PUBLICATIONS

 

List of publications based on my recent research can be found below. Brief summary of this research work can be found at

 

n            http://www.stanford.edu/~mukul/research/

 

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PhD DISSERTATION

Thesis Defense Presentation

Mukul Agrawal, “Photonic Design for Efficient Solid State Energy Conversion,” PhD Thesis Defense, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, July 3rd 2008. (PPT)

DISSERTATION

Mukul Agrawal, “Photonic Design for Efficient Solid State Energy Conversion,” PhD Dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Dec 2008. (PDF)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

UPCOMING

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, Light trapping approaching theoretical limit in nano-structured solar cells (in preparation).

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, Phonon heat conductivity in non-periodic superlattices (in preparation).

n      Oliver Pincon, Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, Very efficient thin-film absorbers for CSP applications (in preparation).

PUBLISHED

n      Oliver Pincon, Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Aperiodic metallodielectric stacks for thermophotovoltaic applications,” accepted for publication in Optics Express, 2008.

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Broadband optical absorption enhancement through coherent light trapping in thin-film photovoltaic cells,” Optics Express, Volume 16, Issue 8, pp. 5385-5396 (Apr 14, 2008). (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Design of Non-Periodic Dielectric Stacks for Tailoring the Emission of Organic Lighting-Emitting Diodes,” Optics Express, Volume 15, Issue 15, pp. 9715-9721 (July 23, 2007). (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal, Yiru Sun, S. R. Forrest and Peter Peumans, “Enhanced Outcoupling from Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Aperiodic Dielectric Mirrors,” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 90, Issue 24, pp. 241112-24114 (June 11, 2007). (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal and G. S. Solomon, "Quantum-Well Band Structure Effects On The Emission Polarization From a Spin-Polarized Electron Reservoir," Applied Physics Letters, Volume 85, Issue 10, pp. 1820-1822 (Sept 6, 2004). (Link, PDF)

n      G. S. Solomon, Zhigang Xie and Mukul Agrawal, "A Quantum Dot Microcavity Terahertz Laser,"  IJHSES - International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 503-514 (2006). (Link, PDF)

n      G. S. Solomon, Zhigang Xie and Mukul Agrawal, "Simulation of A Quantum Dot Microcavity Terahertz Laser," Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 5790, pp. 94-103 (2005). (Link, PDF)

n      G. S. Solomon, Zhigang Xie and Mukul Agrawal, "Terahertz Emission Using Quantum Dots and Microcavities," IJHSES - International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp. 1099-1128 (2003). (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal, G. Singh, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Analysis of Broadband Tapered Vane Loaded Broad-Band Gyro-TWT," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, U.S.A., Volume 29, Issue 3 , June 2001, pp. 439 -444. (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal, T. R. Sridhar, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Waveguide Cross Section and Background Magnetic Field Tapers for Broadbanding a Gyro Amplifiers," International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, U. S. A. Volume 21, Issue 8, August 2000,pp. 1255-1267.  (Link, PDF)

n      Mukul Agrawal, G. Singh, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Two-Stage Vane Loading of  Gyro-Amplifiers for High Gains and Bandwidths," Microwaves and Optical Technology Letters, U. S. A. Volume 27,Issue 3,November 2000,pp. 210-213. (Link, PDF)

CONFERENCE AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Very Effective Light Trapping in Grating Thin-Film Solar Cells," MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Dec 2008. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Stopping Heat Flow: Aperiodic Superlattices for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion," IUMRS-ICEM 2008 (International Conference on Electronic Materials), Sydney, Australia, Jul 28-Aug 01, 2008. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Light Trapping in the Wave Regime in Thin-Film Solar Cells," OSA Topical Meeting: Solar Energy: New Materials and Nanostructured Devices for High Efficiency, Stanford, California, Jun 24-25, 2008. (Link, PPT)

n      Oliver Pincon, Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Aperiodic Metallodielectric Stacks for Thermophotovoltaic and Thermal Solar Applications," MRS Spring Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008. (Link, PPT)

n      Oliver Pincon, Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Spectral control with one-dimensional non-periodic metal-dielectric media for parabolic solar trough applications," SolarPACES Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 4-7, 2008. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Broadband Optical Absorption Enhancement in Thin Film Photovoltaic Cells Using Coherent Light Trapping,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2007. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal, Yiru Sun, Stephen R. Forrest, and Peter Peumans, “Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diode Using Tapered-Periodic and Aperiodic Dielectric Mirrors," MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2006. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "Molding The Emission of OLEDs Using One Dimension Non-Periodic Dielectric Photonic Structures,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2005. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Efficient Thin Film Organic PVC’s Using Non-Periodic Planar Dielectric Stacks,” SPRC Solar Cell Workshop, Stanford, U.S.A., Feb 24, 2007. (Link, PPT)

n      Shanbin Zhao, Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, “Nanometer-scale nuclear and electron spin resonance imaging of functional devices,” SPRC Solar Cell Workshop, Stanford, U.S.A., Feb 24, 2007. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "OLED Assisted FLASH," SRC Memory and Novel Technology Review, Stanford, U.S.A, Oct 2005 (project review talk). (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and Peter Peumans, "OLED Assisted Write/Erase for Flash Memory Scaling Beyond the 45nm Node," SPRC Annual Meeting, Stanford, U.S.A, 2004. (Link, PPT)

n      G. S. Solomon, Zhigang Xie and Mukul Agrawal, "Simulation of A Quantum Dot Microcavity Terahertz Laser," SPIE - Terahertz for Military and Security Applications III; Orlando, FL, U.S.A., Mar 28-29 2005 (Invited Paper). (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and G. S. Solomon, "Quantum Well Optical Polarization from Spin Polarized Electron Population", SpinAps (IBM-Stanford Spintronic Science and Applications Center) 2004. (Link, PPT)

n      Mukul Agrawal and G. S. Solomon, "Semiconductor Band Structure Effects on Emission Polarization from a Spin Polarized Electron Reservoir", DARPA SpinS Peer ReviewMeeting, Santa Monica, U.S.A, 2003. (Link, PPT)

n      G. S. Solomon, Zhigang Xie and Mukul Agrawal, "Terahertz Emission Using Quantum Dots and Microcavities," in Terahertz Sensing Technology,  M. Shur, editor, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2003 (Book Chapter). (Link)

n      Mukul Agrawal, T. R. Sridhar, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Cold Beam Free Analysis of Disc-Loaded Gyro-TWT,"  proceedings 24th National Systems Conference, India.

n      Mukul Agrawal, T. R. Sridhar, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Analysis of Broadband Disc-Loaded Gyro-TWT," proceedings 24th National Systems Conference, India.

n      Mukul Agrawal, G. Singh, P. K. Jain, B. N. Basu, "Analysis of Broadband Multi-Stage Tapered Vane-Loaded Gyro-TWT," proceedings Advances in Electronics-Electro-2001,India.

n      Sharad Kumar, Ashutosh Pandey, Mukul Agarwal, S. J. Rao, P.K.Jain, "Non Linear Analysis of a Gyro-TWT -a Self Consistent Slow-Time Scale Approach," proceedings National Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Cochi, India, Dec-2000.