Nonlinear and Terahertz Studies of Electro-Optic and Magneto-Electric Materials

Abstract

Our team demonstrated growth and optical characterizations of several multi-functional materials. Multi-functional materials are opening a new era of revolutionary advances in optoelectronics, spintronics, and in quantum information and sensing with their enhanced coupling between electronic, vibrational, and spin degrees of freedom. In particular we pursued novel heterostructure designs that provided control over optical, phononic, and magnetic ordering. We demonstrated several non-linear optical properties toward qualitatively new and robust materials properties. Employing nonlinear optical processes at the nano-scale can play important roles in quantum optics, information technology, and in the development of new light sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 2021
Accession Number
AD1153234

Entities

People

  • Giti Khodaparast

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Band Gaps
  • Band Structures
  • Charge Carriers
  • Ecology
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Energy Bands
  • Excitons
  • Films
  • Information Systems
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Light Sources
  • Nanophotonics
  • Optical Analysis
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Optoelectronics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Quantum Information
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Solar Cells
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing