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Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials
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Guo, Pengfei
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Year and Degree
2018, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Electro-Optics.
Abstract
This dissertation is on the design and fabrication of novel devices using phase change materials, specifically Vanadium Dioxide and germanium antimony-tellurium (GST). First, the principles of subwavelength gratings are developed using the Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA) Model for studying the diffraction efficiency of different orders for both TM and TE waves. This work also includes fabrication and process development as well as addressing the challenges of subwavelength gratings using deep-UV interference lithography. The next part is on material characterization of the two most important phase change materials, Vanadium Dioxide and germanium-antimony tellurium (GST), followed by the design of polarizing and birefringent devices. Modeling results for switchable polarizers using vanadium dioxide and GST are developed, as well as a comprehensive study of the doping effects of GST to reduce its resistivity, especially in its amorphous state. It is shown that nickel-doping is able to reduce the resistivity without compromising the contrast in optical properties, thereby allowing GST-based devices to be electrically switched without a large impedance discrepancies between the amorphous and crystalline states.
Committee
Andrew Sarangan, Ph.D., P.E. (Committee Chair)
Pages
100 p.
Subject Headings
Electrical Engineering
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Materials Science
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Optics
Keywords
GeSbTe, VO2, interference lithography
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Guo, P. (2018).
Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton154448809502474
APA Style (7th edition)
Guo, Pengfei.
Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials .
2018. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton154448809502474.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Guo, Pengfei. "Design and fabrication of photonic devices using phase change materials ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton154448809502474
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