Theoretical and numerical mode estimation performed on silicon nanowire optical rectangular waveguide (SNORW) is presented for on-chip communication in photonic integrated circuits. The propagation behavior of electric magnetic field investigated, where zeroth order found dominating inside the nanoslot region SNORW, circularly symmetric quasi-TE to propagate. This SNORW structure supports hybri...

In this thesis, I present a theoretical model for the Si core/SiGe shell core-shell nanowire system. A model for the single carrier pocket core-shell nanowire is first developed, along with the boundary conditions of a circular wire and sharp interfaces between the two media. A numerical scheme is then developed for the core-shell nanowire system, along with educated approximations for the nume...

The interplay between the spin-orbit and Zeeman interactions acting on a spinful Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model is studied based an InAs nanowire subjected to periodic gate potential along axial direction. It shown that nontrivial topological phase can be achieved by regulating confining-potential configuration. In absence of field, we prove topology chain not affected Rashba interaction due persis...

Ni-silicide/Si nanowires were fabricated by atomic force microscope nano-oxidation on silicon-on-insulator substrates, selective wet etching, and reactive deposition epitaxy. Ni-silicide nanocrystal-modified Si nanowire and Ni-silicide/Si heterostructure multi-stacked nanowire were formed by low- and high-coverage depositions of Ni, respectively. The Ni-silicide/Si Schottky junction and Ni-sili...

Here, we present the results of the resistive response of tungsten trioxide nanowire (mat-like, nanowire networks) and nanoparticle thin films subjected to N2O gas in the temperature range of 373–773 K. The nanowire mats exhibited an order of magnitude higher response in the resistivity change compared to that of nanoparticle films at temperatures above 523 K. Nanowire mats also exhibited relat...

TiO2 anatase nanowires have been prepared by a hydrothermal process followed by post-heat treatment in air. TiO2 nanoparticle/TiO2 nanowire composite electrodes were prepared for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) in order to improve light-to-electricity conversion efficiency. The TiO2 NP/TiO2 NW composite cells showed higher DSC performance than ordinary nanoparticle cells and fully nanowire cel...

We report the dispersive readout of the spin state of a double quantum dot formed at the corner states of a silicon nanowire field-effect transistor. Two face-to-face top-gate electrodes allow us to independently tune the charge occupation of the quantum dot system down to the few-electron limit. We measure the charge stability of the double quantum dot in DC transport as well as dispersively v...

Single-crystal nanowire transistors and other nanowire-based devices could have applications in large-area and flexible electronics if conventional top-down fabrication techniques can be integrated with high-precision bottom-up nanowire assembly. Here, we extend dielectrophoretic nanowire assembly to achieve a 98.5% yield of single nanowires assembled over 16,000 patterned electrode sites with ...