Thesis and Dissertations from CaltechTHESIS
- Wray, Parker Ryan (2024) How
to Make Small Things Do Big Things: Exploring Engineered Disorder for
Massively Scalable Metasurfaces and Metamaterials; 10.7907/kvz3-jn93
- Akbari, Hamidreza (2024) Characterization
and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride; 10.7907/qz1v-3696
- Phelan, Megan Elisabeth (2023) Optimization
of Photovoltaic Performance for Luminescent Solar Concentrator
Systems; 10.7907/aqhb-s069
- Lucas, Éowyn (2023) Advancement
of Asymmetric Bipolar Membranes for Tailoring Chemical Environments in
Electrochemical Systems; 10.7907/jken-ty64
- Biswas, Souvik (2023) Electro-Optic
Excitations in van der Waals Materials for Active Nanophotonics; 10.7907/tz4z-ed06
- Glaudell, Rebecca Denise (2022) Interface
Optimization for Improved Photovoltaic Devices; 10.7907/kxdy-h496
- Jahelka, Phillip Robert (2022) Progress
in Low-Cost Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells; 10.7907/btbp-6h76
- Bauser, Haley Coddington (2022) High
Contrast Nanophotonics for Scalable Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels;
10.7907/2xqd-c773
- Needell, David Robert (2022) High-Efficiency
Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications; 10.7907/5r7z-zd88
- Loke, Samuel Pei Hao (2022) Photovoltaic
Technologies Developed for Space-Based Solar Power; 10.7907/6jhy-2623
- Went, Cora Margaret (2022) Two-Dimensional
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Ultrathin Solar Cells; 10.7907/xrxk-3q08
- Welch, Alexandra Justine (2022) Understanding
and Optimizing the Local Catalyst Environment in CO₂ Reduction
Electrodes; 10.7907/4s78-cq55
- Kim, Yonghwi (2022) Light
Modulation with Vanadium Dioxide-Based Optical Devices; 10.7907/pkxj-9584
- Wong, Joeson (2022) Optoelectronic
Physics and Engineering of Atomically Thin Photovoltaics; 10.7907/pxk0-3d19
- Lin, Wei-Hsiang (2021) Synthesis
of 2D Quantum Materials for Nanoelectronic and Nanophotonic
Applications; 10.7907/vh7k-4w84
- Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh (2021) Electro-Optically
Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of
Light; 10.7907/m554-as73
- Cheng, Wen-Hui (Sophia) (2020) Towards
High Solar to Fuel Efficiency: From Photonic Design, Interface Study, to
Device Integration; 10.7907/kd6a-xt88
- Tokpanov, Yury (2020) 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) Using
DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for
Single-Photon Emitters; 10.7907/kqaj-ex65
- Whitney, William Schuyler (2019) Electrically-Tunable
Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Materials; 10.7907/KKB7-KN62
- Kim, Laura (2019) Novel
Light Emitting Mechanisms Originating from Graphene Plasmons Near and
Far from Equilibrium; 10.7907/1CDC-HV37
- Fleischman, Dagny (2019) Nanophotonic
Structures: Fundamentals and Applications in Narrowband Transmission
Color Filtering; 10.7907/RA1G-GS84
- Yalamanchili, Sisir (2019) Light
Management in Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemical Cells using Tapered
Micro and Nano Structures; 10.7907/RRYM-VK03
- Mauser, Kelly Ann Weekley (2019) Resonant
Thermoelectric Nanophotonics: Applications in Spectral and Thermal
Sensing; 10.7907/0HJF-X691
- Brouillet, Jeremy Jean (2019) Graphene-Mediated
Light-Matter Interaction; 10.7907/VRFE-ZY57
- Omelchenko, Stefan Thomas (2019) Towards
a Net-zero Carbon Energy System: High Efficiency Photovoltaics and
Electrocatalysts; 10.7907/B6AS-EA22
- Bukowsky, Colton Robert (2019) Scalable
Nanophotonic Light Management Design for Solar Cells; 10.7907/J5FG-1B48
- Peng, Siying (2018) 2D
and 3D Photonic Crystals: Synthesis, Characterization and Topological
Phenomenon; 10.7907/Z9NZ85V2
- Papadakis, Georgia Theano (2018) Optical
Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to
Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials; 10.7907/Z97H1GS1
- Lloyd, John Vickery (2018) Optoelectronic
Design and Prototyping of Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics; 10.7907/G1CG-E962
- Sherrott, Michelle Caroline (2018) Active
Infrared Nanophotonics in van der Waals Materials; 10.7907/Z9J964M8
- Kim, Seyoon (2017) Electronically
Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics;
10.7907/Z9ZW1HXJ
- Verlage, Erik A. (2017) High-Efficiency
Solar Fuel Devices: Protection and Light Management Utilizing TiO2;
10.7907/Z9MC8X2P
- Batara, Nicolas Anthony (2017) Spontaneous
Pattern Formation in Photoelectrodeposited Semiconductor Films; 10.7907/Z98S4MZ4
- Darbe, Sunita (2017) Optics
for High-Efficiency Full Spectrum Photovoltaics; 10.7907/Z96W9833
- Flowers, Cristofer Addison (2017) Full
Spectrum Ultrahigh Efficiency Photovoltaics: System Design, Integration,
and Characterization; 10.7907/Z9DF6P90
- Emmer, Hal S. (2016) Paths
Towards High Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics; 10.7907/Z9RV0KN6
- Shing, Amanda M. (2016) Development
of Zn-IV-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices; 10.7907/Z94Q7RXJ
- Tolstova, Yulia (2016) Cu₂O
Heterojunction Photovoltaics; 10.7907/Z92V2D22
- Shaner, Matthew Reed (2016) An
Experimental and Technoeconomic Study of Silicon Microwire Arrays for
Fuel Production Using Solar Energy; 10.7907/Z98C9T7Z
- Coronel, Naomi Cristina (2016) Earth-Abundant
Zinc-IV-Nitride Semiconductors; 10.7907/Z9CF9N28
- Chen, Christopher Tien (2016) Heteroepitaxy
of Group IV and Group III-V semiconductor alloys for photovoltaic
applications; 10.7907/Z9KW5CX0
- Eisler, Carissa Nicole (2016) Photonic
and Device Design Principles for Ultrahigh-Efficiency (>50%),
Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics; 10.7907/Z9PN93HB
- Brown, Ana Maii (2016) Classical
and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals; 10.7907/Z9QV3JHT
- Callahan, Dennis Michael (2015) Nanophotonic
Light Trapping In Thin Solar Cells; 10.7907/Z92N506Z
- Fountaine, Katherine Theresa (2015) Mesoscale
Optoelectronic Design of Wire-Based Photovoltaic and
Photoelectrochemical Devices; 10.7907/Z9P26W1K
- Narang, Prineha (2015) Light-Matter
Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics
to Quantum Plasmonics; 10.7907/Z9513W4S
- Wilson, Samantha Stricklin (2015) Zn-VI/Cu2O
Heterojunctions for Earth-Abundant Photovoltaics; 10.7907/Z9N58J9H
- Weitekamp, Raymond Andrew (2015) Multifunctional
Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down; 10.7907/Z90C4SSB
- Fakonas, James Spencer (2015) Quantum
Interference and Entanglement of Surface Plasmons; 10.7907/Z9MG7MD3
- Warmann, Emily Cathryn (2014) Design
Strategies for Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaics; 10.7907/0K8F-9871
- Bosco, Jeffrey Paul (2014) Rational
Design of Zinc Phosphide Heterojunction Photovoltaics; 10.7907/09NG-5E90
- Jeon, Seokmin (2014) Structure,
Chemistry, and Energetics of Organic and Inorganic Adsorbates on Ga-rich
GaAs and GaP(00l) Surfaces; 10.7907/1T2B-J793
- Kosten, Emily Dell (2014) Optical
Designs for Improved Solar Cell Performance; 10.7907/8Y5H-AM79
- Leenheer, Andrew Jay (2013) Light
to Electrons to Bonds: Imaging Water Splitting and Collecting
Photoexcited Electrons; 10.7907/A8ZZ-Z189
- Burgos, Stanley P. (2013) Coupled
Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials,
Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging; 10.7907/N2JK-5318
- Deceglie, Michael Gardner (2013) Advanced
Silicon Solar Cell Device Physics and Design; 10.7907/PV2J-1429
- Turner-Evans, Daniel B. (2013) Wire
Array Photovoltaics; 10.7907/8E75-WH21
- Jang, Min Seok (2013) Plasmonics
and Electron Optics in Graphene; 10.7907/59RB-9653
- Darvish, Davis Solomon (2013) Cu₂O
Substrates and Epitaxial Cu₂O/ZnO Thin Film Heterostructures for Solar
Energy Conversion; 10.7907/0KEM-KG56
- Kimball, Gregory Michael (2012) Zn₃P₂
and Cu₂O Substrates for Solar Energy Conversion; 10.7907/Q4F1-H538
- Miller, Gerald Matthew (2012) Electron
Transport in Silicon Nanocrystal Devices: From Memory Applications to
Silicon Photonics; 10.7907/FAZ1-XZ98
- Langeland, Krista S. (2012) Thin-Film
Silicon Photovoltaics: Characterization of Thin-Film Deposition and
Analysis of Enhanced Light Trapping from Scattering Nanoparticle
Arrays; 10.7907/ZS04-AH18
- Pryce, Imogen Mary (2011) Resonant
Metallic Nanostructures for Active Metamaterials and Photovoltaics;
10.7907/1RB7-ME80
- Ferry, Vivian Eleanor (2011) Light
Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells; 10.7907/AMD4-Q845
- Briggs, Ryan Morrow (2011) Hybrid
Silicon Nanophotonic Devices: Enhancing Light Emission, Modulation, and
Confinement; 10.7907/G19Z-CY24
- Putnam, Morgan Charles (2010) Si
Microwire-Array Solar Cells; 10.7907/JSVM-J029
- Hofmann, Carrie Elizabeth (2010) Optics
at the Nanoscale: Light Emission in Plasmonic Nanocavities; 10.7907/B774-EW86
- Kelzenberg, Michael David (2010) Silicon
Microwire Photovoltaics; 10.7907/99RA-7Z65
- Diest, Kenneth Alexander (2010) Active
Metal-Insulator-Metal Plasmonic Devices; 10.7907/7J9Z-N927
- Kayes, Brendan Melville (2009) Radial
pn Junction, Wire Array Solar Cells; 10.7907/X9WE-V642
- Dionne, Jennifer Anne (2009) Flatland
Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic
Architectures; 10.7907/3DCC-CZ57
- Dicken, Matthew James (2009) Active
Oxide Nanophotonics; 10.7907/WPBT-C144
- Sweatlock, Luke A. (2008) Plasmonics:
Numerical Methods and Device Applications; 10.7907/8GPE-SB31
- Tanabe, Katsuaki (2008) Low-Cost
High-Efficiency Solar Cells with Wafer Bonding and Plasmonic
Technologies; 10.7907/4W2B-RD63
- Archer, Melissa Jane (2008) Multijunction
Solar Cells on Epitaxial Templates; 10.7907/9CFK-G982
- Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn (2007) Correlating
Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device
Performance; 10.7907/K3BG-N315
- Walters, Robert Joseph (2007) Silicon
Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics; 10.7907/TKXK-8930
- Richardson, Christine Esber (2007) Low-Temperature
Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained
Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices; 10.7907/GG0F-1775
- Feng, Tao (2006) Silicon
Nanocrystal Charging Dynamics and Memory Device Applications; 10.7907/N8JK-ZQ70
- Holunga, Dean Marcu (2006) Aerosol
Technologies for Fabrication, Collection, and Deposition of Engineered
Nanoparticles; 10.7907/42Z7-PY73
- Biteen, Julie Suzanne (2006) Plasmon-Enhanced
Silicon Nanocrystal Luminescence for Optoelectronic Applications; 10.7907/B77G-WS08
- Zahler, James Michael (2005) Materials
Integrations for High-Performance Photovoltaics by Wafer Bonding; 10.7907/05F0-K740
- Brewer, Rhett Ty (2004) 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) Synthesis
of Large-Grained Polycrystalline Silicon by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor
Deposition for Thin Film Photovoltaic Applications; 10.7907/7K9R-VX22
- Casperson, Julie Diane (2004) Design
and Characterization of Layered Tunnel Barriers for Nonvolatile Memory
Applications; 10.7907/D90P-6821
- Maier, Stefan Alexander (2003) Guiding
of Electromagnetic Energy in Subwavelength Periodic Metal
Structures; 10.7907/TKPX-3H40
- Holt, Jason Knowles (2003) Hot-Wire
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon and Silicon Nitride for
Photovoltaics: Experiments, Simulations, and Applications; 10.7907/Z9S6-8J66
- Ragan, Regina (2002) Direct
Energy Bandgap Group IV Alloys and Nanostructures; 10.7907/1WKJ-RZ66
- Chen, Claudine Minnie (2001) Polycrystalline
Silicon Thin Films for Photovoltaics; 10.7907/fgh9-ze28
- Min, Kyu Sung (2000) Synthesis
and properties of light-emitting Si-based nanostructures; 10.7907/tjep-v350
- Taylor, Maggie Elizabeth (1998) Pulsed
laser deposition : energetic growth effects in group iv semiconductor
materials; 10.7907/1vfn-ax53
- Camata, Renato Penha (1998) Aerosol
synthesis and characterization of silicon nanocrystals; 10.7907/n9df-zc75
- Yang, Chih Meng (1997) Manipulation
of Si and Ge Crystallization; 10.7907/3693-9p48
- Shcheglov, Kirill Vadim (1997) Synthesis,
optical and electronic properties of group IV semiconductor
nanocrystals; 10.7907/59ar-ek67
- He, Gang (1997) Novel
group IV alloy semiconductor materials; 10.7907/tett-t906
- Brain, Ruth Amy (1996) Capillary-Driven
Reflow of Thin Cu Films with Submicron, High Aspect Ratio Features;
10.7907/nt1r-kp46
- Murty, M. V. Ramana (1995) Ion-surface
interactions and limits to silicon epitaxy at low temperatures; 10.7907/1vkn-xh33
- Shin, Jung Hoon (1994) Defects
in amorphous silicon : dynamics and role on crystallization; 10.7907/TW9D-5657
- Hashim, Imran (1994) Microstructural
and magnetic properties of polycrystalline and epitaxial permalloy
(Ni80Fe20) multilayered thin films; 10.7907/X1XA-W810
- Tsai, Cho-Jen (1992) Low
energy ion-surface interaction and epitaxial growth in the SiGe
system; 10.7907/886t-t311
- Sercel, Peter C. (1992) Semiconductor
structures in the quantum size regime; 10.7907/cmqv-p871