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Mainly based on our recent studies on this topic, here we review some developments of aperiodic-order-induced multimode effects and their applications in optoelectronic devices. It is shown that self-similarity or mirror symmetry in aperiodic micro\/nanostructures can lead to optical or plasmonic multimodes in a series of one-dimensional\/two-dimensional (1D\/2D) photonic or plasmonic systems. These multimode effects have been employed to achieve optical filters for the wavelength division multiplex, open cavities for light\u2013matter strong coupling, multiband waveguides for trapping \u201crainbow\u201d, high-efficiency plasmonic solar cells, and transmission-enhanced plasmonic arrays, etc. We expect that these investigations will be beneficial to the development of integrated photonic and plasmonic devices for optical communication, energy harvesting, nanoantennas, and photonic chips.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym11091120","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,5]],"date-time":"2019-09-05T03:22:36Z","timestamp":1567653756000},"page":"1120","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Aperiodic-Order-Induced Multimode Effects and Their Applications in Optoelectronic Devices"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Hao","family":"Jing","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ru-Wen","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1951","DOI":"10.1103\/PhysRevLett.53.1951","article-title":"Metallic phase with long-range orientational order and no translational symmetry","volume":"53","author":"Shechtman","year":"1984","journal-title":"Phys. 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