optimization of Single Mode Photonic Crystal Fibers	Journal   of Modern Optics	accepted
7.	Highly efficient channel-drop filter with a coupled cavity-based wavelength-selective reflection feedback	Optics Express	accepted
8.	The generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs using grating structures of Ti-diffused lithium niobate waveguides in integrated optics	Optics   Communications	submitted
9.	Quantum dot cellular ROM: A new approach to design secure digital data storage design	Journal of microelectronics	submitted

3-2 Conference Articles:

No.	Title	Conference	Date
1.	Quantum State Swapping in Optical Quantum Communication Using Mach-Zehnder Interferometer	2008 Internatioal Symposium on Telecommunications	2008/04/15
2.	Design and Simulation of a Dual-Core Photonic   Crystal Fiber for Dispersion Compensation over   E to L Wavelength Band	2008 Internatioal Symposium on Telecommunications	2008/04/15
3.	Quantum NOT and CNOT Gates Implementation Using Interferometric Electro-Optic Modulator	16 Iranian Conferece on Electrical Engineering	1387/02/24
4.	Design of Single Mode Photonic Crystal Fibers with Low-Loss and Flattened Dispersion at 1.55µm Wavelength	16 Iranian Conferece on Electrical Engineering	1387/02/24
5.	A Novel Approach to Implementation of   Quantum Entanglement Purification in Optical   Quantum Communication	CSNDSP08	2008/04/11
6.	Reduction of Non-Orthogonality Effect in   Nanometrology System by Modified Optics and   Signal Conditioner	CSNDSP08	2008/04/11
7.	Numerical Investigation and Optimization of a 2d-Photonic Crystal Fiber with Ultra-Low   Confinement Loss and Ultra-Flattened Dispersion	CSNDSP08	2008/04/11
8.	Quantum-Dot Cellular ROM: A Nano-Scale Level Approach to Digital Data Storage	CSNDSP08	2008/04/11
9.	Novel Design of an Octagonal Photonic Crystal Fiber with Ultra-Flattened Dispersion and Ultra-Low Loss	BroadCom' 08	2008/11/23
10.	A Novel Design of Photonic Crystal Fiber   with Ultra-Flattened Dispersion and   Ultra-Low Loss	ICI2008	2008/09/23
11.	Analysis of Super-Gaussian Ultra-Short Pulse Propagation   in Nonlinear Optical Fibers	HONET2009	1387/08/28
12.	Optimal Confinement Loss Reduction in Photonic Crystal Fiber with Flattened   Dispersion	HONET2009	1387/08/28
13.	Design and Modeling of Hybrid Waveguides with Quasi-Flat Transmission Band	HONET2009	1387/08/28
14.	Dark Current Reduction in ZnO-Based MSM Photodetectors with Interfacial Thin Oxide Layer	HONET2009	1387/08/28
15.	Design of a Photonic Crystal Fiber with   Improved Dispersion and Confinement Loss Over All Telecommunication Bands	HONET2009	1387/08/28

 3-3 Translated Books

No.	Project subject	Under contract	date
1.	Fabrication possibility and simulation of fabrication process and electrical & optical parameters of dual band UV-IR detection in reticle seekers	Iran electronic industries corporation	2008/9/17
2.	Investigation, study and design of UV-IR reticle seeker simulator for parameter testing of UV-IR reticle seeker	Iran electronic industries corporation	2008/8/24

3-4 Industrial Research Projects

No.	Project subject	Under contract	date
1.	Fabrication possibility and simulation of fabrication process and electrical & optical parameters of dual band UV-IR detection in reticle seekers	Iran electronic industries corporation	2008/9/17
2.	Investigation, study and design of UV-IR reticle seeker simulator for parameter testing of UV-IR reticle seeker	Iran electronic industries corporation	2008/8/24