Photonic Metamaterials for Color Devices and Deep UV Second Harmonic Generation

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dc.contributor.advisorHalas, Naomi J
dc.creatorSemmlinger, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:22:17Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:22:17Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-03-15
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T14:22:17Z
dc.description.abstractPhotonic Metamaterials are novel materials that consist of subwavelength optical resonators called meta-atmos. They have attracted much attention, due to their ability to control and confine light. In particular, they have promising applications in color generation and nonlinear optics. Here, I give one example for each of these two applications. Chapter one presents an actively tunable full-spectrum device. An array of plasmonic aluminum particles is integrated into a stretchable polymer substrate. Stretching the substrate in either of its two dimensions causes a change in the array period, and therefore changes the associated scattering color. Using a two-dimensional stretching approach, I demonstrate full-spectrum tuning, as well as image switching. In chapter two I present an all-dielectric metamaterial consisting of an array of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanodisks. The material shows a magnetic dipole resonance around 400nm. When pumped at resonance, the associated field enhancement can be used to generate the second harmonic frequency. This serves as a first demonstration for a simple device to generate deep UV light.
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dc.identifier.citationSemmlinger, Michael. "Photonic Metamaterials for Color Devices and Deep UV Second Harmonic Generation." (2018) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105676">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105676</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105676
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectPlasmonics
dc.subjectColor Generation
dc.subjectPDMS
dc.subjectSecond Harmonic Generation
dc.subjectZinc Oxide
dc.subjectDeep UV
dc.subjectVacuum UV
dc.titlePhotonic Metamaterials for Color Devices and Deep UV Second Harmonic Generation
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentApplied Physics
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.majorApplied Physics/Electrical Eng
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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