provides the theoretical background of chalcogenide photonics and their optical properties, and presenting a large variety of photonics devices to which chalcogenide semiconductor can be employed.

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Dr Cao is the Dean of School of Optoelectronics Engineering and Instrumentation Science - Dalian University of Technology and the Director of Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Nano photonics Technologies and Applications. He received his Ph.D. in Nanophotonics from Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, University of Bristol in 2007. After graduating, he joined as a Research Collaborator at University of Bristol working on on-chipped photonics devices and as a postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Radiography, City University of London. In the Spring semester of 2010, he was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at College of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea. At the end of 2010, he joined Dalian University of Technology. He has published more than 130 scientific journal papers and delivered more than 50 conference papers (including more than 30 keynote/invited talks) and 1 book chapter.

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Definition of chalcogenide semiconductors
1.2 Basic properties of chalcogenide semiconductors
1.3 Application of chalcogenide semiconductors
1.4 Research progress of chalcogenide semiconductors

CHAPTER 2. FUNDAMENTAL OF CHALCOGENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS
2.1 Theory of Electronic Band Structure
2.2 Basic Material Properties
2.3 Synthesis and Characterization of Chalcogenide Film

CHAPTER 3 GROWTH OF CHALCOGENIDE FILM: MECHANISMS AND STRATEGIES
3.1 Chemical Vapor Deposition
3.2 Thermal Evaporation
3.3 Pulsed Laser Deposition
3.4 Sputtering

CHAPTER 4 OPTICAL PROPERTIES
4.1 Macroscopic Electrodynamics
4.2 The Dielectric Function
4.3 Raman Spectroscopies
4.4 Emission Spectroscopies
4.5 Light Scattering Spectroscopies

CHAPTER 5: CHALCOGENIDE COMPOUNDS FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Optical Characters of Chalcogenide Glasses
5.3 Preparation process of sulfur system glass fiber
5.4 Application

CHAPTER 6 INTEGRATED OPTICS AND ON CHIP PHOTONIC DEVICES OF SULFIDE COMPOUNDS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Chalcogenide Photonic Memory
6.3 Chalcogenide color pixels and displays
6.4 Chalcogenide waveguide
6.5 Discussion

CHAPTER 7 CHALCOGENIDE PHOTONICS CRYSTALS
7.1 Introduction
7.3 Applications
7.4 Discussions

CHAPTER 8: CHALCOGENIDE METAMATERIALS
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Chalcogenide metamaterials platform
8.3 Applications
8.4 Discussions

CHAPTER 9: PERSPECTIVES
9.1 Future of Chalcogenide Nanophotonics
9.2 Challenges in Chalcogenide Nanophotonics
9.3 Conclusion and Outlook