Browsing Theses by Subject "Nanowires"
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Development of Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Quantum Dot Incorporation for Photovoltaic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)Heterojunctions of metal oxide semiconductors with quantum dots (QD) have been deployed in a number of advanced electronic devices. Improvement in the devices’ performance requires in-depth studies on charge carrier transfer ... -
Disorder-based Electromagnetic Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Engineered complex media with unusual and exotic electrical properties, realized through subwavelength building blocks, are leading to the development of new applications and improved functionalities in a variety of fields. ... -
Electron transport in semiconducting nanowires and quantum dots
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-10)Single electrons confined in electrostatic quantum dots are a promising platform for realizing spin based quantum information processing. In this scheme, the spin of each electron is encoded as a qubit, and can be manipulated ... -
III-V semiconductor nanowire array avalanche photodiodes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)Detecting single photons with high efficiency and timing resolution opens up new possibilities for various technologies such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR), long-distance secure communication, singlet oxygen detection ... -
Metallurgical Issues in Low-Temperature Joining of Silver Nanowires
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-24)Silver nanowires (Ag NWs) have a wide range of applications in the electronic industry and are attracting growing world-wide interest because of their unique thermal, chemical, electrical and mechanical properties. ... -
Next-Generation Solid-State Quantum Emitters
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-31)This thesis details two types of deterministic solid-state quantum emitters, an optically-driven quantum dot source in a tapered nanowire waveguide, and an electrically-driven source implemented by integrating a single-electron ... -
Probing the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Transparent Semiconductor Nanowires using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-16)Control of electron spins in individual magnetically doped semiconductor nanostructures has considerable potential for quantum information processing and storage. The manipulations of dilute magnetic interactions have ... -
Raman Characterization and Applications of Vertical Semiconductor Nanowires
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-17)Vertically oriented nanowires are gaining a considerable amount of attention for a wide variety of applications ranging from lasers to solar cells. Raman spectroscopy has also been developed into a powerful tool which has ... -
Synthesis of Vertically-Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Their Applications as Photocatalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, especially nanowires, have been one of the most important semiconductive materials used for photocatalysis due to their unique material properties and remarkable performance. In this project, ... -
Vertical Semiconductor Nanowires: Engineering Light at Nanoscale
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-01)Vertical semiconductor nanowires have gained considerable attention in the last decade for their attractive optical and electronic properties. Their high surface to volume ratio and their ability to confine charge carriers ...