Azam Mohamad

Warping Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon Curvature Effect on Sensing Properties: A Computational Study

The aim of this paper is to investigate the interaction between gas molecules and warped armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) using Extended-Huckel Theory. There are two types of warping known as inward and upward. The sensing properties including binding energy, charge transfer and sensitivity were examined for both warped AGNR cases for 3m+1 configuration and were compared with previous work. Through simulation, it was found that a substantial increase in binding energy by more than 50% was achieved when warped at a higher angle. It is also showed that there was a significant difference in sensitivity for both warping cases when reacting with O2 and NH3 molecules. Interestingly, the ability of the inward warped in sensing O2 and NH3 considerably increases upon warping angle. By applying back gate bias, this shows that current conductivity of the inward warped is twice as high as the upward warped AGNR.

Impact of strain on electrical performance of Silicon Nanowire MOSFET

A 3-Dimensional (3D) strained Silicon Nanowire MOSFET simulation and inversion charge model are presented. The simulation studies are conducted based on electrical parameters of nanowires such as current and threshold voltage using a ATLAS TCAD simulator. The inversion charge model with Germanium fraction is formulated using a unified charge model. These characterization studies are performed to investigate the performance of Silicon Nanowire based on the strain effect. The simulation and modeling works have been compared with numerical simulations. Findings have shown that the strained Silicon Nanowire performs better compared to the unstrained Silicon Nanowire MOSFET, where the on-state current increased, threshold voltage shifted by 0.2 V and inversion charge density improved by 30%.

Electro-optic tuneable of direct current voltage in ring resonator

In this paper, a new design of the electro-optical tuning voltage in buried fiber ring resonator (BFRR) system is proposed. The crystals of LiNbO3, (Ba, Sr)TiO3, K(Ta, Nb)O3 and KH2PO4 are used as electro-optic core materials. The applied voltage can generate different refractive index deformation when used different electro-optic crystals. Different electro-optic crystals produce distinct maximum power loss within BFRR. The power loss in an electro-optic crystal can be controlled by tuning the applied voltage. The K(Ta, Nb)O3 crystal produce maximum power loss with lower voltage compared to other crystals.

Modification model of soliton pulse for higher order

In this paper the variation in soliton pulse with different order number (N) has been investigated and analyzed by Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLSE). The Split-Step Method has used for numerical calculation. The change in pulse shape, the slight decrease in power level and dispersion has been observed with increase in the soliton pulse order number. Thus, the soliton pulse parameters can be optimized to acquire the desired output. By using a half-soliton period length of low-loss single-mode fiber, we have been able to demonstrate the pulse compression and pulse splitting associated with several higher-order soliton as well as to observe the fundamental soliton.

Molecular buffer, storage and delivery using a PANDA ring resonator and an optical router

A novel design of molecular buffer for molecule storage and delivery using a PANDA ring resonator is proposed. The optical vortices can be generated and controlled to form the trapping tools in the same way as the optical tweezers. In theory, the trapping force is formed by the combination between the gradient field and scattering photons, which is reviewed. By using the intense optical vortices generated within the PANDA ring resonator, the required molecules can be trapped and moved (transported) dynamically within the wavelength router or network, in which the molecular buffer can be performed within the wavelength router before reaching the required destination. The advantage of the proposed system is that a transmitter and receiver can be formed within the same system, which is available for molecule storage and transportation. Relevant patents are also reviewed in this manuscript.