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Photon Counting Statistics Of Classical And Quantum Light Sources, Luis Felipe Morales Bultron
Photon Counting Statistics Of Classical And Quantum Light Sources, Luis Felipe Morales Bultron
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Multiple sources of light, including coherent light, thermal light, light from a degenerate parametric oscillation and resonance fluorescence from a two level coherently driven atom are considered for the analysis of their wait time statistics. We include the second order normalized correlation function and Mandel's Q parameter for brief discussion. A general framework to analyze the generalized conditional and unconditional wait time distributions is also obtained in order to understand the photo-count statistics of the light sources included in this work. Average and variance of wait times with respect to both unconditional and conditional wait time distribution are also obtained …
Etching Of Silicon Wafer In Preparation Of Graphene Transfer, Floyd T. Lancaster Iii
Etching Of Silicon Wafer In Preparation Of Graphene Transfer, Floyd T. Lancaster Iii
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Following the research done on graphene looking at its unique properties it has been found that graphene can be used as a varying capacitor. What has been observed is that graphene acts almost like a torrential ocean constantly fluctuating. What we use is a silicon wafer with multiple etched layers to create a stable platform on which to capture this energy. In this paper we will discuss the general setup and step-by-step procedures required to create a functioning variable capacitor out of graphene, gold, and Silicon dioxide (SiO2) substrate. Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) is used to create the initial design …
Circuitry And Semiconductor Studies For Making A Graphene Energy Harvesting Device, Ferdinand Harerimana
Circuitry And Semiconductor Studies For Making A Graphene Energy Harvesting Device, Ferdinand Harerimana
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Freestanding graphene has constantly moving ripples. Due to its extreme flexibility, graphene responds to ambient vibrations and changes its curvature from concave to convex and vice versa. During a ripple inversion 10,000 atoms move together, suggesting the presence of kinetic energy which can be harvested. In this study we present circuitry and semiconductor studies for harvesting energy from graphene vibrations. The goal of the study is to develop a graphene energy harvesting chip which can serve as a battery replacement in low power electronics. In the first study we determined the best circuit for harvesting vibrational low power. To do …
Excitation Power Dependence Of Blinking In Copper-Indium-Sulfide Quantum Dots, Nicholas Chambers
Excitation Power Dependence Of Blinking In Copper-Indium-Sulfide Quantum Dots, Nicholas Chambers
Physics Undergraduate Honors Theses
Under continuous excitation, quantum dots exhibit random transitions between fluorescent ON states and non-fluorescent OFF states --- a phenomenon known as blinking. A physical description of the mechanism responsible for blinking that applies broadly to many types of quantum dots remains under debate. We study the blinking behavior of the non-toxic CuInS2 quantum dot, a system that has seen little investigation at the single-particle level. In particular, the optical properties of CuInS2 quantum are often improved by adding ZnS to the nanoparticles, but this addition leads to complex structural-optical property relationships that are even less understood. To probe the relationship …
Fabrication Of Black Phosphorus Terahertz Photoconductive Antennas, Nathan Tanner Sawyers
Fabrication Of Black Phosphorus Terahertz Photoconductive Antennas, Nathan Tanner Sawyers
Physics Undergraduate Honors Theses
Terahertz (THz) photoconductive antennas (PCAs) using 40nm thin-film flakes of black phosphorus (BP) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have been shown computationally to be capable of THz emission comparable to those based on GaAs [2]. In this paper, I briefly describe the scientific and practical interest in THz emissions and explain what warrants research into black phosphorus as a photoconductive semiconductor in THz devices. Furthermore, I outline the basic principle of how these antennas work and mention alternative designs produced by other researchers in the past. Finally, I summarize the fabrication process of these antennas, as well as the measurements …
Exploring Ferroelectric Phenomena In Batio3, Linbo3, And Liznsb: From Extended Oxygen Vacancies To Tri-Stable Polarization And Giant Hyperferroelectricity, Shaohui Qiu
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents three projects that investigate the complex phenomena of ferroelectricity under different conditions in BaTiO3, LiNbO3, and LiZnSb using first-principles density functional calculations. Extended defects in ferroelectric solids play a crucial role in reducing the lifetime and performance of ferroelectric devices by causing fatigue, domain pinning, and aging. Thus, understanding their impact is of critical importance for the development of reliable and high-performance ferroelectric devices. In addition, hyperferroelectricity is an intriguing phenomenon that has attracted much attention in recent years. Despite the existence of depolarization field, spontaneous polarization persists under an open-circuit boundary condition (OCBC), making hyperferroelectric materials …
Understanding And Tuning Magnetism In Van Der Waals Magnetic Compounds, Rabindra Basnet
Understanding And Tuning Magnetism In Van Der Waals Magnetic Compounds, Rabindra Basnet
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) magnetism has attracted intensive attention due to possible magnetic phenomenon arising from 2D magnetism and their promising potential for spintronics applications. The advances in 2D magnetism have motivated the study of layered magnetic materials, and further enhanced our ability to tune their magnetic properties. Among various layered magnets, tunable magnetism has been widely investigated in metal thiophosphates MPX3. It is a class of magnetic van der Waals (vdW) materials with antiferromagnetic ordering persisting down to atomically thin limit. Their magnetism originates from the localized moments due to 3d electrons in transition metal ions. So, their …
First-Principal Investigations Of The Electronic, Magnetic, And Thermoelectric Properties Of Crtirhal Quaternary Heusler Alloy, Shuruq Alsayegh
First-Principal Investigations Of The Electronic, Magnetic, And Thermoelectric Properties Of Crtirhal Quaternary Heusler Alloy, Shuruq Alsayegh
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Density functional theory calculations are performed to investigate the electrical electronic, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of CrTiRhAl quaternary Heusler alloy (QHA). The type-I atomic configuration is found to be the most stable structure of this alloy. The CrTiRhAl QHA exhibits a half-metallic ferromagnetic structure with a narrow band gap at one spin channel (semiconductor), and a metallic behavior at the other spin channel. This corresponds to a 100% spin-polarization, making it ideal for potential spintronic applications. Applying the semi-classical Boltzmann theory, the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and electronic thermal conductivity of CrTiRhAl alloy were calculated. The predicted figure of merit …
Asymptotic Properties And Separation Rates For Navier-Stokes Flows, Patrick Michael Phelps
Asymptotic Properties And Separation Rates For Navier-Stokes Flows, Patrick Michael Phelps
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this dissertation, we investigate asymptotic properties of local energy solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations and develop an application which controls the separation of non-unique solutions in this class. Specifically, we quantify the rate at which two, possibly unique solutions evolving from the same data may separate pointwise away from a singularity. This is motivated by recent results on non-uniqueness for forced and unforced Navier-Stokes and analytical and numerical evidence suggesting non-uniqueness in the Leray class. Our investigation begins with discretely self-similar solutions known to exist globally in time and to be regular outside a space-time paraboloid. We prove decay …
An Investigation On The Effect Of Conserved Hinge Histidine On Influenza Hemagglutinin(Ha2) Protein Conformation Using Md Simulations, Nada Tolba
Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Honors Theses
Hemagglutinin is a protein on the surface of Human Influenza Viruses.1 It is composed of two glycopolypeptide domains, the HA1 and HA2 domains. Previous studies have found that across different strains of Influenza viruses, HIS435 residues remain conserved.4 In studies where mutations occurred in hinge-site histadine residues, the Influenza virus was inactive.4 These investigations indicated a significant role of HIS435 (hinge-site histadines) in virulence. Four systems were created using Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Each system was composed of an Isolated HA2 trimer solvated in a 150 mM NaCl rectangular water box at 310 K under isobaric and …
Characterization Of 2d Quantum Materials Using Ai And Large-Scale Quantum Data Collection, Apoorva Bisht
Characterization Of 2d Quantum Materials Using Ai And Large-Scale Quantum Data Collection, Apoorva Bisht
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
2D materials like hexagonal boron nitride, graphene, and tungsten diselenide are widely utilized for studying their unique mechanical and opto-electronic properties to exploit them to make transistors and fabricating a variety of other devices. All these applications require that the 2D materials used be of specific uniform thickness. Until very recently, this process has been largely manual and tedious. However, few applications exploit the characteristic color-to-thickness correspondence of these near-transparent materials. To continue this effort, in this work we create a large-scale dataset for three different materials (hBN, graphene, and WSe$_2$) to train and test an image segmentation model along …
The Use Of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer And Bent Dna To Study Dna And Ion Interactions, Kaitlin Bullard
The Use Of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer And Bent Dna To Study Dna And Ion Interactions, Kaitlin Bullard
Physics Undergraduate Honors Theses
Studying DNA interactions is advantageous to developments in the medical field since DNA and its interactions affect our health greatly. In addition, it is important to understand how the bendability of DNA depends on metal ions, which are essential for various fundamental processes in cells. In this work, we investigate the use of FRET and self-assembled bent DNA molecules to quantify DNA interactions with magnesium ions. We measured that the FRET efficiency increased at higher concentrations of magnesium ions. We also ran simulations to further understand the mechanisms. These observations show that magnesium ions increase the stability and flexibility of …