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Student: Grant Patrick Abbey
Major Professor: Dr. Joseph B Herzog
Research Area(s): Photonics
Free electrons in metallic structures receiving an incident electric field have been shown to exhibit collective oscillations and produce increased electromagnetic fields (i.e. plasmons).
Deposition of metallic micro/nanostructures on a semiconducting substrate allow for generation of greater photocurrent in the device.
Enhanced structure design and accurate nanofabrication techniques will lead to greatly improved photovoltaic and photodetection applications.
Smaller nanogaps between structures increases the optical enhancement produced.