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Tunable Nanostructure Anti-Reflective Coatings, Erik Brinley
Tunable Nanostructure Anti-Reflective Coatings, Erik Brinley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Research was conducted on broadband, anti-reflective coatings for fused silica and chalcogenide substrates in the infrared region of light. Using chemical preparation to create nano-porous through nano-particle based sol-gel solutions, the alteration of optical properties including refractive index and optical thickness was conducted. The nano-particles can modify the coating surface to allow only zero-order diffracted wave propagation reducing scattering while a partially graded profile of refractive index due surface evaporation lessened the precise phase relations of typical homogeneous coatings. My study of silica and titania sol-gel, and hybrid mixtures of the two were used to obtain the optical properties of …
Modeling Of Liquid Crystal Display And Photonic Devices, Zhibing Ge
Modeling Of Liquid Crystal Display And Photonic Devices, Zhibing Ge
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Liquid crystal (LC) materials have been widely applied in electro-optical devices, among which display is the most successful playground and numerous new applications in photonic areas (such as laser beam steering devices) are also emerging. To well guide the device design for optimum performance, accurate modeling is of prior and practical importance. Generally, the modeling of LC devices includes two parts in sequence: accurate LC molecule deformation extraction under external electric fields and optical calculation thereafter for the corresponding electro-optical behaviors. In this dissertation, first, hybrid finite element method and finite difference method are developed to minimize the free energy …