Study of Thin-Film Structures for Optoelectronic Applications

9522078塔米尔-所提出的工作是一个基本的调查电磁现象的平面薄膜配置，作为积木在各种各样的光电器件。分析和计算工具都将被使用，但模式方法结合网络和漏波的概念将被强调，因为它们在解决微波问题，是类似于那些在平面光学领域的证明有效。薄膜几何形状所表现出的界面和结的不连续性将被探索，以准确地评估当组件形成复杂的复合结构时所发生的影响。这种方法将澄清一系列涉及薄膜器件操作的未解决问题。此外，它还将有助于制定系统和准确的设计标准，以实现现有和未来的光电元件。因此，拟议的研究计划预计将推进平面光学的分析最先进的水平，是可比的，或高于，已经在微波领域。***

9522078 Tamir The proposed work is a fundamental investigation into the electromagnetics phenomenology of planar thin-film configurations which serve as building blocks in a wide variety of optoelectronic devices. Both analytical and computational tools will be used, but modal methods combined with network and leaky-wave concepts will be emphasized because of their proven effectiveness in solving microwave problems that are similar to those in the area of planar optics. Interface and junction discontinuities exhibited by thin- film geometries will be explored in order to accurately assess effects that occur when components form complex composite structures. This approach will clarify a host of unresolved questions involving the operation of thin-film devices. In addition, it will serve to develop the systematic and accurate design criteria that are needed to implement existing and future optoelectronic components. The proposed research program is thus expected to advance the analytical state-of-the-art in planar optics to a level that is comparable to, or higher than, that already available in the microwave area. ***