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Optical and Electrical Modeling of Three Dimensional Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
P. Guo[1]
[1]Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have received tremendous attention as alternative photon harvesting devices. While the sintered TiO2 nanoparticle network attached with dye molecules achieves efficient photon absorption, the electrons have to diffuse through the long TiO2 network to reach the contact, resulting in a high electron density and thus increased recombination. Extensive research ...
Near-Field FEM Simulations: A Vital Tool for Studying Silver-Based Plasmonic Systems
R. Asapu [1], S. W. Verbruggen [2], N. Claes [3], S. Bals [3], S. Denys [1], S. Lenaerts [1],
[1] Department of Bioscience Engineering, DuEL Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Department of Bioscience Engineering, DuEL Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
[3] Department of Physics, EMAT Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Silver nanoparticles are valuable in the field of plasmonics since silver has a higher field enhancement factor compared to other metals that possess plasmonic properties. The plasmonic properties of silver nanoparticles can be finely tuned to the incident light wavelength through their size, shape and dielectric environment, and they have long-term stability. In this work, an ultrathin polymer ...
Simulations of nanophotonic waveguides and devices using COMSOL Multiphysics
Z. Zheng
School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
Design and optimization of the nanophotonic devices are critical in realizing advanced photonic integrations in the future. COMSOL can be used for simulating various types of nanophotonic devices involving different materials and dimensions. This report talks about some recent work of Prof. Zheng’s team, including the simulation of dielectric photonic waveguides, optic fibers and surface plasmon ...
Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: Optimization of Diffraction Grating and Prism Couplers
W. Raja[1], A. Alabastri[1], S. Tuccio[1], R. Proietti Zaccaria[1]
[1]Department of Nanostructures, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors proved themselves as a promising device for many kinds of applications such as optical biosensing, binding constant determinationor nanofilm thickness measurements. Here we simulate using COMSOL Multiphysics® the light-polaritons coupling for the two most commonly used SPR setups: Attenuated total reflection (Kretschmann configuration) and diffraction ...
COMSOL Multiphysics® Software as a Metasurfaces Design Tool for Plasmonic-Based Flat Lenses
B. Adomanis [1], D. B. Burckel [2], M. Marciniak [1],
[1] Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
[2] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Introduction: Flat lenses require precise control of a phase gradient across an interface, which is enabled through the application of engineered surfaces, such as Metasurfaces [1]. Periodic arrays of plasmonic antennas have been utilized to generate this desired phase gradient, which dictates the angle of “anomalous” refraction of the cross-polarized field scattered from a normal-incidence ...
Characterization of a 3D Photonic Crystal Structure Using Port and S-Parameter Analysis
M. Dong[1], M. Tomes[1], M. Eichenfield[2], M. Jarrahi[1], T. Carmon[1]
[1]University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
[2]Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
We present a 3D port sweep method in a lossy silicon photonic crystal resonator to demonstrate the capabilities of COMSOL Multiphysics® for frequency domain analysis with input and output ports. This method benefits from the advantages of the S-parameter analysis to characterize the input and output coupling into the resonator. By pumping one end of the cavity with a CW plane wave, we are able ...
Simulations of Negative Curvature Hollow-core Fiber - new
J. Zhang[1], Z. Wang[1], J. Chen[1]
[1]College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
COMSOL Multiphysics® software was used to simulate and analyze the transmission attenuation spectra of the negative curvature hollow-core fiber (NCHCF) over the wavelength from 2.7 μm to 4.2 μm. The effect of thickness of capillaries and the effect of the distance between the capillaries on confinement loss spectra were studied, which agreed well with the high-loss and low-loss bands predicted ...
Antenna and Plasmonic Properties of Scanning Probe Tips at Optical and Terahertz Regimes - new
A. Haidary[1], P. Grütter[1], Y. Miyahara[1]
[1]Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
A wide variety of near-field optical phenomena such as apertureless near-field scanning microscopy (ANSM) at optical and terahertz (THz) regimes and surface enhanced Raman scattering relies on the electric field enhancement at the end of a sharp tip. Achieving and controlling this electric field enhancement is a key challenge for a wide range of applications such as surface modification, data ...
Research of Dispersion Characters in Hexagonal Photonic Crystal Fiber Based on a COMSOL Multiphysics® Model - new
X. Jiang[1], X. Kong[1], J. Wang[1], Q. Wang[2]
[1]School of Mathematics and Physics, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
[2]Institute of Modern Optical Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
It is a complex problem to calculate the photonic crystal fiber model, and the methods of plane wave expansion, Hermite-Guasssian function and beam propagation have been analyzed. Finally the multipole method is adopted for solving problem. The hexagonal air holes in cladding have been studied based on COMSOL Multiphysics® Software. The diameter of the air hole and hole spacing ratio which may ...
Full-Wave Analysis of Nanoscale Optical Trapping
E. Furlani, and A. Baev
The Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Plasmonic-based optical trapping is in its infancy and growing rapidly. Research in this area will significantly advance fundamental understanding in fields such as nanophotonics and biophotonics. Novel plasmonic trapping structures and systems can be designed and optimized using the COMSOL RF solver. We present a study of plasmonicbased optical trapping of neutral sub-wavelength ...
