in this paper a new optical channel drop filter (cdf) based on two dimensional (2-d) photonic crystals (phc) with hexagonal shaped structure is proposed and numerically demonstrated by using the finite-difference-time-domain (fdtd) and plane-wave-expansion (pwe) techniques. photonic crystals (phcs) are artificial dielectric nanostructure materials in which a periodic modulation of the material ...

In this paper a new optical channel drop filter (CDF) based on two dimensional (2-D) photonic crystals (PhC) with hexagonal shaped structure is proposed and numerically demonstrated by using the finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) and plane-wave-expansion (PWE) techniques. Photonic crystals (PhCs) are artificial dielectric nanostructure materials in which a periodic modulation of the material ...

Inspired by the structure and behaviour of the human visual system, we extend existing work using spiking neural networks for edge detection with a biologically plausible hexagonal pixel arrangement. Standard digital images are converted into a hexagonal pixel representation before being processed with a spiking neural network with scalable hexagonally shaped receptive fields. The performance i...

Hourglass-shaped Ni nanoparticles were synthesized with a hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure. The unconventional crystalline structure could be stabilized by intensive utilization of hexadecylamine. The dense organic layer on the surface protected the meta-stable crystalline structure.

nanostructured zinc oxide (zno) materials have received considerable interest from scientists due to their remarkable performance in electronics, optics and photonics. zno nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. zno nanoparticles were synthesized using zn(no3)3 and k2co3 precursors. the structure of the obtained product was confirmed by the powder x-ray diffraction (xrd) anal...

In this present work, Rectangular Microstrip Patch antenna loaded with symmetrically cut H and hexagonal shaped metamaterial (MTM) is proposed for better improvement in the impedance bandwidth and reduction in the return loss at operating frequency 1.794 GHz. The proposed antenna is designed at a height 3.2 mm from the ground plane. At 1.794 GHz, the bandwidth is increased up to 27 MHz in compa...

The scattering of visible light by hexagonal-shaped column containing densely packed inclusions is simulated by a combination of ray-tracing and Monte Carlo techniques. While the ray tracing program takes care of the individual reflection and refraction events at the outer boundary of the particle, the Monte Carlo routine simulates internal scattering processes. A dense-medium light-scattering ...

The present study used a hydrothermal technique to synthesize undoped and Mn 2+ doped CdS/Zn 3 (PO 4 ) 2 semiconducting nanocomposite materials. Powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectrometer, Fourier transform- Infrared Spectroscopy-FT-IR, and photoluminescence techniques were employed to study structural, optical, and luminescence propertie...

Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) materials have received considerable interest from scientists due to their remarkable performance in electronics, optics and photonics. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using Zn(NO3)3 and K2CO3 precursors. The structure of the obtained product was confirmed by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) anal...

Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) materials have received considerable interest from scientists due to their remarkable performance in electronics, optics and photonics. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using Zn(NO3)3 and K2CO3 precursors. The structure of the obtained product was confirmed by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) anal...