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Nano-Crystalline &Amorphous Silicon PhotoTransistor Performance Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)In this thesis, we compared electrical performance and stability of a novel nanocrystalline Si (nc-Si) thin film phototransistor (TFT) phototransistor and a regular amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) TFT phototransistor for large ... -
Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Deposited via Pulsed PECVD at 150°C Substrate Temperature
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)A series of experiments was carried out to compare the structural and electronic properties of intrinsic nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) thin films deposited via continuous wave (cw) and pulsed (p)-PECVD at 150°C substrate ... -
Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistor
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistor (TFT) has been used in active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and medical x-ray imagers, in which the TFT acts as pixel switches. However, instability of ... -
Nanofabrication and its Application in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-16)This thesis is focused on nanofabrication and its application in atomic force microscopy (AFM). The contribution of this thesis is thus the development, investigation and characterization of novel nanofabrication technique ... -
Nanofabrication and its application in developing high aspect ratio (HAR) and edge Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-20)This thesis focuses on nanofabrication and its applications which are related to producing atomic force microscope (AFM) probes. This thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter brings a preliminary introduction ... -
Nanofabrication and its application in plasmonic chemical and bio-sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-04)This thesis is focused on nanofabrication and its application in plasmonic chemical and bio- sensors. The contribution thus is the development of novel nanofabrication techniques and nano- structures for the sensors based ... -
Nanofabrication of direct positioning atomic force microscope (AFM) probes and a novel method to attain controllable lift-off
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)This thesis focuses on nanofabrication and its applications in the area related to atomic force microscope (AFM) probes and a novel way of constructing the bi-layer system for liftoff. The contribution of this thesis is ... -
Nanolithography on non-planar surfaces and self-assembly of metal salt-polymer nanomaterials
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)This thesis is focused on fabrication of high aspect ratio nanostructures on non-planar surfaces using evaporated electron beam resist (Part I), and a novel fabrication methods of high resolutionhigh-resolution surface ... -
Nanometer Probing of Operating Nano-Photonic Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-25)The external performance of quantum optoelectronic devices is governed by the three-dimensional profiles of electric potentials determined by the distribution of charge carriers (electrons and holes) within the active ... -
Nanowire Alignment: Techniques, Quantification, and Applications in Large-Area Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)Nanowire alignment is essential for their integration into large-area devices, as well as to obtain certain functionality such as the ability to polarize light and increase surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Various nanowire ... -
Nanowire Quantum Dots as Sources of Single and Entangled Photons
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-21)Realization of linear quantum computation and establishing secure quantum communication among interacting parties demand for triggered quantum sources delivering genuine single and entangled photons. However, the intrinsic ... -
Navigating the lab-on-chip manufacturability roadblock: scalable, low-cost fluorescence detection for lab-on-chip instrumentation with rapid-prototyped microfluidics
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Miniaturisation and automation of laboratory testing protocols onto microfluidic chips (lab-on-chip technology) could revolutionise diagnostic testing, though the key challenge of integrating high levels of functionality ... -
Near Optimal H-Infinity Performance in the Decentralized Setting
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-15)In this thesis we consider the use of a linear periodic controller (LPC) for the control of linear time-invariant (LTI) plants in the decentralized setting with an H-infinity performance criterion in mind. If a plant has ... -
Near-field Probing Array for Enhancing 5G mm-wave Beamforming Transmitter Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)As sub-6 GHz fifth-generation (5G) communication networks begin to deploy commercially, the industry is seeing a paradigm shift towards the millimeter wave (mm-wave) bands as they provide multi-gigahertz of frequency ... -
Near-Field Scattering Tomography System for Object Imaging and Material Characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-18)Electromagnetic inverse scattering based permittivity profile estimation is one of the most promising techniques for object imaging and material characterization. Electromagnetic scattering tomography at the microwaves and ... -
Negative Material Inspired Microwave Water Heating System
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-10)Microwave heating is considered as a very beneficial heating methodology for liquids because it can provide non-contact delivery of energy. Recent studies are focusing on the use of an electrically small resonator, such ... -
NengoFPGA: an FPGA Backend for the Nengo Neural Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Low-power, high-speed neural networks are critical for providing deployable embedded AI applications at the edge. We describe a Xilinx FPGA implementation of Neural Engineering Framework (NEF) networks with online learning ... -
Network Coding based Information Security in Multi-hop Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Multi-hop Wireless Networks (MWNs) represent a class of networks where messages are forwarded through multiple hops of wireless transmission. Applications of this newly emerging communication paradigm include asset monitoring ... -
Network Robustness: Diffusing Information Despite Adversaries
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)In this thesis, we consider the problem of diffusing information resiliently in networks that contain misbehaving nodes. Previous strategies to achieve resilient information diffusion typically require the normal nodes to ... -
Network-Layer Resource Allocation for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-14)This thesis contributes toward the design of a quality-of-service (QoS) aware network layer for wireless ad hoc networks. With the lack of an infrastructure in ad hoc networks, the role of the network layer is not only to ...