Thesis and Dissertation Archive
This is a repository of all thesis and dissertations from M.S. and Ph.D. students in the Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics. Each link directs to an OhioLINK page to view the thesis/dissertation document.
Measurements of Nonlinear Optical and Damage Properties of Selected Contemporary Semiconductor Materials, Amelia Carpenter, Ph.D.
Experimental Study on the Effects of OAM Beams Propagating through Atmospheric Turbulence, HaoLun Wu, M.S.
Object Detection and Classification Based on Point Separation Distance Features of Point Cloud Data, JiajieJi, M.S.
Room Temperature Photoluminescence of Intrinsic and Doped Bulk Germanium using Additional Excitation Source, Vijay Amir Gregory, M.S.
Tunable Filters for Novel Optical Components, Roseanna Lawandi, Ph.D.
Forecasting the Scintillation Index Using Neural Networks, Mohammad Al Ghezi, M.S.
Investigation of Transient Brillouin Scattering in Optical Fibers Under Pulsed Beam Excitation, Michael Mueller, M.S.
Phase Retrieval and 3d Topography Using Transport of Intensity, Nouf Ali Alanazi, Ph.D.
Volume Reflection Gratings in Photorefractive Materials, Austin Scott, Ph.D.
Study of Light Emission from GeSbTe Phase-Change Materials Due to Doping, Brandon Hilton, M.S.
Optical Image Processing of 2-D and 3-D Objects Using Digital Holography,
Eric Smith, M.S.
Piezo-Electric Ringing in Deuterated Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Electrooptic Crystals, Ethan James VanTilburg, M.S.
Optimizing Performance of Coherent Lidar Systems Using Photon-Counting Arrays, Maureen Elizabeth Szymanski, Ph.D.
Generation of Hyperentangled N00N States with Radial and Orbital Angular Momentum Laguerre-Gauss Modes and Detection-Basis Control, Jose Cesar Guerra Vazquez, Ph.D.
Compact Energy Efficient 1-D Photonic Crystal Cavity Electro-Optical Switch, Jianhao Shen, M.S.
A Maskless Lithography System Based On Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) And Metalens Array, Shiqi Luo, M.S.
Analysis of Propagation Across Multilayered Metamaterials for Subwavelength Focusing and Bandpass Filtering Applications, Guo Chen, M.S.
Characterization of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes Using a Black Body Source, Alexander Skender, M.S.
Photon-assisted Electron Tunneling in Metal-insulator-metal Rectenna Structures, Shuo Sun, Ph.D.
Focusing Properties of Vectorial Optical Fields and Their Applications, Elforjani Jera, Ph.D.
Nanopatterning of Phase Change Material Ge2SbTe5 towards Novel and Improved Reconfigurable Photonic Devices, Joshua Burrow, Ph.D.
Experimental Investigation of Ge1-XSnX Waveguide Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Theoretical Modeling Development, Zairui Li, Ph.D.
Numerical Modeling of Photoresist Profiles in Laser Interference Lithography, Gongxu Bai, M.S.
Spatiotemporal Manipulation of Optical Vortices, Yimin Zang, Ph.D.
Phase Change Materials for Optoelectronic Devices and Memories: Characterization and Implementation, Gary Sevison, Ph.D.
Nanopatterned Phase Change Material for Mid-Infrared Tunable Optical Filters using Germanium Antimony Telluride, Dylan Morden, M.S.
Noise Function Turbulence Optical Phase Screens and Physics Based Rendering, Joseph Riley, Ph.D.
Applications of Structured Light to 3D Surface Topography Using Moire Pattern and to 3D Imaging of Phase Objects, Haiyun Guo, M.S.
Optical Propagation in Anisotropic Metamaterials: Application to Analysis and Design of Metallo-Dielectric Filters, Hammid AL-Ghezi, Ph.D.
Temporal Manipulation of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Via Temporal Airy Profile, Fanli Wei, M.S.
Effect of Spectral Filtering on Pulse Dynamics of Ultrafast Fiber Oscillators at Normal Dispersion, Ankita Khanolkar, Ph.D.
Study of Nano-Transfer Technology for Additive Nanomanufacturing and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, Jiaqi Li, M.S.
Measurement of Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Co-Sputtered SiO2-Ta2O5 Thin Films, Maggie Lankford, M.S.
Evaluating and Correcting 3D Flash LiDAR Imagers, Andrew Reinhardt, Ph.D.
Detection and Pulse Shaping of Continuous Wave and Pulsed Broadband Light, Zhanibek Bolatbek, M.S.
Forecasting Atmospheric Turbulence Conditions From Prior Environmental Parameters Using Artificial Neural Networks: An Ensemble Study, Mitchell Grose, M.S.
Applications of Digital Holography in Direct Phase Retrieval Using Transport of Intensity and in 3D Surface Feature Extraction, Haowen Zhou, M.S.
Comparative Analysis of Atmospheric Turbulence-induced Laser Power Fluctuations in a Monolithic and Tiled Optical Receiver System, Marcos Valero, M.S.
An Investigation of the Optical and Physical Properties of Lead Magnesium Niobate-Lead Titanate Ceramic, Michael Wagner, M.S.
Elliptical Vortex Beams Through Turbulent Atmosphere, Emmanuel Narváez Castañeda, M.S.
Transformative Manufacturing of 2D Material for THZ Resonator, Yihan Liu, M.S.
Structured Light from Pupil Plane to Focal Field, Sichao Zhou, Ph.D.
Generation and Measurement of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortices, Jingyi Wang, M.S.
Additive Nanomanufacturing based on Opto-Thermo-Mechanical Nano-Printing, Md Shah Alam, Ph.D.
Design and Fabrication of Suspended Waveguides With Photonic Grating Structures, David Lombardo, Ph.D.
High Peak Power Cavity Dumped Two Micron Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers, Jacob Hoehler, M.S.
Active and Ultrasensitive Chemical and Biosensing through Optothermally Generated Microbubble, Farzia Karim, Ph.D.
Effective Nonlinear Susceptibilities of Metal-Insulator and Metal-Insulator-Metal Nanolayered Structures, Mallik Hussain, Ph.D.
Engineering of Temperature Profiles for Location-Specific Control of Material Micro-Structure in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing, George Lewandowski, M.S.
Computational Phase Correction of a Partially Coherent Multi-Aperture System, Sarah Krug, Ph.D.
Registration Algorithms for Flash Inverse Synthetic Aperture LiDAR, John Hennen, Ph.D.
Confocal Scanning Imaging System for Surface Characterization in Additive Manufacturing System, Yujie Yang, M.S.
Growth of Optical Quality Lead Magnesium Niobate-Lead Titanate Thick Films, Kyle French, M.S.
Growth, Optimization, and Characterization of Transition Metal Nitrides and Transition Metal Oxides for Electronic and Optical Applications, Zachary Biegler, M.S.
Directional Emission of Light in Hyperbolic Metamaterials and Its Application in Miniature Polarimeter, Hongwei Chen, Ph.D.
Dynamics of Laser-Induced 3D Microbubbles in an Absorbing Liquid, Yunyang Li, M.S.
Quantum Nonlinear Optics, Xuesong Gao, M.S.
Nanoparticle Manipulation with a Laser-Induced Surface Bubble and Its Application, Yuwen Li, M.S.
Fourier Filter Integration on In-house Fabricated P-N Photodetectors, Roseanna Lawandi, M.S.
Nonlinear Microscopy Based on Femtosecond Fiber Laser, Xiaowei Ge, M.S.
Thulium Mode-Locked Fiber Laser, Jordan Adams, M.S.
Silicon-Based Infrared Photodetectors for Low-Cost Imaging Applications, Joshua Duran, Ph.D.
Application of PN-Heterojunctions in Photorefractive Liquid Crystal Light Valves, Ighodalo Idehenre, Ph.D.
Multi-aperture Phase-contrast Sensor for Complex Field Retrieval in Strong Scintillations, Behzad Bordbar, Ph.D.
Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials, Pengfei Guo, Ph.D.
Direct Observation of Conservation of Orbital Angular Momentum in Collinear Type-I Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion, Carlos Sevilla, M.S.
Polarization Signatures in Vector Space, Diane Beamer, Ph.D.
Study of Cobalt-doped Cadmium Telluride for Solid-State Laser Applications, James Turner, M.S.
Silicon Compatible Short-Wave Infrared Photonic Devices, Gary Sevison, M.S.
Simulation of the Optical Loop Mirror in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers, Yimin Zang, M.S.
Electro-Optic Range Signatures of Canonical Targets Using Direct Detection LIDAR, Edward Ruff, M.S.
Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source, John Zimnicki, M.S.
True 3D Digital Holographic Tomography for Virtual Reality Applications, Alexander Downham, M.S.
Mid-IR Ultrafast Laser Inscribed Waveguides and Devices, Sean McDaniel, Ph.D.
Multiple Charge Carrier Species and Their Effects in Photorefractive Two-Beam Coupling in Potassium Niobate, Michael Amonson, M.S.
Quantitative Analysis of 3D Images Formed Using Range Compressed Holography, Thomas Welsh, M.S.
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Ladar Using Code Division Multiple Access Apertures, Andrew Stokes, Ph.D.
Characterization and Correction of Spatial Misalignment in Head-Mounted Displays, Mitchell Bauer, M.S.
Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Synthetic Aperture Ladar Imaging Performance, Bryce Schumm, Ph.D.
4-Gap Asymmetric Terahertz Metasurfaces, Joshua Burrow, M.S.
Non Iterative Multi-Aperture and Multi-Illuminator Phasing for High Resolution Coherent Imaging, Jeffrey Kraczek, Ph.D.
Incoherent Imaging in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Refractivity, Zhijun Yang, Ph.D.
Signature Stability in Laser Doppler Vibrometry, Thomas Iverson, M.S.
Low Noise Frequency Comb Sources Based on Synchronously Pumped Doubly Resonant Optical Parametric Oscillators, Chenchen Wan, Ph.D.
Cascaded Orientation-Patterned Gallium Arsenide Optical Parametric Oscillator for Improved Longwave Infrared Conversion Efficiency, Ryan Feaver, Ph.D.
Spectral Filter Array for Multispectral Imaging, Chuan Ni, Ph.D.
Bi-tapered Fiber Sensor Using a Supercontinuum Light Source for a Broad Spectral Range, Diego Garcia Mina, Ph.D.
Nonlinear Electromagnetic Radiation from Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel Junctions, Mallik Hussain, M.S.
Intense, Ultrashort Pulse, Vector Wave Propagation in Optical Fibers, Mohammad Almanee, Ph.D.
Range Compressed Holographic Aperture Ladar, Jason Stafford, Ph.D.
Design and Implementation of Transmission-Modulated Photoconductive Decay System for Recombination Lifetime Measurements, Emily Erdman, M.S.
Optical Parametric Amplification in Orientation-Patterned GaAs Waveguides, Bradley DeShano, M.S.
3-Dimensional Photonic Circuits for Quantum Information Processing, Michael Buzbee, M.S.
Design of an Optical Response System for Characterization of Hyperoped Silicon Photodetectors, Yining Liu, M.S.
Characterization of an Adaptive Optics System for Vision Studies, Yu Bai, M.S.
Coupled Wave Analysis of Two-Dimensional Second Order Surface-Emitting Distributed Feedback Lasers, Yangfei Shen, M.S.
Complex Optical Fields Generation Using a Vectorial Optical Field Generator, Sichao Zhou, M.S.
Low Noise All Optical Switch and GeSn Laser for Silicon Photonics, Yun Zhao, M.S.
Fiber Based Mode Locked Fiber Laser Using Kerr Effect, Long Wang, Ph.D.
Analysis and Applications of Novel Optical Single - and Multi - Layer Structures, Han Li, Ph.D.
Room Temperature Lasing in GeSn Alloys, Zairui Li, M.S.
Suppression of Moire Patterns in Digital Holography, Peiyun Li, M.S.
Deposition Methods and Thermoresistive Properties of Vanadium Oxide and Amorphous Silicon Thin Films, Mengyang Zou, M.S.
Fabrication and Characterization of Photodiodes for Silicon Nanowire Applications and Backside Illumination, Ying Xu, M.S.
Optical Beam Scanning Using Potassium Tantalate Niobate, Hongwei Chen, M.S.
Generation of Versatile Vortex Linear Light Bullets, Xin Huang, M.S.
Digital Phase Correction of a Partially Coherent Sparse Aperture System, Sarah Krug, M.S.
The Effect of Baffles and Entrance Ports on the Measured Reflectance of Diffuse and Specular Samples in the Integrating Sphere, Katherine Duncan-Chamberlin, M.S.
Applications of Induced Gratings in Nonlinear Media, Uitha Abeywickrema, Ph.D.
Accurate Determination of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Cadmium Magnesium Telluride, David Lombardo, M.S.
Engineering Electromagnetic Wave Properties Using Subwavelength Antennas Structures, Shiyi Wang, Ph.D.
Spin Hall effect of vortex beams, Zhicheng Xiao, M.S.
Nonlinear systems for frequency conversion from IR to RF, Brian Dolasinski, Ph.D.
Degenerate Frequency Two Beam Coupling in Organic Media Via Phase Modulation, Jonathan Slagle, M.S.
Tapered Optical Fiber Platform for High Sensitivity Refractive Index Sensing Applications, Amit Negari, M.S.
Nanoimprint Fabrication of Wire-grid Polarizers Using Deep-UV Interference Lithography, Junxin Wang, M.S.
Evaluation of Digital Holographic Reconstruction Techniques for Use in One-shot Multi-angle Holographic Tomography, Haipeng Liu, M.S.
Propagation Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Wave Packets, Qian Cao, M.S.
Effects of Different Wetting Layers on the Growth of Smooth Ultra-thin Silver Thin Films, Chuan Ni, M.S.
Noninterferometric tomographic reconstruction of 3D static and dynamic amplitude and phase objects, Memarzadeh, Sarvenaz, M.S.
World Wide Study of the Performance of a Sodium Guidestar, Steven Zuraski, M.S.
Characterizing Phase Noise for Beam Steering Devices, Shane Gillespie, M.S.
Digital Holography for Three Dimensional Tomographic and Topographic Measurements, Logan Williams, Ph.D.
Fabrication of a Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymer Ridge Waveguide Electro-Optic Modulator by Nanoimprint Lithography, Emily Fehrman Cory, Ph.D.
Wet Etching Optical Fibers to Sub-micron Diameters for Sensing Application, Ziruo Cui, M.S.
Analysis of Joint Effects of Refraction and Turbulence on Laser Beam Propagation in the Atmosphere, David Bricker, M.S.
Numerical Study on the Characteristics of Metal Insulator Metal Diode Integrated with Spiral Optical Antenna, Zhijun Yang, M.S.
Phase Noise Analysis of 3D Images From a Two Wavelength Coherent Imaging System, Benjamin Dapore, M.S.
Optical Vortex Beams: Generation, Propagation and Applications, Wen Cheng, Ph.D.
Engineering of Complex Optical Fields and Its Applications, Wei Han, Ph.D.
Evanescent and Plasmonic Sensing Using Linear and Radial Polarization Modes in Tapered Microfibers, Ighodalo Idehenre, M.S.
Study of Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes for Photodetection, Li Li, Ph.D.
LADAR: A Mono-static System for Sense and Avoid Applications, Cullen Bradley, M.S.
Propagation of Gaussian Beams Through a Modified von Karman Phase Screen, Eric Whitfield, M.S.
Signal to Noise Ratio Effects on Aperture Synthesis for Digital Holographic Ladar, Maureen Crotty, M.S.
Wavefront Control With Realistic Spatial Light Modulator in a Multi-aperture Imager, Guimin Wu, M.S.
Optical Tweezers Using Cylindrical Vector Beams, Chenchen Wan, M.S.
Sensor Hardening Through Translation of the Detector from the Focal Plane, Marc Finet, M.S.
Seeded, Gain-switched Chromium Doped Zinc Selenide Amplifier, Sean McDaniel, M.S.
Fluorescence Enhancement using One-dimensional Photonic Band Gap Multilayer Structure, Jian Gao, Ph.D.
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier as a Phase Modulator for Short-Pulse Synthetic Aperture Ladar and Vibrometry, Jennifer Carns, Ph.D.
Doppler Shift Analysis for a Holographic Aperture Ladar System, Ross Bobb, M.S.
Demonstrated Resolution Enhancement Capability of a Stripmap Holographic Aperture Ladar System, Samuel Venable, M.S.
Transfer Matrix Approach to Propagation of Angular Plane Wave Spectra Through Metamaterial Multilayer Structures, Han Li, M.S.
Super-resolution and Nonlinear Absorption with Metallodielectric Stacks, Nkorni Katte, Ph.D.
Generation and Detection of Coherent Pulse Trains in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Through Optical Parametric Amplification, Dayen Voratovic, M.S.
Analysis of Atmospheric Turbulence Effects on Laser Beam Propagation Using Multi-Wavelength Laser Beacons, Joseph Reierson, M.S.
Longwave-Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillator in Orientation-Patterned Gallium Arsenide, Ryan Feaver, M.S.
Piston Phase Measurements to Accelerate Image Reconstruction in Multi-Aperture Systems, Jeffrey Kraczek, M.S.
Talbot Imaging in Multi-mode Optical Fibers with Periodic Multiple Sub-apertures, Long Wang, M.S.
Theoretical and experimental study of Terahertz wave generation in waveguides, Chen Ye, M.S.
Speckle Statistics of Articulating Objects, Dallis Conrad III, M.S.
Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Subwavelength Metallic Structures, Zhi Wu, Ph.D.
Ion Implantation Study of Be in InSb for Photodiode Fabrication, Josh Duran, M.S.
Diode-Pumped, 2-Micron, Q-Switched Tm:YAG Microchip Laser, Charles Phelps, M.S.
Stretch Processing Of Simultaneous, Segmented Bandwidth Linear Frequency Modulation In Coherent Ladar, Robert Brown, M.S.
Design and Analysis of a Poled-Polymer Electro-Optic Modulator with a Strip-Loaded Waveguide Structure, Antonio Davis, Ph.D.
Wave Propagation through Multi-layer Metallo-dielectrics: Application to Super-resolution, Jean Bosco Serushema, M.S.
Beam Switching of an Nd:YAG Laser Using Domain Engineered Prisms in Magnesium Oxide Doped Congruent Lithium Niobate, Jonathan Evans, M.S.
The Growth of Columnar Thin Films and Their Characterization Within the Visible and Near Infrared Spectral Bands, Benjamin Booso, M.S.
Investigation of Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulators to Simulate Speckle Fields, Jared Cordray, M.S.
Development of High Power Fiber Laser Technologies, Renjie Zhou, M.S.Sparse Frequency Laser Radar Signal Modeling and Doppler Processing, Eric Bailey, M.S.
Versatile Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Infrared Laser Sources, Patrick Berry, Ph.D.