Advisor: Atwater, Harry, Thesis and Dissertations from CaltechTHESIS

• Needell, David Robert 2022 (PHD) High-Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications 10.7907/5r7z-zd88
• Kim, Yonghwi 2022 (PHD) Light Modulation with Vanadium Dioxide-Based Optical Devices 10.7907/pkxj-9584
• Lin, Wei-Hsiang 2021 (PHD) Synthesis of 2D Quantum Materials for Nanoelectronic and Nanophotonic Applications 10.7907/vh7k-4w84
• Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh 2020 (PHD) Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light 10.7907/m554-as73
• Cheng, Wen-Hui (Sophia) 2020 (PHD) Towards High Solar to Fuel Efficiency: From Photonic Design, Interface Study, to Device Integration 10.7907/kd6a-xt88
• Tokpanov, Yury 2020 (PHD) Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices 10.7907/tg1b-hn35
• Mitskovets, Anna 2020 (PHD) Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters 10.7907/kqaj-ex65
• Whitney, William Schuyler 2019 (PHD) Electrically-Tunable Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Materials 10.7907/KKB7-KN62
• Brouillet, Jeremy Jean 2019 (PHD) Graphene-Mediated Light-Matter Interaction 10.7907/VRFE-ZY57
• Yalamanchili, Sisir 2019 (PHD) Light Management in Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemical Cells using Tapered Micro and Nano Structures 10.7907/RRYM-VK03
• Fleischman, Dagny 2019 (PHD) Nanophotonic Structures: Fundamentals and Applications in Narrowband Transmission Color Filtering 10.7907/RA1G-GS84
• Kim, Laura 2019 (PHD) Novel Light Emitting Mechanisms Originating from Graphene Plasmons Near and Far from Equilibrium 10.7907/1CDC-HV37
• Mauser, Kelly Ann Weekley 2019 (PHD) Resonant Thermoelectric Nanophotonics: Applications in Spectral and Thermal Sensing 10.7907/0HJF-X691
• Bukowsky, Colton Robert 2019 (PHD) Scalable Nanophotonic Light Management Design for Solar Cells 10.7907/J5FG-1B48
• Omelchenko, Stefan Thomas 2019 (PHD) Towards a Net-zero Carbon Energy System: High Efficiency Photovoltaics and Electrocatalysts 10.7907/B6AS-EA22
• Peng, Siying 2018 (PHD) 2D and 3D Photonic Crystals: Synthesis, Characterization and Topological Phenomenon 10.7907/Z9NZ85V2
• Sherrott, Michelle Caroline 2018 (PHD) Active Infrared Nanophotonics in van der Waals Materials 10.7907/Z9J964M8
• Papadakis, Georgia Theano 2018 (PHD) Optical Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials 10.7907/Z97H1GS1
• Lloyd, John Vickery 2018 (PHD) Optoelectronic Design and Prototyping of Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics 10.7907/G1CG-E962
• Kim, Seyoon 2017 (PHD) Electronically Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics 10.7907/Z9ZW1HXJ
• Flowers, Cristofer Addison 2017 (PHD) Full Spectrum Ultrahigh Efficiency Photovoltaics: System Design, Integration, and Characterization 10.7907/Z9DF6P90
• Verlage, Erik A. 2017 (PHD) High-Efficiency Solar Fuel Devices: Protection and Light Management Utilizing TiO2 10.7907/Z9MC8X2P
• Darbe, Sunita 2017 (PHD) Optics for High-Efficiency Full Spectrum Photovoltaics 10.7907/Z96W9833
• Batara, Nicolas Anthony 2017 (PHD) Spontaneous Pattern Formation in Photoelectrodeposited Semiconductor Films 10.7907/Z98S4MZ4
• Shaner, Matthew Reed 2016 (PHD) An Experimental and Technoeconomic Study of Silicon Microwire Arrays for Fuel Production Using Solar Energy 10.7907/Z98C9T7Z
• Brown, Ana Maii 2016 (PHD) Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals 10.7907/Z9QV3JHT
• Tolstova, Yulia 2016 (PHD) Cu₂O Heterojunction Photovoltaics 10.7907/Z92V2D22
• Shing, Amanda M. 2016 (PHD) Development of Zn-IV-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices 10.7907/Z94Q7RXJ
• Coronel, Naomi Cristina 2016 (PHD) Earth-Abundant Zinc-IV-Nitride Semiconductors 10.7907/Z9CF9N28
• Chen, Christopher Tien 2016 (PHD) Heteroepitaxy of Group IV and Group III-V semiconductor alloys for photovoltaic applications 10.7907/Z9KW5CX0
• Emmer, Hal S. 2016 (PHD) Paths Towards High Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics 10.7907/Z9RV0KN6
• Eisler, Carissa Nicole 2016 (PHD) Photonic and Device Design Principles for Ultrahigh-Efficiency (>50%), Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics 10.7907/Z9PN93HB
• Narang, Prineha 2015 (PHD) Light-Matter Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics to Quantum Plasmonics 10.7907/Z9513W4S
• Fountaine, Katherine Theresa 2015 (PHD) Mesoscale Optoelectronic Design of Wire-Based Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Devices 10.7907/Z9P26W1K
• Weitekamp, Raymond Andrew 2015 (PHD) Multifunctional Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down 10.7907/Z90C4SSB
• Callahan, Dennis Michael 2015 (PHD) Nanophotonic Light Trapping In Thin Solar Cells 10.7907/Z92N506Z
• Fakonas, James Spencer 2015 (PHD) Quantum Interference and Entanglement of Surface Plasmons 10.7907/Z9MG7MD3
• Wilson, Samantha Stricklin 2015 (PHD) Zn-VI/Cu2O Heterojunctions for Earth-Abundant Photovoltaics 10.7907/Z9N58J9H
• Warmann, Emily Cathryn 2014 (PHD) Design Strategies for Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaics 10.7907/0K8F-9871
• Kosten, Emily Dell 2014 (PHD) Optical Designs for Improved Solar Cell Performance 10.7907/8Y5H-AM79
• Bosco, Jeffrey Paul 2014 (PHD) Rational Design of Zinc Phosphide Heterojunction Photovoltaics 10.7907/09NG-5E90
• Jeon, Seokmin 2014 (PHD) Structure, Chemistry, and Energetics of Organic and Inorganic Adsorbates on Ga-rich GaAs and GaP(00l) Surfaces 10.7907/1T2B-J793
• Deceglie, Michael Gardner 2013 (PHD) Advanced Silicon Solar Cell Device Physics and Design 10.7907/PV2J-1429
• Burgos, Stanley P. 2013 (PHD) Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging 10.7907/N2JK-5318
• Darvish, Davis Solomon 2013 (PHD) Cu₂O Substrates and Epitaxial Cu₂O/ZnO Thin Film Heterostructures for Solar Energy Conversion 10.7907/0KEM-KG56
• Leenheer, Andrew Jay 2013 (PHD) Light to Electrons to Bonds: Imaging Water Splitting and Collecting Photoexcited Electrons 10.7907/A8ZZ-Z189
• Jang, Min Seok 2013 (PHD) Plasmonics and Electron Optics in Graphene 10.7907/59RB-9653
• Turner-Evans, Daniel B. 2013 (PHD) Wire Array Photovoltaics 10.7907/8E75-WH21
• Kimball, Gregory Michael 2012 (PHD) Zn₃P₂ and Cu₂O Substrates for Solar Energy Conversion 10.7907/Q4F1-H538
• Miller, Gerald Matthew 2012 (PHD) Electron Transport in Silicon Nanocrystal Devices: From Memory Applications to Silicon Photonics 10.7907/FAZ1-XZ98
• Langeland, Krista S. 2012 (PHD) Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaics: Characterization of Thin-Film Deposition and Analysis of Enhanced Light Trapping from Scattering Nanoparticle Arrays 10.7907/ZS04-AH18
• Briggs, Ryan Morrow 2011 (PHD) Hybrid Silicon Nanophotonic Devices: Enhancing Light Emission, Modulation, and Confinement 10.7907/G19Z-CY24
• Ferry, Vivian Eleanor 2011 (PHD) Light Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells 10.7907/AMD4-Q845
• Pryce, Imogen Mary 2011 (PHD) Resonant Metallic Nanostructures for Active Metamaterials and Photovoltaics 10.7907/1RB7-ME80
• Diest, Kenneth Alexander 2010 (PHD) Active Metal-Insulator-Metal Plasmonic Devices 10.7907/7J9Z-N927
• Hofmann, Carrie Elizabeth 2010 (PHD) Optics at the Nanoscale: Light Emission in Plasmonic Nanocavities 10.7907/B774-EW86
• Putnam, Morgan Charles 2010 (PHD) Si Microwire-Array Solar Cells 10.7907/JSVM-J029
• Kelzenberg, Michael David 2010 (PHD) Silicon Microwire Photovoltaics 10.7907/99RA-7Z65
• Dicken, Matthew James 2009 (PHD) Active Oxide Nanophotonics 10.7907/WPBT-C144
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne 2009 (PHD) Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures 10.7907/3DCC-CZ57
• Kayes, Brendan Melville 2009 (PHD) Radial pn Junction, Wire Array Solar Cells 10.7907/X9WE-V642
• Tanabe, Katsuaki 2008 (PHD) Low-Cost High-Efficiency Solar Cells with Wafer Bonding and Plasmonic Technologies 10.7907/4W2B-RD63
• Archer, Melissa Jane 2008 (PHD) Multijunction Solar Cells on Epitaxial Templates 10.7907/9CFK-G982
• Sweatlock, Luke A. 2008 (PHD) Plasmonics: Numerical Methods and Device Applications 10.7907/8GPE-SB31
• Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn 2007 (PHD) Correlating Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device Performance 10.7907/K3BG-N315
• Richardson, Christine Esber 2007 (PHD) Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices 10.7907/GG0F-1775
• Walters, Robert Joseph 2007 (PHD) Silicon Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics 10.7907/TKXK-8930
• Holunga, Dean Marcu 2006 (PHD) Aerosol Technologies for Fabrication, Collection, and Deposition of Engineered Nanoparticles 10.7907/42Z7-PY73
• Biteen, Julie Suzanne 2006 (PHD) Plasmon-Enhanced Silicon Nanocrystal Luminescence for Optoelectronic Applications 10.7907/B77G-WS08
• Feng, Tao 2006 (PHD) Silicon Nanocrystal Charging Dynamics and Memory Device Applications 10.7907/N8JK-ZQ70
• Zahler, James Michael 2005 (PHD) Materials Integrations for High-Performance Photovoltaics by Wafer Bonding 10.7907/05F0-K740
• Casperson, Julie Diane 2004 (PHD) Design and Characterization of Layered Tunnel Barriers for Nonvolatile Memory Applications 10.7907/D90P-6821
• Brewer, Rhett Ty 2004 (PHD) Quantitative Biaxial Texture Analysis with Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction for Ion Beam-Assisted Deposition of MgO and Heteroepitaxy of Perovskite Ferroelectrics 10.7907/J5PY-RS79
• Mason, Maribeth Swiatek 2004 (PHD) Synthesis of Large-Grained Polycrystalline Silicon by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition for Thin Film Photovoltaic Applications 10.7907/7K9R-VX22
• Maier, Stefan Alexander 2003 (PHD) Guiding of Electromagnetic Energy in Subwavelength Periodic Metal Structures 10.7907/TKPX-3H40
• Holt, Jason Knowles 2003 (PHD) Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon and Silicon Nitride for Photovoltaics: Experiments, Simulations, and Applications 10.7907/Z9S6-8J66
• Ragan, Regina 2002 (PHD) Direct Energy Bandgap Group IV Alloys and Nanostructures 10.7907/1WKJ-RZ66
• Chen, Claudine Minnie 2001 (PHD) Polycrystalline silicon thin films for photovoltaics 10.7907/fgh9-ze28
• Ostraat, Michele Louisa 2001 (PHD) Synthesis and characterization of aerosol silicon nanoparticle nonvolatile floating gate memory devices 10.7907/FDGV-GS71
• Min, Kyu Sung 2000 (PHD) Synthesis and properties of light-emitting Si-based nanostructures 10.7907/tjep-v350
• Camata, Renato Penha 1998 (PHD) Aerosol synthesis and characterization of silicon nanocrystals 10.7907/n9df-zc75
• Taylor, Maggie Elizabeth 1998 (PHD) Pulsed laser deposition : energetic growth effects in group iv semiconductor materials 10.7907/1vfn-ax53
• Yang, Chih Meng 1997 (PHD) Manipulation of Si and Ge Crystallization 10.7907/3693-9p48
• He, Gang 1997 (PHD) Novel group IV alloy semiconductor materials 10.7907/tett-t906
• Shcheglov, Kirill Vadim 1997 (PHD) Synthesis, optical and electronic properties of group IV semiconductor nanocrystals 10.7907/59ar-ek67
• Brain, Ruth Amy 1996 (PHD) Capillary-Driven Reflow of Thin Cu Films with Submicron, High Aspect Ratio Features 10.7907/nt1r-kp46
• Murty, M. V. Ramana 1995 (PHD) Ion-surface interactions and limits to silicon epitaxy at low temperatures 10.7907/1vkn-xh33
• Shin, Jung Hoon 1994 (PHD) Defects in amorphous silicon : dynamics and role on crystallization 10.7907/TW9D-5657
• Hashim, Imran 1994 (PHD) Microstructural and magnetic properties of polycrystalline and epitaxial permalloy (Ni80Fe20) multilayered thin films 10.7907/X1XA-W810
• Tsai, Cho-Jen 1992 (PHD) Low energy ion-surface interaction and epitaxial growth in the SiGe system 10.7907/886t-t311
• Sercel, Peter C. 1992 (PHD) Semiconductor structures in the quantum size regime 10.7907/cmqv-p871