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Short Course on Nanophotonics
Teaching Materials | 19 Mar 2015 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang
This course is a shortened version of a graduate course offered to MIT students regarding recent advances in photonics science and technology. The course consists of selected topics in fundamental science of nano-optics, with an overview of nanophotonic tools.
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Nanophotonics (as taught in MIT 2.718/2.719: Photonic Materials, Fall 2012)
Teaching Materials | 22 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang
This course is intended to introduce recent advances in photonics science and technology to undergraduate and graduate students in engineering. The course consists of selected topics in fundamental science of nano-optics, with an overview of nanophotonic tools.Graduate credit requires the...
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PHYS 620 Lecture 1: Introduction
Teaching Materials | 20 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Roberto Merlin
Lecture notes only.
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PHYS 620 Lecture 2: Permittivity: Kramers-Kronig Relations
Teaching Materials | 20 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Roberto Merlin
Lecture notes only.
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Optimize Solar Cells
Teaching Materials | 10 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
In this presentation different avenues used to enhance the performance of solar cells are explained.
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Modeling of Light Emitting Diodes with SILVACO
Teaching Materials | 07 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
Simulation of LEDs with SILVACO is presented.
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SILVACO Simulation of Solar Cells
Teaching Materials | 07 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This set of lecture notes describes the SILVACO simulation of Solar Cells. In particular, emphasis is placed on the module LUMINOUS.
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Anti-Reflection Coating Assignment
Teaching Materials | 30 Nov 2010 | Contributor(s):: Alex Small
This is a guided activity for students to study the design of an anti-reflection coating. The student is first asked to do a simple calculation by hand, to determine the proper thickness for an anti-reflection coating in a standard situation. The student then uses the nanoHUB tool "PhotonicsRT:...
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Solar Cells Operation and Modeling
Teaching Materials | 19 Jul 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides decribes the basic principles of operation of various generations on solar cells with emphasis to single crystalline solar cells. Next, semiconductor equations that describe the operation of a solar cell under simplified conditions is given. Finally, modeling of single junction...
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Solar Cells Numerical Solution
Teaching Materials | 08 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This is an MS Thesis of Balaji Padmanabhan, a student of Prof. Vasileska. It describes numerical solution details for the 3D drift-diffusion equations as applied to modeling 1D-3D solar cells.
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Physical and Mathematical Description of the Operation of Photodetectors
Teaching Materials | 08 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This set of slides describes physical and mathematical description of the operation of photodetectors including important figures of merit.
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Renewable Energy Sources
Teaching Materials | 17 May 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This presentation in pictures describes possibilities and utilization of alternative (green) sources of energy. Many sources contributed in the creation of this presentation.vasileska.faculty.asu.eduNSF
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 6: Interferometry
Teaching Materials | 29 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This chapter explains the principles of interferometry, among its topics are: Superposition of fields, Monochromatic Fields, many type of interferometry, Temporal Coherence, etc.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 1: Introduction to Optical Imaging
Teaching Materials | 28 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This presentation introduce some basic but fundamental concepts related to optical imaging: Electrical Magnetic Field, Frequency Domain, Measurable Quantities and the Uncertainty Principle. These notes will be used in the introductory classes of the course ECE 460 - Optical Imaging at UIUC.Notes...
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 2: A Mathematical Toolbox for Optical Imaging
Teaching Materials | 28 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
The objective of this presentation is to introduce the students to a set of tools that will be useful throughout the course, among these tools are: Green's Function, Fourier Transforms, Basic Theorems with Fourier Transform, Convolution, Correlation, Refraction and Absorption and Maxwell's...
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 3: Imaging
Teaching Materials | 28 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This chapter presents Geometrical Optics and also Fourier Optics, two important topics that precede Microscopy. Some of the covered concepts are: Fermat's Principle, Snell's Law, Thick and Thin Lens, System of Lens,Fraunhofer Approximation and Huygens-Fresnel principle.Notes developed by...
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 4: Microscopy
Teaching Materials | 28 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This chapter presents the main concepts and techniques of Microscopy: Resolution, Contrast, Dark Field Microscopy, Schlieren Method, Phase Contrast Microscopy, Quantitative Phase Microscopy and many other techniques.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at...
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Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 5: Light Scattering
Teaching Materials | 29 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa Teves, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen
This chapter covers important topics related to Light Scattering: Simple particles, Rayleigh Scattering, The Born Approximation, Spatial Correlation, Ensemble of Particles, The Transport Equation, etc.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Nanotechnology and Visible Light
Teaching Materials | 19 Dec 2006 | Contributor(s):: Raymond Serrano
This submission is an undergraduate project by Raymond Serrano, a chemistry student at UTEP. Raymond has been a nanoHUB student for one year.In addition to being factor of scale, nanoscience is also defined by the changes in the physical and chemical properties the nanoparticles. This...