Past Dissertations 2012-2004
2012
Fluorescence Enhancement using one dimensional Photonic Band Gap Multilayer Structure
Jian Gao, Aug-12, Advisor: Qiwen Zhan
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier as a Phase Modulator for Short Pulse Synthetic Aperture Ladar and Vibrometry
Jennifer Carns, May-12, Advisor: Bradley Duncan
2011
Super-Resolution and Nonlinear Absorbtion with Metallodielectric Stacks
Nkorni Katte, Dec-11, Advisor: Joe Haus
Design,Fabrication,and Characterization of Subwavelength Metallic Structures
Zhi Wu, Aug-11, Advisor: Qiwen Zhan
2010
Versatile Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Mid-Infrared Laser Sources for Scientific and Military Applications.
Patrick Berry May-10 Advisor: Peter Powers
Building and Testing a High Spatial Resolution Nulling Microellipsometer Using Rotational Polarization.
Alain Tschimwang May-10 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan
2009
Effects of Multiple Photon Scattering in Deciduous Tree Canopies.
Michael Greiner Dec-09 Advisor: Bradley Duncan
Focus Engineering with Spatially Variant Polarization for Nanometer Scale Applications.
Weibin Chen Dec-09 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan
Profile Control and Etching Mechanisms in an Inductively Coupled Plasma for Silicon, Silicon Dioxide and Lithium Niobate.
Lirong Sun Dec-09 Advisor: Qiwen Zhan
Theoretical and Computational Design of Terahertz Frequency Quantum Cascade Lasers.
Adam Cooney May-09 Advisor: Andrew Sarangan
Accurate Determination of Nonlinear Optical Parameters of Semiconductors at Infrared Wavelengths.
Leonel Gonzalez May-09 Advisor: Peter Powers
2008
Two Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Anisotropic Constituents and Their Propagation Characteristics.
Mohammad Siraj Dec-08 Advisor: Joseph Haus
Cascaded crystal optical parametric amplifier model using measured complex beam profiles and its experimental validation.
Anup Pandey May-08 Advisor: Joseph Haus / Peter Powers
Femtosecond Laser Micromachining Technology and Materials Processing and Evaluation.
G. Logan DesAutels May-08 Advisor: Peter Powers
2007
Self-pumped Gaussian Beam-Coupling and Stimulated Backscatter due to Reflection Gratings in Photorefractive Material.
Mohammad Saleh Aug-07 Advisor: Partha Banerjee
2006
Imaging Diffractometer with Holographic Encoding Enhancements for Laser Sensing and Characterization.
Joseph III Binford Dec-06 Advisor: Bradley Duncan
One and Two Dimensional Surface Emmision Distributed Feedback Lasers Based on MEH-PPV.
Aziz Mahfoud Familia Dec-06 Advisor: Andrew Sarangan
Free-Space Optical Communications Performance Enhancement by Use of a Single Adaptive Optics.
Jason Schmidt Dec-06 Advisor: Bradley Duncan
Resonant Cavity Enhanced (RCE) Techniques for Increasing the Efficiency of Quantum Well Photodetectors.
Jang Pyo Kim May-06 Advisor: Andrew Sarangan
The Development of an All-DNA-Based Electro-Optic Waveguide Modulator.
Emily Heckman May-06 Advisor: Perry Yaney
2005
Narrow Linewidth Terahertzgeneration from Two Seeded Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Optical Parametric Generators and Applications.
Rashid Alkuwari Dec-05 Advisor: Peter Powers
Photonic Band Gap Enhanced Second-harmonic Generation in a Planar Lithium Niobate Waveguide.
Cong Deng Aug-05 Advisor: Joseph Haus
2004
Numerical Analysis of Broad-band Optical Parametrical Generation in Periodically-Poled LiNbO3 and Novel Structure Design.
Yiyi Guan Dec-04 Advisor: Joseph Haus
Michael Eismann May-04 Advisor: Russell Hardie