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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Mediated White-Light-Emitting Rhodamine Fluorophore Derivatives-Gamma Phase Gallium Oxide Nanostructures

Chiu, Wan Hang Melanie January 2012 (has links)
The global lighting source energy consumption accounts for about 22% of the total electricity generated. New high-efficiency solid-state light sources are needed to reduce the ever increasing demand for energy. Single-phased emitter-based composed of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) nanocrystals and fluorescent dyes can potentially revolutionize the typical composition of phosphors, the processing technology founded on the binding of dye acceptors on the surface of nanocrystals, and the configurations of the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and electroluminescence devices. The hybrid white-light-emitting nanomaterial is based on the expanded spectral range of the donor-acceptor pair (DAP) emission originated from the γ-gallium oxide nanocrystals via Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to the surface-anchored fluorescent dyes. The emission of the nanocrystals and the sensitized emission of the chromophore act in sync as an internal relaxation upon the excitation of the γ–gallium oxide nanocrystals. It extends the lifetime of the secondary fluorescent dye chromophore and the internal relaxation within this hybrid complex act as a sign for a quasi single chromophore. The model system of white-light-emitting nanostructure system developed based on this technology is the γ–gallium oxide nanocrystals-Rhodamine B lactone (RBL) hybrid complex. The sufficient energy transfer efficiency of 31.51% within this system allowed for the generation of white-light emission with the CIE coordinates of (0.3328, 0.3380) at 5483 K. The relative electronic energy differences of the individual components within the hybrid systems based on theoretical computation suggested that the luminance of the nanocomposite comprised of RBL is dominantly mediated by FRET. The production of white-light-emitting diode (WLED) based on this technology have been demonstrated by solution deposition of the hybrid nanomaterials to the commercially available ultraviolet (UV) LED due to the versatility and chemical compatibility of the developed phosphors.
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Polarization-discontinuity-doped two-dimensional electron gas in BaSnO3/LaInO3 heterostructures grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

Hoffmann, Georg 15 September 2023 (has links)
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Wachstum von BaSnO3/LaInO3 (BSO/LIO) Schichten mittels Plasma-unterstützter Molekularstrahlepitaxie (PAMBE). Für die Realisierung der BSO/LIO Heterostruktur müssen zuvor Wege für ein stabiles Herstellungsverfahren sowohl der BSO als auch der LIO Schichten gefunden werden. Aus diesem Grund beschäftigt sich der erste Teil dieser Arbeit mit den Herausforderungen der Suboxidbildung und Suboxidquellen. Das Wissen um Suboxide ist alt, aber es wurde bisher nicht stark in der Anwendung der Oxid-MBE berücksichtig oder benutzt. Engagierte Studien werden in dieser Arbeit durchgeführt, die zeigen, dass bei Suboxidquellen wie z.B. der Mischung aus SnO2 und Sn sich die Einbaukinetik gegenüber einer elementaren Quelle (z.B. Zinn) vereinfacht. Die in dieser Arbeit herausgearbeitete Effizienz der Mischquellen hat bereits dazu geführt, dass weitere Oxide wie Ga2O3 und SnO mit Hilfe von Suboxid-MBE gewachsen wurden. Im zweiten Teil dieser Arbeit werden die entwickelten Quellen genutzt und die BSO und LIO Wachstumsparameter bestimmt, sowie deren Abhängigkeit im Kontext von thermodynamischen Ellinghamdiagrammen diskutiert. Die Besonderheit beim BSO Wachstum liegt dabei auf der Verwendung einer Mischquelle bestehend aus SnO2 + Sn wodurch SnO Suboxid gebildet wird, welches zum Wachstum beiträgt. Ein zwei-dimensionalen Elektronengas an der Grenzfläche der BSO/LIO Heterostruktur wird realisiert durch gezielte Grenzflächenterminierung mit Hilfe einer Zellverschlusssequenz. Durch die Kontrolle der Grenzflächenterminierung im Monolagenbereich können Ladungsträgerkonzentrationen im Bereich um 3 - 5 × 1013 cm−2 und Beweglichkeiten μ > 100 cm2/Vs zuverlässig und reproduzierbar realisiert werden. / The present work investigates the growth of BaSnO3/LaInO3 (BSO/LIO) heterostructures using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE). Prior to the realization of the BSO/LIO heterostructure, ways for stable and reliable growth of both BSO and LIO layers have to be developed. Therefore, the first part of this thesis addresses the challenges of suboxide formation and suboxide sources. The knowledge about suboxides is rather old, however, so far it is barely considered or used in oxide MBE. Dedicated studies performed in this thesis show that for suboxide sources such as a mixture of SnO2 and Sn the growth kinetics simplify compared to an elemental source (e.g., Sn). The efficiency of mixed sources, that is worked out in this thesis, already led to the growth of other oxides such as Ga2O3 or SnO using suboxide MBE. In the second part of this thesis growth parameters for BSO and LIO, using the developed sources, are determined and their dependence in the context of thermodynamic Ellingham diagrams is discussed. The growth of BSO is realized by the use of a mixed source consisting of SnO2 + Sn, which forms SnO suboxide that is contributed to the growth. A two-dimensional electron gas at the interface of the BSO/LIO heterostructure is realized by engineering the interface termination using a controlled cell shutter sequence. By controlling the interface termination down to mono layer precision, charge carrier densities in the range of 3 - 5 × 1013 cm−2 and mobilities μ > 100 cm2/Vs can be achieved reliably and reproducibly.
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Structural and electronic properties of metal oxides

Regoutz, Anna January 2014 (has links)
Metal oxides are of immense technological importance. Their wide variety of structural and electronic characteristics leads to a flexibility unrivalled by other groups of materials. However, there is still much debate about the fundamental properties of some of the most widely used oxides, including TiO<sub>2</sub> and In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. This work presents high quality, in-depth characterisation of these two oxides in pure and doped form, including soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Bulk samples as well as thin film samples were prepared analysed. For the preparation of thin films a high quality sol-gel dip-coating method was developed, which resulted in epitaxial films. In more detail the organisation of the thesis is as follows: Chapter 1 provides an introduction to key ideas related to metal oxides and presents the metal oxides investigated in this thesis, In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, Tl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, TiO<sub>2</sub>, and SnO<sub>2</sub>. Chapter 2 presents background information and Chapter 3 gives the practical details of the experimental techniques employed. Chapters 4 presents reciprocal space maps of MBE-grown In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin films and nanorods on YSZ substrates. Chapters 5 and 6 investigate the doping of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> bulk samples with gallium and thallium and introduce a range of solid state characterisation techniques. Chapter 7 describes the development of a dip-coating sol-gel method for the growth of thin films of TiO<sub>2</sub> and shows 3D reciprocal space maps of the resulting films. Chapter 8 concerns hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of undoped and Sn-doped TiO<sub>2</sub>. Chapter 9 interconnects previous chapters by presenting 2D reciprocal space maps of nano structured epitaxial samples of In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> grown by the newly developed sol-gel based method. Chapter 10 concludes this thesis with a summary of the results.
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Near-infrared plasmonics in planar tunable structures

Travkin, Evgenij 21 June 2023 (has links)
In dieser Arbeit werden planare plasmonische Schichtsysteme unter Verwendung der transparenten leitfähigen Oxide (TCOs) Zinkgalliumoxid (GZO) und Indiumzinnoxid (ITO) untersucht, die mittels Molekularstrahlepitaxie realisiert werden. Es wird gezeigt, dass solche hochdotierten Schichten aus GZO und ITO sich wie ein Drude-Metall mit einer einstellbaren Plasmafrequenz verhalten und Oberflächenplasmon-Polaritonen (SPPs) aufweisen, die über einen breiten NIR-Spektralbereich abstimmbar sind. Die TCOs können in mehreren Schichten mit unabhängig voneinander einstellbaren Dicken und Dotierungen der einzelnen Schichten gezüchtet werden. Diese abstimmbaren Mehrschichtstrukturen ermöglichen die Realisierung plasmonischer Konfigurationen, die für eine Vielzahl komplexer hybridisierter SPP-Zustände maßgeschneidert sind. Unter anderem wird unter Ausnutzung der Photon-Plasmon-Hybridisierung ein Stopped-Light-Resonator auf Basis von ITO demonstriert. Das Mehrschichtenregime kann zu einem Übergitter aus periodisch abwechselnd dotierten und undotierten TCO-Schichten erweitert werden, das ein hyperbolisches Metamaterial (HMM) darstellt. Die Parameter dieses HMM können nach Bedarf eingestellt werden, was HMMs mit einer maßgeschneiderten Zusammensetzung ihrer einzigartigen spektralen Permittivitätsintervalle ermöglicht. Mithilfe von GZO wird ein HMM in eine planare optische Mikrokavität monolitisch eingebettet. Dieser neuartige NIR-Resonator weist eine anomale Modendispersion auf, einschließlich einem Kontinuum von Moden hoher Ordnung und einer von der Resonatorlänge unabhängigen Mode nullter Ordnung, welche Subwellenlängen-Resonanzen ermöglichen können. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Mode nullter Ordnung bei einer Kavitätslänge deutlich unterhalb ihrer Wellenlänge fortbesteht und ihre Dispersion durch den Füllfaktor des HMM steuerbar ist. Die Ergebnisse stellen somit ein neues allgemeines Konzept für die Realisierung eines Subwellenlängenresonators auf der Basis eines abstimmbaren HMM dar. / In this work, planar, layered plasmonic systems utilizing the transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) zinc gallium oxide (GZO) and indium tin oxide (ITO) facilitated by molecular beam epitaxy are investigated. It is shown that such highly doped layers of GZO and ITO prepared with behave as a Drude metal with a tunable plasma frequency and feature surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) that are tunable over a broad NIR spectral range. TCOs can be grown in the multilayer regime with independently adjusted thicknesses and doping levels of the individual layers. These tunable multilayer structures allow for the realization of plasmonic configurations tailored to support a variety of intricate hybridized SPP states. Particularly, exploiting photon-plasmon hybridization, a stopped-light cavity is demonstrated using highly doped ITO. The multilayer regime can be extended into a superlattice of periodically alternating doped and undoped TCO layers that constitutes a hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM). The parameters of such an HMM can be set on-demand, thus allowing HMMs with a tailored composition of its unique spectral permittivity intervals. Utilizing GZO, an HMM is embedded in a planar optical microcavity monolithically. This novel type of a NIR optical resonator exhibits an anomalous resonant mode dispersion, including features like a high-order mode continuum and a cavity size independent zeroth-order mode, which can enable subwavelength resonances. It is demonstrated that the zeroth-order mode persists at cavity sizes significantly below its wavelength and its dispersion can be controlled by the fill factor of the HMM. Thus, the results propose a novel general concept for the realization of a subwavelength resonator on the basis of a tunable HMM.
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Toward a new generation of photonic devices based on the integration of metal oxides in silicon technology

Parra Gómez, Jorge 22 December 2022 (has links)
[ES] La búsqueda de nuevas soluciones e ideas innovadoras en el campo de la fotónica de silicio mediante la integración de nuevos materiales con prestaciones únicas es un tema de alta actualidad entre la comunidad científica en fotónica y con un impacto potencial muy alto. Dentro de esta temática, esta tesis pretende contribuir hacia una nueva generación de dispositivos fotónicos basados en la integración de óxidos metálicos en tecnología de silicio. Los óxidos metálicos elegidos pertenecen a la familia de óxidos conductores transparentes (TCO), concretamente el óxido de indio y estaño (ITO) y el óxido de cadmio (CdO), y materiales de cambio de fase (PCM) como el dióxido de vanadio (VO2). Dichos materiales se caracterizan especialmente por una variación drástica de sus propiedades optoelectrónicas, tales como la resistividad o el índice de refracción, frente a un estímulo externo ya sea en forma de temperatura, aplicación de un campo eléctrico o excitación óptica. De esta forma, nuestro objetivo es diseñar, fabricar y demostrar experimentalmente nuevas soluciones y dispositivos clave tales como dispositivos no volátiles, desfasadores y dispositivos con no linealidad óptica. Tales dispositivos podrían encontrar potencial utilidad en diversas aplicaciones que comprenden las comunicaciones ópticas, redes neuronales, LiDAR, computación, cuántica, entre otros. Las prestaciones clave en las que se pretende dar un salto disruptivo son el tamaño y capacidad para una alta densidad de integración, el consumo de potencia, y el ancho de banda. / [CA] La recerca de noves solucions i idees innovadores al camp de la fotònica de silici mitjançant la integració de nous materials amb prestacions úniques és un tema d'alta actualitat entre la comunitat científica en fotònica i amb un impacte potencial molt alt. D'aquesta temàtica, aquesta tesi pretén contribuir cap a una nova generació de dispositius fotònics basats en la integració d'òxids metàl·lics en tecnologia de silici. Els òxids metàl·lics elegits pertanyen a la família d'òxids conductors transparents (TCO), concretament l'òxid d'indi i estany (ITO) i l'òxid de cadmi (CdO), i materials de canvi de fase (PCM) com el diòxid de vanadi (VO2). Aquests materials es caracteritzen especialment per una variació dràstica de les propietats optoelectròniques, com ara la resistivitat o l'índex de refracció, davant d'un estímul extern ja siga en forma de temperatura, aplicació d'un camp elèctric o excitació òptica. D'aquesta manera, el nostre objectiu és dissenyar, fabricar i demostrar experimentalment noves solucions i dispositius clau com ara dispositius no volàtils, desfasadors i dispositius amb no-linealitat òptica. Aquests dispositius podrien trobar potencial utilitat en diverses aplicacions que comprenen les comunicacions òptiques, xarxes neuronals, LiDAR, computació, quàntica, entre d'altres. Les prestacions clau en què es pretén fer un salt disruptiu són la grandària i la capacitat per a una alta densitat d'integració, el consum de potència i l'amplada de banda. / [EN] The search for new solutions and innovative ideas in the field of silicon photonics through the integration of new materials featuring unique optoelectronic properties is a hot topic among the photonics scientific community with a very high potential impact. Within this topic, this thesis aims to contribute to a new generation of photonic devices based on the integration of metal oxides in silicon technology. The chosen metal oxides belong to the family of transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), namely indium tin oxide (ITO) and cadmium oxide (CdO), and phase change materials (PCMs) such as vanadium dioxide (VO2). These materials are characterized by a drastic variation of their optoelectronic properties, such as resistivity or refractive index, in response to an external stimulus either in the form of temperature, application of an electric field, or optical excitation. Therefore, our objective is to design, fabricate and experimentally demonstrate new solutions and key devices such as non-volatile devices, phase shifters, and devices with optical nonlinearity. Such devices could find potential utility in several applications, including optical communications, neural networks, LiDAR, computing, and quantum. The key features in which we aim to take a leapfrog are footprint and capacity for high integration density, power consumption, and bandwidth. / This work is supported in part by grants ACIF/2018/172 funded by Generaliltat Valenciana, and FPU17/04224 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ESF Investing in your future”. / Parra Gómez, J. (2022). Toward a new generation of photonic devices based on the integration of metal oxides in silicon technology [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/190883

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