Materials for Photovoltaics: Volume 836

Materials for Photovoltaics: Volume 836

Author: Materials Research Society. Meeting

Publisher:

Published: 2005-09-09

Total Pages: 328

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Solar-cell performance is critically dependent on the optical and electrical properties of their constituent materials. In order to obtain significant improvements in performance for future generations of photovoltaic devices, it will be necessary to either improve the properties of existing materials or engineer new materials and device structures. This book focuses on materials issues and advances for photovoltaics. Topics include: dye-sensitized solar cells; nanoparticle/hybrid solar cells; polymer-based devices; small molecule-based devices; III-V semiconductors; II-VI semiconductors and transparent conducting oxides and silicon thin films.


Micro- and Nanosystems: Volume 872

Micro- and Nanosystems: Volume 872

Author: Materials Research Society. Meeting

Publisher:

Published: 2005-11-08

Total Pages: 552

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The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.


Fundamentals of Photonics

Fundamentals of Photonics

Author: Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 2007-03-09

Total Pages: 1206

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Fundamentals of Photonics: A complete, thoroughly updated, full-color second edition Now in a new full-color edition, Fundamentals of Photonics, Second Edition is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that thoroughly surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a logical blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of photons and atoms, and semiconductor optics. Presented at increasing levels of complexity, preliminary sections build toward more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, guided-wave and fiber optics, semiconductor sources and detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, optical interconnects and switches, and optical fiber communications. Each of the twenty-two chapters of the first edition has been thoroughly updated. The Second Edition also features entirely new chapters on photonic-crystal optics (including multilayer and periodic media, waveguides, holey fibers, and resonators) and ultrafast optics (including femtosecond optical pulses, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and optical solitons). The chapters on optical interconnects and switches and optical fiber communications have been completely rewritten to accommodate current technology. Each chapter contains summaries, highlighted equations, exercises, problems, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest.


Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology III

Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology III

Author: Kathryn J. Wahl

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 444

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This volume focuses on methods to measures and model small-volume mechanical and tribological properties. Nanoscale characterization of the mechanical and tribological properties of surfaces is important in many engineering applications.