Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2014.
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| author | Venkataram, Prashanth Sanjeev |
| author2 | Marin Soljačić. |
| author_facet | Marin Soljačić. Venkataram, Prashanth Sanjeev |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/926762019-04-10T15:21:11Z Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems Venkataram, Prashanth Sanjeev Marin Soljačić. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Physics. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106). In this thesis, I developed code in the MEEP finite-difference time domain classical electromagnetic solver to simulate the quantum phenomenon of spontaneous emission and its enhancement by a photonic crystal. The results of these simulations were favorably cross-checked with semi-analytical predictions and experimental results. This code was further extended to simulate spontaneous emission from the top half of a sphere, where the top half is a dielectric material and the bottom half is a metal, in order to determine how effective the metal is at reflecting the emission toward the top. Separately, I used the SCUFF-EM boundary element method classical electromagnetic solver to simulate absorption and scattering, together called extinction, of infrared light from nanoparticles, and used those results to optimize the nanoparticle shapes and sizes for extinction at the desired infrared wavelength. by Prashanth Sanjeev Venkataram. S.B. 2015-01-05T20:04:52Z 2015-01-05T20:04:52Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92676 898190803 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 106 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Venkataram, Prashanth Sanjeev Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title | Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title_full | Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title_fullStr | Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title_short | Computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| title_sort | computational investigations of nanophotonic systems |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92676 |
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