Study of Thin-Film Structures for Optoelectronic Applications

9522078 TAMIR提出的工作是对平面薄膜组态的电磁现象学的基础研究，平面薄膜组态是各种光电子器件的构建块。将同时使用分析和计算工具，但将强调结合网络和漏波概念的模态法，因为它们在解决类似于平面光学领域的微波问题方面已被证明有效。为了准确评估元件形成复杂复合结构时所产生的影响，本课程将探索薄膜几何结构所表现出的界面和结不连续性。这种方法将澄清涉及薄膜器件操作的许多悬而未决的问题。此外，它还将有助于制定实施现有和未来光电子元件所需的系统和准确的设计标准。因此，拟议的研究计划有望将平面光学的分析技术发展到与微波领域已有的水平相当或更高的水平。***

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. ***