Dual-tier thin film polymer polarization imaging sensor

Fabrication of a dual-tier thin film micropolarization array.

A thin film polarization filter has been patterned and etched using reactive ion etching (RIE) in order to create 8 by 8 microns square periodic structures. The micropolarization filters retain the original extinction ratios of the unpatterned thin film. The measured extinction ratios on the micropolarization filters are approximately 1000 in the blue and green visible spectrum and approximatel...

Polarization imaging in ferroelectric polymer thin film capacitors by pyroelectric scanning microscopy

Ultrafast polarization switching in thin-film ferroelectrics

We present an experimental approach to study the ultrafast polarization switching dynamics in thin-film ferroelectrics. A semiconductor photoconductive switch with femtosecond laser illumination is used as a ‘‘pulse generator’’ to produce jitter-free, sub-100 ps rise time step-function-like electrical pulses. Quantitative measurements yield a polarization switching time, ts , of ;220 ps when me...

Stability of an Evaporating Thin Polymer Film

Mesoscopic patterns have been observed to form in thin polymer films undergoing a fast dip-coating process. Though several mechanisms for creating of mesoscopic patterns have been proposed, the mechanism of the evaporation-induced mesoscopic self-organization is not yet fully understood. The paper aims to explain this phenomenon by studying the stability of a thin evaporating film. The analysis...

Organic polymer thin-film photo-transistors

We have investigated the effects of illumination, both broadband and monochromatic, on the electrical performance of organic polymer thin-film transistors (OP-TFTs). In each case, providing the illumination is sufficiently absorbed by the organic polymer, the drain current of a device biased in the OFF-state is significantly increased. We have observed increases in the OFF-state drain current a...