Download or read book Studies of Lasing and Nonlinear Optics in Thin Films written by Gang Wang and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even to a casual observer it should be clear that interest in phenomena lying at the interface between photonics and nano-science is undergoing an explosion. The material---Zinc Oxide (ZnO), has attracted much interest because of its unique optical properties and potential use in photonics and nano-technologies. The bulk of our studies involve various properties of ZnO film, especially their nonlinear optical response, and some practical applications that can follow from such studies. The ZnO films were deposited by reactive sputtering and optically characterized. The effects of some in situ and ex situ processes, such as substrate selection, heating during film growth and post-deposition annealing, on the properties of the films are presented. Second harmonic (SH) generation from ZnO crystals and films was studied. The evolution of the SH signal with film thickness is particularly interesting. Computational models were developed to study the enhanced nonlinear response and optical bistable effect from ZnO in conjunction with the electrical field enhancement resulting from either the attenuated total reflection effect or resonant waveguide coupling. Enhanced electrical fields in silver films were obtained experimentally in both visible and infrared region. Some applications associated with this electrical field enhancement were simulated. In particular enhanced photoluminescence in a ZnO waveguide was observed and allowed us to achieve ultraviolet (UV) lasing with ZnO thin films. In addition, the effect of magnesium doping in ZnO was studied. In a separate study a fast optical switch based on a self-assembled chromophoric film was demonstrated. Such switches may find applications in optical communications.
Download or read book Organic Thin Films for Waveguiding Nonlinear Optics written by F. Kajzar and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-10-15 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Optical Thin Films and Structures written by Tsvetanka Babeva and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is devoted to the design, application and characterization of thin films and structures, with special emphasis on optical applications. It comprises ten papers—five featured and five regular—authored by scientists all over the world. Diverse materials are studied and their possible applications are demonstrated and discussed—transparent conductive coatings and structures from ZnO doped with Al and Ga and Ti-doped SnO2, polymers and nanosized zeolite thin films for optical sensing, TiO2 with linear and nonlinear optical properties, organic diamagnetic materials, broadband optical coatings, CrWN glass molding coatings, and silicon on insulator waveguides.
Download or read book Thin Films for Optical Systems written by Flory and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995-07-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents advances in thin films for applications in the fields of integrated optics, micro-optics, optical telecommunications and optoelectronics. It delineates the performance characteristics needed for graded coatings, damage-resistant laser coatings and many others. Basic theory and applications are illustrated.
Download or read book Nonlinear Optics Studies of the Interface of Organic Ultrathin Films written by Xiaojun Cai and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trends in Optical Materials Research written by Owen G. Gardens and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the newest research on the physical properties of optical materials used in all types of lasers and optical systems. The scope includes the most important optical materials, including crystals, glasses, polymers, metals, liquids, and gases. The properties detailed include both linear and non-linear optical properties, mechanical properties, thermal properties together with many additional special properties, such as electro-, magneto-, and elasto-optic properties.
Download or read book The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics written by Cheng-Chung Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optics and photonics offer new and vibrant approaches to meeting the challenges of the 21st century concerning energy conservation, education, agriculture, personal health and the environment. One of the most effective ways to address these global problems is to provide updated and reliable content on light-based technologies. Optical thin films and meta-materials, lasers, optical communications, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, liquid crystal technology, nanophotonics and biophotonics all play vital roles in enriching our lives. We hope to raise readers’ awareness of how optical technologies are now promoting sustainable development and providing reliable solutions to basic human needs. Furthermore, in order to broaden new research fields, we hope to inspire them to pursue further cutting-edge breakthroughs on the basis of the accomplishments that have already been made.
Download or read book Optical Characterization of Real Surfaces and Films written by K. Vedam and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume of the highly respected Physics of Thin Films Serial discusses inhomogeneity in real films and surfaces. The volume, guest-edited by K. Vedam, follows the growth of thin films both from the surface of the substrate, and from the atomic level, layer by layer. The text features coverage of Real-Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (RTSE) and Reflectance Anisotropy (RA), two major breakthrough optical techniques used to characterize real time and insitu films and surfaces. In six insightful chapters, the contributors assess the impact of these techniques, their strengths and limitations, and their potential for further development.
Download or read book Waveguide Spectroscopy of Thin Films written by Alexander Vasil'evich Khomchenko and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2005-12-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Waveguide Spectroscopy of Thin Films new methods of study of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of thin films are presented. These techniques are based on the principles of the spatial Fourier spectroscopy of the light beam reflected from a prism-coupling device with the tunnel excitation of guided lightmodes in thin-film structures. Measurement techniques of determination of the absorption coefficient, refractive index and thickness of the dielectric, semiconductor or metallic films are considered. This book is highly recommended for specialists in the fields of integrated and thin film optics and for graduated students in related specialties.
Download or read book Progress in Optics written by Emil Wolf and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-12-13 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in Optics Volume 41.
Download or read book Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecular Thin Films written by Tongguang Zhang and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films written by Ronald R. Willey and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-07-09 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing insider viewpoints and perspectives unavailable in any other text, this book presents useful guidelines and tools to produce effective coatings and films. Covering subjects ranging from materials selection and process development to successful system construction and optimization, it contains expanded discussions on design visualization, dense wavelength division multiplexing, new coating equipment, electrochromic and chemically active coatings, ion-assisted deposition, and optical monitoring sensitivity. Furnishing real-world examples and know-how, the book introduces Fourier analysis and synthesis without difficult mathematical concepts and equations.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Download or read book Optical Thin Films and Structures written by Tsvetanka Babeva and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is devoted to the design, application and characterization of thin films and structures, with special emphasis on optical applications. It comprises ten papers--five featured and five regular--authored by scientists all over the world. Diverse materials are studied and their possible applications are demonstrated and discussed--transparent conductive coatings and structures from ZnO doped with Al and Ga and Ti-doped SnO2, polymers and nanosized zeolite thin films for optical sensing, TiO2 with linear and nonlinear optical properties, organic diamagnetic materials, broadband optical coatings, CrWN glass molding coatings, and silicon on insulator waveguides.
Download or read book Nonlinear Optical Waves written by A.I. Maimistov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-linear wave is one of the fundamental objects of nature. They are inherent to aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, solid state physics and plasma physics, optics and field theory, chemistry reaction kinetics and population dynamics, nuclear physics and gravity. All non-linear waves can be divided into two parts: dispersive waves and dissipative ones. The history of investigation of these waves has been lasting about two centuries. In 1834 J. S. Russell discovered the extraordinary type of waves without the dispersive broadening. In 1965 N. J. Zabusky and M. D. Kruskal found that the Korteweg-de Vries equation has solutions of the solitary wave form. This solitary wave demonstrates the particle-like properties, i. e. , stability under propagation and the elastic interaction under collision of the solitary waves. These waves were named solitons. In succeeding years there has been a great deal of progress in understanding of soliton nature. Now solitons have become the primary components in many important problems of nonlinear wave dynamics. It should be noted that non-linear optics is the field, where all soliton features are exhibited to a great extent. This book had been designed as the tutorial to the theory of non-linear waves in optics. The first version was projected as the book covering all the problems in this field, both analytical and numerical methods, and results as well. However, it became evident in the process of work that this was not a real task.
Download or read book Handbook of Thin Films Five Volume Set written by Hari Singh Nalwa and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2001-10-29 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five-volume handbook focuses on processing techniques, characterization methods, and physical properties of thin films (thin layers of insulating, conducting, or semiconductor material). The editor has composed five separate, thematic volumes on thin films of metals, semimetals, glasses, ceramics, alloys, organics, diamonds, graphites, porous materials, noncrystalline solids, supramolecules, polymers, copolymers, biopolymers, composites, blends, activated carbons, intermetallics, chalcogenides, dyes, pigments, nanostructured materials, biomaterials, inorganic/polymer composites, organoceramics, metallocenes, disordered systems, liquid crystals, quasicrystals, and layered structures. Thin films is a field of the utmost importance in today's materials science, electrical engineering and applied solid state physics; with both research and industrial applications in microelectronics, computer manufacturing, and physical devices. Advanced, high-performance computers, high-definition TV, digital camcorders, sensitive broadband imaging systems, flat-panel displays, robotic systems, and medical electronics and diagnostics are but a few examples of miniaturized device technologies that depend the utilization of thin film materials. The Handbook of Thin Films Materials is a comprehensive reference focusing on processing techniques, characterization methods, and physical properties of these thin film materials.
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
