Browsing Theses by Subject "plasmonics"
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Analysis of Plasmons Sustained on the Surface of Graphene
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-11)This thesis is broken into two parts, both dealing with the role of two-dimensional graphene in electronic and optical applications. The first section develops a phenomenological relationship for the polarizability of the ... -
Manipulation of Defect Formation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Photocatalysis and Magneto-optics
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-01)Defects play a significant role in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) as they can influence their electrical and optical properties via vacancy doping or aliovalent doping. Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), the ... -
Silver Nanoparticle Monolayers for Plasmonics and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-01)Silver nanoparticle monolayers are plasmonic surfaces which primarily find use as a highly sensitive substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and are also found in thin film solar cells. This thesis describes ... -
Terahertz Sensors Using Surface Waves in Periodic Metallic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)Terahertz range of frequency has found a fast growing number of applications in material characterization and sensing, imaging and extreme bandwidth communication. Different structures have been proposed for sensing at ...