Nanophotonic thermal, plasmonic and non-hermitian media : from fundamental limits to applications
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Optics and photonics play a central role in modern science and technology, spanning renewable energy, fundamental science, consumer technology, sensors, therapeutics and medicine, global communication and information processing pipelines, and exciting new frontiers in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. Despite their vast diversity, these applications are threaded by electromagnetism, thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. In this Thesis, we begin at the intersection of thermodynamics and electromagnetism, exploring the fundamental limits of renewable energy harvesting technologies utilizing the Sun and the vast, cold outer space as thermodynamic resources. Then, making a connection to nanophotonics, we consider how nanostructuring affects the efficiency of energy harvesters such as solar cells, developing a rigorous mathematical formalism to treat light trapping. Continuing in the vein of the thermodynamics of photonic devices, we then develop a novel optical refrigeration mechanism that arises from tailoring the thermal radiation from active photonic structures. Next, we explore the behavior of plasmonic systems in a novel regime, demonstrating the significance of quantum-plasmonic effects in preserving their thermodynamic validity. Lastly, we explore a novel class of active electromagnetic media that break Lorentz reciprocity, finding applications in information processing schemes
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2020; ©2020 |
| Publication date | 2020; 2020 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Buddhiraju, Siddharth |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Brongersma, Mark L |
| Thesis advisor | Miller, D. A. B |
| Degree committee member | Brongersma, Mark L |
| Degree committee member | Miller, D. A. B |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Siddharth Buddhiraju |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2020 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2020 by Siddharth Buddhiraju
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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