• An investigation of high-k materials in metal-insulator-metal capacitor structures 

  Hutchinson, Barry James (University College Cork, 2017)

  Metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitors are vital components of many devices such as communication band beamformers, medical, automotive, RF IC’s and memory applications. Current MIM capacitors technology utilises low ...
• Hybrid materials for flexible, transparent electrodes 

  Puicervert, Roxane (University College Cork, 2017)

  This thesis investigates the application of metal meshes and Chemical Vapour Deposited graphene hybrid for flexible, transparent heaters. The transfer of graphene – a key step in the fabrication of the hybrid- was first ...
• Monolithic integration of photonic devices for use in a regrowth-free coherent WDM transmitter 

  Kelly, Niall (University College Cork, 2017)

  In this communication age, consumer internet traffic continues to grow at an exponential rate year on year. As a result, networks need to be continually upgraded to keep up with ever increasing bandwidth demands. Diverse ...
• Low-linewidth optical comb sources based on gain-switched lasers 

  Alexander, Justin K. (University College Cork, 2017)

  As the number of internet users continues to grow, along with the increase in bandwidth demanding services, the optical communications network struggles to keep up. Upgrading the optical fibre network is a costly endeavour, ...
• A study of the elastic and electronic properties of III-nitride semiconductors 

  Tanner, Daniel Stephen Patrick (University College Cork, 2017)

  In this work, a theoretical study of the elastic and electronic properties of III-N semiconductors is made. Particular attention is given to wurtzite quantum wells (QWs) based on the technologically important InxGa1_xN ...

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