Chalcogenide micro and nanostructures and applications

buir.advisorBayındır, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorAktaş, Ozan
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T20:06:16Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T20:06:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Physics and the Graduate School of Engineering and Science of Bilkent University, 2014.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph. D.) -- Bilkent University, 2014.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 113-123.en_US
dc.description.abstractChalcogenides, which are glasses consist of S, Se and Te elements, are promising materials for photonics as silicon for modern electronics, due to their extraordinary material properties such as high nonlinearity and wide mid-IR transparency. However, the biggest barrier before their full extend technological exploitation is the difficulty in utilization of these unique material properties within photonic devices with various forms of desired geometries including nanowires, microspheres, and microdisks as necessitated by unique optical functionalities for specific applications, some of which are optical microresonators, modulators, and photodetection devices. In this study, the author explore new routes for the fabrication of on-chip photonic elements with chalcogenides and consider a low cost high-yield production method with a compatible and extendable integration phase. The study illustrates production of chalcogenide optical cavities embedded in a polymer fiber, on-chip integration of the cavities having spherical, spheroidal, and ellipsoidal boundaries, and results of their optical characterizations. Besides the fabrication of active photonic devices with electro-optical capabilities, tapered chalcogenide fibers are also considered as evanescent couplers for the resonators of high index materials. In addition, a large area chalcogenide nanowire based photodetection device is demonstrated including fabrication of photoconductive pixels, design of an electronic readout circuit, development of a custom software for a pattern detection application. Keywords: Chalcogenides glasses, nanowires, optical microresonators, asymmetric resonant cavities, electro-optical Kerr effect, modulators, whispering gallery mode resonators, photonics, fiber drawing.en_US
dc.description.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAktaş, Ozanen_US
dc.format.extentxxii, 130 leaves, graphics, illustrationsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/17079
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject.lccQD169.C5 A48 2014en_US
dc.subject.lcshChalcogenides.en_US
dc.subject.lcshOptical glass--Materials.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNanowires.en_US
dc.titleChalcogenide micro and nanostructures and applicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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