Thin Film Nanophotonics. Conclusions from the Third International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors (TFE3S)

Table of Contents

Part I Basics 1. Optical propagation through metamaterial structures with multilayered metallo-dielectrics: Hyperbolic dispersion and transmission filters 2. Spectral characteristics of a thin lithographic tri-layer chiral slab resonator 3. Structural, electrical, and electromagnetic properties of nanostructured vanadium dioxide thin films 4. Photoactive ZnO nanostructured thin films modified with TiO2, and reduced graphene oxide 5. Orthotropic friction at the edges and interior of graphene and graphene fluoride and frictional anisotropy of graphene at the nanoscale

Part II Applications 6. Optical manipulation of nanoparticles with structured light 7. Design and nanophotonic thin film devices using phase change materials 8. Chromogenically tunable thin film photonic crystals 9. Thin-film solar cells with graded-bandgap photon-absorbing layer

Authors

Guru Subramanyam Professor, Center of Excellence for Thin-film Research and Surface Engineering, University of Dayton, OH, USA. Guru Subramanyam is Professor at the Center of Excellence for Thin-film Research and Surface Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, USA. His research focuses on high temperature-capable smart modules for Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC), and thin-films for electronics, electro-optics, energy, and sensors. Partha P. Banerjee Partha Banerjee, Chair and Professor, Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, OH, USA. Partha Banerjee is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton, USA. His research interests include digital and dynamic holography, photo refractivity, optical and acoustic metamaterials, nonlinear optics and acoustics, computational electromagnetics, and optical trapping. Karl S. Gudmundsson Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Iceland, Iceland. Karl S. Gudmundsson (PhD) graduated from the Marine Engineering College of Iceland in 1984. He received his BS and MS degrees in computer engineering in 1996 and 1998, and his PhD in engineering, concentrating on electrical engineering, from Wright State University, in 2004. His research interests include theoretical and experimental, optical signal/image processing, classification, and tracking, optical computing algorithms, and architectures. Akhlesh Lakhtakia Evan Pugh University Professor and The Charles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Akhlesh Lakhtakia is an Evan Pugh University Professor and The Charles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He received his BTech. (1979) and DSc (2006) degrees from Banaras Hindu University, India, and his MS (1981) and PhD (1983) degrees from the University of Utah, USA. His current research interests include electromagnetic and elastodynamic fields in complex materials and architected materials, including sculptured thin-films and mimumes, thin-film solar cells, biologically inspired design, and forensic science.