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Photonics Core Concepts and Applications

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Basics of Light

• Propagation, Reflection and Refraction
• Dispersion and Scattering of Light
• Diffraction of Light
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Luminescence Phenomena
• Color and Chromaticity

Optical Fibers, Waveguides, and Lasers

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• Optical Fibers
• Total Internal Reflection
• Planar Dielectric Waveguides
• Optical Fiber Waveguides
• Dispersion and Attenuation Phenomena
• Lasers

Molecular Orbitals

• Atomic Orbitals and Nodes
• Electronegativity and Bonding Between Atoms
• Sigma and Pi Orbitals
• Polarization and Polarizability
• Electronic Coupling Between Orbitals
• Donors and Acceptors

Electronic Band Structure of Organic Materials

• Introduction to Band Structure
• Electronic Structure of Hydrogen
• The Polyene Series
• Bloch's Theorem
• Electrical Properties
• Electronic States vs Molecular Levels

Absorption and Emission of Light

• Introduction to Absorption
• Changes in Absorption Spectra
• Jablonksi Diagram
• Fluorescence Process
• Transition Dipole Moment
• Absorption and Emission
• Photochromism
• Interchain Interactions

Transport Properties

• Charge Carrier Mobility
• Band Regime versus Hopping Regime
• Electronic Coupling
• Model Calculations of Electronic Coupling
• Marcus Theory and Reorganization Energy
• Electron-Phonon Coupling

Liquid Crystals and Displays

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• Liquid Crystals
• Double Refraction and Birefringence
• Director – Degrees of Order in Liquid Crystals
• Classification and Examples of Liquid Crystals
• Alignment
• Freederickz Transition and Dielectric Anisotropy
• Liquid Crystal Displays

Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Blue phosphorescent OLED developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

• OLED Device Applications
• Light Emitting Electrochemical Processes
• The OLED Test Cell
• What is a Light Emitting Diode?
• The First OLEDs
• Organic/Organic Heterojunctions in OLEDs
• OLED Charge Mobilities
• Organic Heterojunctions
• Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Dopants
• Metal Complex Dopants

Organic Solar Cells

OPV Test Cells

• OPV Introduction
• Solar Technologies
• Major Processes in Organic Solar Cells
• Organic Heterojunctions in Solar Cells
• Physics of Solar Cells
• Energy vs Charge Transfer at Heterojunctions
• Current OPV Research Directions

Organic Electronics

• Organic Electronics Overview
• Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors(In progress)
• Organic Field Effect Transistors
• Design of n-type Semiconductors for Organic Electronic Applications

Non linear Optics and Devices

Quantum Mechanical and Perturbation Theory of Polarizability

• Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Molecular Polarizabilities
• Perturbation Theory

Second-order Processes, Materials & Characterization

• Second-order Processes
• Structure-Property Relationships
• Second-order NLO Materials
• Second-order Material Design
• Terahertz Radiation
• Second-order Material Characterization

Third-order Processes, Materials & Characterization

• Introduction to Third-order Processes and Materials
• Two Photon Absorption
• Advanced Concepts in Third-order Processes
• Characterization of Third-order Materials (Perry)

Organic Photonics Applications in Information Technology

• Optical Networks
• Passive Optical Polymers
• Electro-optic Polymers and Devices
• Materials Processing and Fabrication

Photonics Integration

• The Need for Photonic Integration
• Photonics Integration

Research Equipment, Devices and Techniques

Characterization

• Photoelectron Spectrometer XPS and UPS
• Conducting Tip Atomic Force Microscopy
• Organic Photovoltaic Fabrication and Test Apparatus
• Two-Photon Spectroscopy
• Hyper Rayleigh Scattering
• Scanning Electron Microscope
• External quantum efficiency
• Teng-Mann Method
• UV/VIS/NIR spectrometer
• Attenuated Total Reflectance

In Development

• Profilometer
• Ellipsometer
• Fluorometer
• NMR spectrometer

• Transmission Electron Microscope
• SPM
• Raman microscope
• confocal microsope

Fabrication

• E-beam Lithography
• Reactive ion etcher
• Plasma etcher
• Atomic layer deposition
• Spin coater
• Sputter coater

Acronyms and Unit Abbreviations

• Acronyms
• Variables and Constants
• Units

General Research Best Practices

• How to Keep a Lab Notebook
• How to Give a Research Presentation
• Writing a Scientific Paper
• Writing a Successful Proposal
• Mentoring

K-12 Outreach Kits

• K-12 Outreach Introduction
• Basic Optics - Outreach Kit
• Photovoltaics- Outreach Kit
• Lasers and Telecommunication- Outreach Kit
• Nanocrystalline - Dye Solar Cell Kit