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Asymmetric light propagation in chirped photonic crystal waveguides
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)We report numerical and experimental investigations of asymmetric light propagation in a newly designed photonic structure that is formed by creating a chirped photonic crystal (PC) waveguide. The use of a non-symmetric ... -
Compact wavelength de-multiplexer design using slow light regime of photonic crystal waveguides
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2011)We demonstrate the operation of a compact wavelength demultiplexer using cascaded single-mode photonic crystal waveguides utilizing the slow light regime. By altering the dielectric filling factors of each waveguide segment, ... -
Continuously tunable terahertz metamaterial employing magnetically actuated cantilevers
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2011)Terahertz metamaterial structures that employ flexing microelectromechanical cantilevers for tuning the resonance frequency of an electric split-ring resonator are presented. The tuning cantilevers are coated with a magnetic ... -
Design of a novel MRI compatible manipulator for image guided prostate interventions
(IEEE, 2005-02)This paper reports a novel remotely actuated manipulator for access to prostate tissue under magnetic resonance imaging guidance (APT-MRI) device, designed for use in a standard high-field MRI scanner. The device provides ... -
Improved InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes with a p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN/n-GaN/p-GaN current-spreading layer
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2013)This work reports both experimental and theoretical studies on the InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with optical output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) levels substantially enhanced by incorporating ... -
Low thermal-mass LEDs: Size effect and limits
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2014)In this work, low thermal-mass LEDs (LTM-LEDs) were developed and demonstrated in flip-chip configuration, studying both experimentally and theoretically the enhanced electrical and optical characteristics and the limits. ... -
Optimization and tunability of deep subwavelength resonators for metamaterial applications: complete enhanced transmission through a subwavelength aperture
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2009)In the present work, we studied particle candidates for metamaterial applications, especially in terms of their electrical size and resonance strength. The analyzed particles can be easily produced via planar fabrication ... -
Parametric nonlinear lumped element model for circular CMUTs in collapsed mode
(2014)We present a parametric equivalent circuit model for a circular CMUT in collapsed mode. First, we calculate the collapsed membrane deflection, utilizing the exact electrical force distribution in the analytical formulation ... -
A photometric investigation of ultra-efficient LEDs with high color rendering index and high luminous efficacy employing nanocrystal quantum dot luminophores
(Optical Society of America, 2009-12-24)We report a photometric study of ultra-efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs) that exhibit superior color rendering index (CRI) and luminous efficacy of optical radiation (LER) using semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystal ... -
Photovoltaic nanocrystal scintillators hybridized on Si solar cells for enhanced conversion efficiency in UV
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)We propose and demonstrate semiconductor nanocrystal based photovoltaic scintillators integrated on solar cells to enhance photovoltaic device parameters including spectral responsivity, open circuit voltage, short circuit ... -
Plasmonic band gap structures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of rhodamine 6G (R6G) adsorbed on biharmonic metallic grating structures was studied. Biharmonic metallic gratings include two different grating components, one acting as a coupler ... -
Plasmonically enhanced hot electron based photovoltaic device
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2013)Hot electron photovoltaics is emerging as a candidate for low cost and ultra thin solar cells. Plasmonic means can be utilized to significantly boost device efficiency. We separately form the tunneling metal-insulator-metal ... -
Silicon-Germanium multi-quantum well photodetectors in the near infrared
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)Single crystal Silicon-Germanium multi-quantum well layers were epitaxially grown on silicon substrates. Very high quality films were achieved with high level of control utilizing recently developed MHAH epitaxial technique. ... -
Surface wave splitter based on metallic gratings with sub-wavelength aperture
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)We investigated the splitting of surface electromagnetic waves trapped at the output surface of a one-dimensional metallic grating structure. The output gratings of the structure asymmetrically such that the output surfaces ... -
Transmission enhancement through deep subwavelength apertures using connected split ring resonators
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2010)We report astonishingly high transmission enhancement factors through a subwavelength aperture at microwave frequencies by placing connected split ring resonators in the vicinity of the aperture. We carried out numerical ... -
Triangular metallic gratings for large absorption enhancement in thin film Si solar cells
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)We estimate high optical absorption in silicon thin film photovoltaic devices using triangular corrugations on the back metallic contact. We computationally show 21.9% overall absorptivity in a 100-nmthick silicon layer, ... -
Understanding the plasmonic properties of dewetting formed Ag nanoparticles for large area solar cell applications
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2013)The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and ... -
Unidirectional transmission in non-symmetric gratings containing metallic layers
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2009)The mechanism of achieving unidirectional transmission in the gratings, which only contain isotropic dielectric and metallic layers, is suggested and numerically validated. It is shown that significant transmission in one ...
