Prof. Fatima Toor Profile

Prof. Fatima Toor

SPIE Involvement:

Publications Committee | Editorial Board Member: Journal of Photonics for Energy | Author

Area of Expertise:

Optics and photonics , Semiconductors , Photovoltaics , Biosensors , Midinfrared light emitters , Fundamental science discovery

Websites:

Personal Website | Company Website

Publications (18)

SPIE Journal Paper | 14 December 2023 Open Access

Open Access

Status report on emerging photovoltaics

Annick Anctil, Meghan Beattie, Christopher Case, Aditya Chaudhary, Benjamin Chrysler, Michael Debije, Stephanie Essig, David Ferry, Vivian Ferry, Marina Freitag, Isaac Gould, Karin Hinzer, Harald Hoppe, Olle Inganäs, Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma, Min Hun Jee, Raymond Kostuk, Daniel Kirk, Stephan Kube, Minyoung Lim, Joseph Luther, Lorelle Mansfield, Michael McGehee, Duong Nguyen Minh, Preeti Nain, Matthew Reese, Angèle Reinders, Ifor D. Samuel, Wilfried van Sark, Hele Savin, Ian Sellers, Sean Shaheen, Zheng Tang, Fatima Toor, Ville Vähänissi, Ella Wassweiler, Emily Warren, Vincent Whiteside, Han Young Woo, Gang Xiong, Xitong Zhu

JPE, Vol. 13, Issue 04, 042301, (December 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.13.042301

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Silicon, Perovskite, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Dye sensitized solar cells, Design, Energy efficiency

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 August 2022 Open Access

Open Access

Special Section Guest Editorial: Novel Photovoltaic Device Architectures

Ian Sellers, Fatima Toor

JPE, Vol. 12, Issue 03, 032201, (August 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.12.032201

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Absorption, Phonons, Perovskite, Scanning electron microscopy, Quantum wells, Physics, Indium gallium nitride

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SPIE Journal Paper | 21 April 2021 Open Access

Open Access

Mid-infrared absorption by soft tissue sarcoma and cell ablation utilizing a mid-infrared interband cascade laser

Eric Larson, Madeline Hines, Munir Tanas, Benjamin Miller, Mitchell Coleman, Fatima Toor

JBO, Vol. 26, Issue 04, 043012, (April 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.26.4.043012

KEYWORDS: Tissues, Absorption, Tumors, Tissue optics, Laser ablation, Mid-IR, Cancer, FT-IR spectroscopy, Proteins, Camera shutters

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Paper

Paper

Laser process of transparent conducting surfaces for terahertz bandpass ultrathin metamaterials

Qinghua Wang, Bingtao Gao, Fatima Toor, Mark Arnold, Hongtao Ding

Proceedings Volume 11268, 112680H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544054

KEYWORDS: Terahertz radiation, Transmittance, Resistance, Metals, Laser processing, Metamaterials, Optical filters, Bandpass filters, Optoelectronic devices

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 October 2019 Open Access

Open Access

Special Section Guest Editorial: Solar Energy Solutions for Electricity and Water Supply in Rural Areas

Kerstin Wydra, Fatima Toor, Martina Jaskolski, Nikolaos Tzoupanos

JPE, Vol. 9, Issue 04, 043101, (October 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.9.043101

KEYWORDS: Solar energy, Water, Solar cells, Photovoltaics, Planets, Neural networks, Evolutionary algorithms, Detection and tracking algorithms, Solar concentrators, Geometrical optics

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SPIE Journal Paper | 24 September 2018

Performance enhancement techniques for the front and back of nanostructured “black silicon” solar cells

Wenqi Duan, Bingtao Gao, K.A.S.M. Ehteshamul Haque, Fatima Toor

JPE, Vol. 8, Issue 03, 034001, (September 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.8.034001

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Silicon, Aluminum, Doping, Etching, External quantum efficiency, Detection and tracking algorithms, Nanostructuring, Semiconducting wafers, Annealing

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SPIE Journal Paper | 20 April 2018 Open Access

Open Access

Special Section Guest Editorial: Tandem Junction Solar Cells

Fatima Toor, Arthur Onno, Karin Hinzer

JPE, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 022600, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.8.022600

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Silicon, Solar energy, Tandem solar cells, Electrical engineering, Energy efficiency, Computer engineering, Physics, Doping, Optics

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2017 Paper

Paper

Selective-area growth of InAs nanowire arrays on Si3N4/Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy

K. Zhang, V. Ray, P. Herrera-Fierro, J. Sink, F. Toor, J. Prineas

Proceedings Volume 10114, 1011419 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267737

KEYWORDS: Nanowires, Indium arsenide, Silicon, Molecular beam epitaxy, Epitaxy, Heteroepitaxy, Temperature metrology, Crystals, Electron beam lithography, Scanning electron microscopy, Reactive ion etching, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Thermal characterization of nanoporous 'black silicon' surfaces

Logan Nichols, Wenqi Duan, Fatima Toor

Proceedings Volume 9929, 99290K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237042

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Silver, Metals, Wet etching, Etching, Detection and tracking algorithms, Absorption, Nanoparticles, Nanostructures, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

PMMA-based ophthalmic contact lens for vision correction of strabismus

Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan, Leland Nordin, Paul Tjossem, Michael Abramoff, Fatima Toor

Proceedings Volume 9918, 99180C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237994

KEYWORDS: Contact lenses, Polymethylmethacrylate, Eye, Fresnel lenses, Geometrical optics, Retina, Lens design, Eye models, Prisms, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Surface characterization of nanostructured 'black silicon' using impedance spectroscopy

Wenqi Duan, Fatima Toor

Proceedings Volume 9927, 992711 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237093

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Detection and tracking algorithms, Nanostructuring, Dielectric spectroscopy, Silver, Electrodes, Resistance, Surface roughness, Chemical elements, Etching

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2016 Paper

Paper

Modeling refractive metasurfaces in series as a single metasurface

Fatima Toor, Ananda Guneratne

Proceedings Volume 9756, 97560D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211189

KEYWORDS: Phase shifts, Refraction, Wavefronts, Light wave propagation, Geometrical optics, Refractive index, Imaging systems, Biomedical optics, Beam shaping, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2016 Paper

Paper

Design optimization of thin-film/wafer-based tandem junction solar cells using analytical modeling

Lauren Davidson, Fatima Toor

Proceedings Volume 9743, 97430O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211163

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Data modeling, Thin film solar cells, Nanostructuring, Thin films, Optimization (mathematics), Silicon solar cells, MATLAB, Physics, Perovskite, Silicon, External quantum efficiency, Manufacturing, Reflectivity, Tandem solar cells

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2016 Paper

Paper

Metal-dielectric frequency-selective surface for high performance solar window coatings

Fatima Toor, Ananda Guneratne, Marina Temchenko

Proceedings Volume 9756, 97561S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211179

KEYWORDS: Windows, Infrared radiation, Visible radiation, FSS based metamaterials, Optical coatings, Nanostructuring, Manufacturing, Solar radiation, Optics manufacturing, Light scattering, Reflection, Multilayers, Solar energy, Antennas, Absorption, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 2010 Paper

Paper

Quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy of UF6 at 7.74 um for analytical uranium enrichment measurements

Rafal Lewicki, Anatoliy Kosterev, Fatima Toor, Yu Yao, Claire Gmachl, Tracy Tsai, Gerard Wysocki, Xiaojun Wang, Mariano Troccoli, Mary Fong, Frank Tittel

Proceedings Volume 7608, 76080E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841939

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Uranium, Absorption, Molecules, Absorption spectroscopy, Quartz, Sensors, Mid-IR, Spectroscopy, Laser spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 2009 Paper

Paper

Effect of waveguide side-wall roughness on the performance of quantum cascade lasers

Fatima Toor, Deborah Sivco, Claire Gmachl

Proceedings Volume 7230, 72301P (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808227

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Quantum cascade lasers, Laser damage threshold, Waveguide lasers, Refractive index, Laser scattering, Waveguide modes, Rayleigh scattering, Scattering, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 2009 Paper

Paper

Rapid and minimally invasive quantum cascade wafer testing

Ekua Bentil, Fatima Toor, Anthony Hoffman, Matthew Escarra, Claire Gmachl

Proceedings Volume 7230, 72300T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.810258

KEYWORDS: Semiconducting wafers, Quantum cascade lasers, Wafer testing, Wafer-level optics, Temperature metrology, Laser damage threshold, Electroluminescence, Lithography, Pulsed laser operation, Etching

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2007 Paper

Paper

Extending the wavelength range of single-emitter diode lasers for medical and sensing applications: 12xx-nm quantum dots, 2000-nm wells, > 5000-nm cascade lasers

Paul Crump, Steve Patterson, Sandrio Elim, Shiguo Zhang, Mike Bougher, Jason Patterson, Suhit Das, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Jun Wang, Damian Wise, Mark DeFranza, Jake Bell, Jason Farmer, Mark DeVito, Rob Martinsen, Alexey Kovsh, Fatima Toor, Claire Gmachl

Proceedings Volume 6456, 64560E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.706177

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Quantum dots, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum cascade lasers, Gallium arsenide, Quantum efficiency, High power lasers, Crystals, Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, Indium gallium arsenide

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