Nano 50 Award (2005) for Sculptured Thin Films

Book:

A. Lakhtakia and R. Messier, Sculptured Thin Films: Nanoengineered Morphology and Optics, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press (2005); 300 pages + CD: ISBN: 0-819-45606-3.

Books with Chapters on STFs

1. O.N. Singh & A. Lakhtakia (Editors), Electromagnetic Fields in Unconventional Materials and Structures, New York: John Wiley & Sons (2000); 489 pages; ISBN: 0-471-36356-1.

2. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia (Editors), Introduction to Complex Mediums for Optics and Electromagnetics, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press (2003); 757 pages: ISBN: 0-819-44947-4.

3. A. Lakhtakia (Editor), Nanometer Structures: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press (2004); 475 pages: ISBN: 0-819-45186-X. (Copublished by ASME Press; ISBN: 0-791-80215-9.)

4. F. Wang and A. Lakhtakia (Editors), Milestone Volume 182: Selected Papers on Nanotechnology -- Theory and Modeling, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press (2006); 516 pages: ISBN: 0-819-46354-X.

Reviews

415. A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Sculptured thin films,' OSA Optics and Photonics News, 12 (9), September 2001, 26 - 31.
416. R. Messier, A. Lakhtakia, V.C. Venugopal & P.D. Sunal, 'Sculptured thin films: Engineered nanostructural materials,' Vacuum Technology and Coating, 2 (10), October 2001, 40 - 47.
424. A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured thin films: accomplishments and emerging uses,' Materials Science and Engineering C, 19, 2002, 427 - 434.
603. A. Lakhtakia, M.C. Demirel, M.W. Horn & J. Xu, 'Six emerging directions in sculptured-thin-film research,' Advances in Solid State Physics, 46, 2008, 295 - 307.

Helicoidal bianisotropic mediums (HBMs) and Chiral sculptured thin films (Chiral STFs)

203. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Axial propagation in general helicoidal bianisotropic media,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 6, 1993, 804 - 806.
233. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Influence of pitch on attenuation and handedness of axial propagation modes in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Optics Communications, 111, 1994, 199 - 202; erratum: 113, 1995, 570.
241. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'On light propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 448, 1995, 419 - 437; erratum: 454, 1998, 3275.
262. K. Robbie, M.J. Brett & A. Lakhtakia, 'First thin film realization of a helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 13, 1995, 2991 - 2993.
263. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dyadic Green functions for axially varying fields in helicoidal bianisotropic media,' International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 6, 1995, 221 - 234.
283. A. Lakhtakia & V.C. Venugopal, 'Macroscopic model of second harmonic generation in a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 13, 1996, 339 - 345.
286. K. Robbie, M.J. Brett & A. Lakhtakia, 'Chiral sculptured thin films,' Nature, 384, 1996, 616.
291. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Further results on light propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums: Oblique propagation,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 453, 1997, 93 - 105; errata: 454, 1998, 3275.
310. P.I. Rovira, R.A. Yarussi, R.W. Collins, V.C. Venugopal, R. Messier, A. Lakhtakia, K. Robbie & M.J. Brett, 'Transmission ellipsometry of a thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Applied Physics Letters, 71, 1997, 1180 - 1182.
314. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'On selective absorption in an axially excited slab of an absorbing dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Optics Communications, 145, 1998, 171 - 187.
316. A. Lakhtakia, 'On the possibility of anomalous axial propagation in highly dissipative dielectric TFHBMs,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 31, 1998, 235 - 239.
317. A. Lakhtakia & V.C. Venugopal, 'Dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayers as tunable polarization-independent laser mirrors and notch filters,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 17, 1998, 135 - 140.
320. P.I. Rovira, R.A. Yarussi, R.W. Collins, V.C. Venugopal, A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier, K. Robbie & M.J. Brett, 'Rotating-compensator multichannel transmission ellipsometry of a thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Thin Solid Films, 313/314, 1998, 373 - 378.
322. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'On optical rotation and ellipticity transformation by axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums (TFHBMs),' International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9, 1998, 201 - 210.
328. A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured thin films as Solc filters,' Optical Engineering, 37, 1998, 1870 - 1875.
330. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Second harmonic emission from an axially excited slab of a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 454, 1998, 1535 - 1571.
338. A. Lakhtakia, 'Anomalous axial propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic media,' Optics Communications, 157, 1998, 193 - 201.
340. A. Lakhtakia, 'On determining gas concentrations using thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayers,' Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 52, 1998, 243 - 250.
343. E. Ertekin, V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Effect of substrate and lid on the optical response of an axially excited slab of a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 20, 1999, 218 - 222.
345. A. Lakhtakia, 'Anomalous axial propagation in a gyrotropic, locally uniaxial, dielectric, helicoidally nonhomogeneous medium,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 53, 1999, 45 - 48.
351. A. Lakhtakia, 'Energy flows in axially excited, locally biaxial, dielectric, helicoidal bianisotropic media (HBMs),' Optics Communications, 161, 1999, 275 - 286.
353. A. Lakhtakia, 'Capacitance of a slab of a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 21, 1999, 286 - 288.
356. A. Lakhtakia, 'Bragg-regime absorption in axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic media,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 22, 1999, 243 - 247.
357. A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Spectral response of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayer,' Optics Communications, 167, 1999, 191 - 202.
361. A. Lakhtakia, 'On the quasistatic approximation for helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Electromagnetics, 19, 1999, 513 - 525.
362. A. Lakhtakia, 'Spectral signatures of axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 8, 1999, 129 - 137.
363. A. Lakhtakia & V.C. Venugopal, 'On Bragg reflection by helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 53, 1999, 287 - 290.
367. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic plane-wave response characteristics of non-axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 456, 2000, 125 - 161.
371. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'A comparative study of planewave propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums and isotropic chiral mediums,' Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2, 2000, 107 - 111.
380. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Development and assessment of coupled wave theory of axial propagation in thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic media. Part 1: reflectances and transmittances,' Journal of Modern Optics, 47, 2000, 973 - 991.
382. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'On absorption by non-axially excited slabs of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 10, 2000, 173 - 184.
397. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Development and assessment of coupled wave theory of axial propagation in thin-film helicoidal bi-anisotropic media. Part 2: dichroisms, ellipticity transformation and optical rotation,' Journal of Modern Optics, 48, 2001, 143:02c6 158.
403. E. Ertekin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optical interconnects realizable with thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 457, 2001, 817 - 836.
404. A. Lakhtakia, 'Axial excitation of tightly interlaced chiral sculptured thin films:"averaged" circular Bragg phenomenon,' Optik, 112, 2001, 119 - 124.
406. A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhancement of optical activity of chiral sculptured thin films by suitable infiltration of void regions,' Optik, 112, 2001, 145 - 148; correction: 112, 2001, 544.
425. A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Resonances in the Bragg regimes of axially excited, chiral sculptured thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 32, 2002, 43 - 46.
433. A. Lakhtakia & J.T. Moyer, 'Post- versus pre-resonance characteristics of axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Optik, 113, 2002, 97 - 99.
435. A. Lakhtakia, 'Truncation of angular spread of Bragg zones by total reflection, and Goos-Hänchen shifts exhibited by chiral sculptured thin films,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 56, 2002, 169 - 176; corrections: 57, 2003, 79.
440. A. Lakhtakia & M.W. McCall, 'Simple expressions for Bragg reflection from axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 49, 2002, 1525 - 1535.
441. A. Lakhtakia, 'Pseudo-isotropic and maximum-bandwidth points for axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 34, 2002, 367 - 371.
447. M.D. Pickett & A. Lakhtakia, 'On gyrotropic chiral sculptured thin films for magneto-optics,' Optik, 113, 2002, 367 - 371.
457. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Coupling of a surface grating to a structurally chiral volume grating,' Electromagnetics, 23, 2003, 1 - 26.
460. A. Lakhtakia & M.W. McCall, 'Response of chiral sculptured thin films to dipolar sources,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 57, 2003, 23 - 32.
466. A. Lakhtakia, 'Handedness reversal of circular Bragg phenomenon due to negative real permittivity and permeability,' Optics Express, 11, 2003, 716 - 722.
477. M.W. McCall and A. Lakhtakia, 'Explicit expressions for spectral remittances of axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 51, 2004, 111 - 127.
481. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Comparison of two methods for oblique propagation in helicoidal bianisotropic mediums,' Optics Communications, 230, 2004, 369 - 386.
482. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Gaussian model for refractive indexes of columnar thin films and Bragg multilayers,' Optics Communications, 231, 2004, 257 - 261; corrections: 265, 2006, 366.
488. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Lateral shifts of optical beams on reflection by slanted chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 235, 2004, 107 - 132.
489. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Response of slanted chiral sculptured thin films to dipolar sources,' Optics Communications, 235, 2004, 133 - 151.
490. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Extension of Hodgkinson's model for optical characterization of columnar thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 42, 2004, 72 - 73.
493. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Design of wideband circular-polarization filters made of chiral sculptured thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 42, 2004, 135 - 138.
497. I.J. Hodgkinson, A. Lakhtakia, Q.h. Wu, L. De Silva & M.W. McCall, 'Ambichiral, equichiral and finely chiral layered structures,' Optics Communications, 239, 2004, 353 - 358.
499. A. Lakhtakia & J.B. Geddes III, 'Nanotechnology for optics is a phase-length-time sandwich,' Optical Engineering, 43, 2004, 2410 - 2417.
500. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Tilt-modulated chiral sculptured thin films: an alternative to quarter-wave stacks,' Optics Communications, 242, 2004, 13 - 21.
501. M.D. Pickett, A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Polo, Jr., 'Spectral responses of gyrotropic chiral sculptured thin films to obliquely incident plane waves,' Optik, 115, 2004, 393 - 398.
504. M.W. Horn, M.D. Pickett, R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Selective growth of sculptured nanowires on microlithographic substrates,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 22, 2004, 3426 - 3430.
508. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Analysis of plane-wave light normally incident to an axially excited structurally chiral half-space,' Journal of Modern Optics, 52, 2005, 541 - 550.
517. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Third method for generation of spectral holes in chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 250, 2005, 105 - 110.
519. J.P. McIlroy, M.W. McCall, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Strong coupling of a surface-relief dielectric grating to a structurally chiral volume grating,' Optik, 116, 2005, 311 - 324.
521. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Numerical investigation of reflection, refraction, and diffraction of pulsed optical beams by chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 252, 2005, 307 - 320.
525. A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'An essential difference between dielectric mirrors and chiral mirrors,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 47, 2005, 63 - 64.
526. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optical crossover phenomenon due to a central 90° twist defect in a chiral sculptured thin film or chiral liquid crystal,' Proceedings of Royal Society London A, 461, 2005, 2985 - 3004.
527. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Defect modes in multisection helical photonic crystals,' Optics Express, 13, 2005, 7319 - 7335.
529. S. Pursel, M.W. Horn, M.C. Demirel & A. Lakhtakia, 'Growth of sculptured polymer submicronwire assemblies by vapor deposition,' Polymer, 46, 2005, 9544 - 9548.
530. I. Hodgkinson, Q. H. Wu, L. De Silva, M. Arnold, A. Lakhtakia & M. McCall, 'Structurally perturbed chiral Bragg reflectors for elliptically polarized light,' Optics Letters, 30, 2005, 2629 - 2631.
543. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled optical bandgap in a structurally chiral material,' Optics Communications, 259, 2006, 164 - 173.
544. B.M. Ross, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Towards the design of elliptical-polarization rejection filters,' Optics Communications, 259, 2006, 479 - 483.
551. A. Lakhtakia, 'Ambichiral, electro-optic, circular-polarization rejection filters: theory,' Physics Letters A, 354, 2006, 330 - 334.
552. A. Lakhtakia, 'Generalized Oseen transformation for and enhancement of Bragg characteristics of electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Optics Communications, 261, 2006, 213 - 217.
556. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically tunable, ultranarrowband, circular-polarization rejection filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications, 1, 2006, 06006.
557. J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, J. Liou, A. Chen & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Circularly polarized fluorescence from light-emitting microcavities with sculptured-thin-film chiral reflectors,' Optics Communications, 264, 2006, 235 - 239.
558. S.M. Pursel, M.W. Horn & A. Lakhtakia, 'Blue-shifting of circular Bragg phenomenon by annealing of chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Express, 14, 2006, 8001 - 8012.
559. H. Tan, O. Ezekoye, J. van der Schalie, M.W. Horn, A. Lakhtakia, J. Xu & W.D. Burgos, 'Biological reduction of nano-engineered iron(III) oxide sculptured thin films,' Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 2006, 5490 - 5495.
561. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically switchable exhibition of circular Bragg phenomenon by an isotropic slab,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48, 2006, 2148 - 2153; corrections: 49, 2007, 250 - 251.
562. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled reflection and transmission of obliquely incident light by structurally chiral materials,' Optics Communications, 266, 2006, 565 - 573.
565. A. Lakhtakia, 'Narrowband and ultranarrowband filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Asian Journal of Physics, 15, 2006, 275 - 282.
566. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Quantification of optical pulsed-plane-wave-shaping by chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 53, 2006, 2763 - 2783.
572. A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'Planewave remittances of an axially excited chiral sculptured thin film with gain,' Optik, 118, 2007, 94 - 99.
573. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optics of electrically controlled structurally chiral material with periodic transverse perturbation for polarization-universal bandgaps,' Optics Communications, 270, 2007, 51 - 57.
580. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Swamping of circular Bragg phenomenon and shaping of videopulses,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 49, 2007, 776 - 779.
582. M.C. Demirel, E. So, T.M. Ritty, S.H. Naidu & A. Lakhtakia, 'Fibroblast cell attachment and growth on nanoengineered sculptured thin films,' Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B: Applied Biomaterials, 81, 2007, 219 - 223.
592. F. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S.M. Pursel, M.W. Horn & A. Wang, 'Circularly polarized emission from colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots confined in cavities formed by chiral mirrors,' Applied Physics Letters, 91, 2007, 023102.
593. A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Polo, Jr, 'Dyakonov-Tamm wave at the planar interface of a chiral sculptured thin film and an isotropic dielectric material,' Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications, 2, 2007, 07021.
595. A. Lakhtakia, 'Surface-plasmon wave at the planar interface of a metal film and a structurally chiral medium,' Optics Communications, 279, 2007, 291 - 297.
600. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Theory of light emission from a dipole source embedded in a chiral sculptured thin film,' Optics Express, 15, 2007, 14689 - 14703; corrections: 16, 2008, 3659.
602. B.M. Ross & A. Lakhtakia, 'Light pressure on chiral sculptured thin films and the circular Bragg phenomenon,' Optik, 119, 2008, 7 - 12.
610. A. Lakhtakia, 'Axially excited, tightly interlaced, chiral sculptured thin films for polarization-universal bandgaps,' Optik, 119, 2008, 175 - 179.
611. F. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, T. Zhu, S.M. Pursel & M.W. Horn, 'Circular polarization emission from an external cavity diode laser,' Applied Physics Letters, 92, 2008, 111109.
621. A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Polo Jr., 'Engineering the phase speed of surface-plasmon wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50, 2008, 1966 - 1970.
633. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the surface-plasmon-polariton wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 465, 2009, 87 - 107.
655. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia, J.A. Polo Jr. & M. Lei, 'Dyakonov-Tamm wave guided by a twist defect in a structurally chiral material,' Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 26, 2009, 1615 - 1621.
656. J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Energy flux in a surface-plasmon-polariton wave bound to the planar interface of a metal and a structurally chiral material,' Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 26, 2009, 1696 - 1703.
664. Devender, D.P. Pulsifer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple surface plasmon polariton waves,' Electronics Letters, 45, 2009, 1137 - 1138.
668. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia & M. Lei, 'On Dyakonov-Tamm waves localized to a central twist defect in a structurally chiral material,' Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 26, 2009, B74 - B82.
669. A. Shalabney, A. Lakhtakia, I. Abdulhalim, A. Lahav, C. Patzig, I. Hazek, A. Karabchevsky, B. Rauschenbach, F. Zhang & J. Xu, 'Surface plasmon resonance from metallic columnar thin films,' Photonics and Nanostructures- Fundamentals and Applications, 7, 2009, 176 - 185.
671. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia & M. Lei, 'Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by the interface between two structurally chiral materials that differ only in handedness,' Physical Review A, 81, 2010, 013801.
672. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia (Invited Paper), 'Negatively refracting chiral metamaterials: a review,' SPIE Reviews, 1, 2009, 018003.
676. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Empirical model of optical sensing via spectral shift of circular Bragg phenomenon,' IEEE Photonics Journal, 2, 2010, 92 - 101.
684. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia & M. Lei, 'Simultaneous propagation of two Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by the planar interface created in a chiral sculptured thin film by a sudden change of vapor flux direction,' Physics Letters A, 364, 2010, 3370 - 3372.
685. A. Lakhtakia & S.A. Ramakrishna, 'Narrowband enhancement of the circular Bragg phenomenon by stimulated Raman scattering,' Journal of Optics, 12, 2010, 085101; corrections: 12, 2010, 089802.
688. A. Lakhtakia, 'Reflection of an obliquely incident plane wave by a half space filled by a helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Physics Letters A, 374, 2010, 3887 - 3894.
701. J. Gao, A. Lakhtakia & M. Lei, 'Synoptic view of Dyakonov-Tamm waves localized to the planar interface of two chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 5, 2011, 051502.
703. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Complete exhibition of defect-mode resonance despite dissipation in structurally chiral materials,' Physical Review B, 83, 2011, 075115.
704. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia, Z. Shi & X. Jiang, 'Thickness-dependent spectral holes exhibited by a cascade of two slabs of dissimilar structurally chiral materials,' Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 9, 2011, 57 - 62.
716. Y.J. Liu, J. Shi, F. Zhang, H. Liang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S.J. Fonash & T.J. Huang, 'High-speed optical humidity sensors based on chiral sculptured thin films,' Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, 156, 2011, 593 - 598 [doi:10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.003].
721. J.A. Polo, Jr., T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Mapping multiple surface-plasmon-polariton-wave modes at the interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film,' Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 28, 2011, 2656 - 2666 [doi:10.1364/JOSAB.28.002656].
724. D.P. Pulsifer, R.J. Martín-Palma, S.E. Swiontek, C.G. Pantano & A. Lakhtakia, 'Wideband-rejection filters and reflection-hole filters of chalcogenide glass for circularly polarized IR-A and IR-B radiation,' Optical Materials Express, 1, 2011, 1332 - 1340 [doi:10.1364/OME.1.001332].
728. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling chiral sculptured thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' IEEE Sensors Journal, 12, 2012, 273 - 280 [doi:10.1109/JSEN.2010.2067448].
733. Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, G. You, J. Liu, J.D. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'Stable circularly polarized emission from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a chiral reflector,' Applied Physics Express, 5, 2012, 032102 [doi: 10.1143/APEX.5.032102].

Time-domain Calculations

384. J.B. Geddes III, M.W. Meredith & A. Lakhtakia, 'Circular Bragg phenomenon and pulse bleeding in cholesteric liquid crystals,' Optics Communications, 182, 2000, 45 - 57.
392. M.W. Meredith & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain signature of an axially excited cholesteric liquid crystal. Part I: Narrow-extent pulses,' Optik, 111, 2000, 443 - 453.
394. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Reflection and transmission of optical narrow-extent pulses by axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 13, 2001, 3 - 14.
396. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Pulse-coded information transmission across an axially excited chiral sculptured thin film in the Bragg regime,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 28, 2001, 59 - 62.
399. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain signature of an axially excited cholesteric liquid crystal. Part II: Rectangular wide-extent pulses,' Optik, 112, 2001, 62 - 66.
408. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain simulation of the circular Bragg phenomenon exhibited by axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 14, 2001, 97 - 105; corrections: 16, 2001, 247.
426. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Videopulse bleeding in axially excited chiral sculptured thin films in the Bragg regime,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 17, 2002, 21 - 24.
439. J. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & J.B. Geddes III, 'Multiple Bragg regimes exhibited by a chiral sculptured thin film half-space on axial excitation,' Optik, 113, 2002, 213 - 221.
468. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Effects of carrier phase on reflection of optical narrow-extent pulses from axially excited chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 225, 2003, 141 - 150.
521. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Numerical investigation of reflection, refraction, and diffraction of pulsed optical beams by chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 252, 2005, 307 - 320.
566. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Quantification of optical pulsed-plane-wave-shaping by chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 53, 2006, 2763 - 2783.
580. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Swamping of circular Bragg phenomenon and shaping of videopulses,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 49, 2007, 776 - 779.

Nanoscopic-to-Continuum Modeling of STFs

339. P.D. Sunal, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Simple model for dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic media,' Optics Communications, 158, 1998, 119 - 126.
406. A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhancement of optical activity of chiral sculptured thin films by suitable infiltration of void regions,' Optik, 112, 2001, 145 - 148; correction: 112, 2001, 544.
423. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for structure-property relations of chiral dielectric sculptured thin films,' Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 34, 2001, 1499 - 1514; corrections: 35, 2002, 1355 - 1363.
438. A. Lakhtakia, 'Microscopic model for elastostatic and elastodynamic excitation of chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Composite Materials, 36, 2002, 1277 - 1298.
442. J.A. Sherwin, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'On calibration of a nominal structure-property relationship model for chiral sculptured thin films by axial transmittance measurements,' Optics Communications, 209, 2002, 369 - 375.
452. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for the optical response of a chiral sculptured thin film infiltrated with an isotropic chiral fluid,' Optics Communications, 214, 2002, 231 - 245.
467. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for the optical response of a chiral sculptured thin film infiltrated by an isotropic chiral fluid --- oblique incidence,' Optics Communications, 222, 2003, 305 - 329.
472. A. Lakhtakia & M.W. Horn, 'Bragg-regime engineering by columnar thinning of chiral sculptured thin films,' Optik, 114, 2003, 556 - 560.
583. S.M. Pursel, M.W. Horn & A. Lakhtakia, 'Tuning of sculptured-thin-film spectral-hole filters by postdeposition etching,' Optical Engineering, 46, 2007, 040507.
591. A. Lakhtakia, 'Toward optical sensing of metal nanoparticles using chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 1, 2007, 019502.
673. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Determination of constitutive and morphological parameters of columnar thin films by inverse homogenization,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 4, 2010, 041535.
676. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Empirical model of optical sensing via spectral shift of circular Bragg phenomenon,' IEEE Photonics Journal, 2, 2010, 92 - 101.
683. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling columnar thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 8, 2010, 140 - 149.
728. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling chiral sculptured thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' IEEE Sensors Journal, 12, 2012, 273 - 280 [doi:10.1109/JSEN.2010.2067448].

Cholesteric mediums

205. A. Lakhtakia and W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Axial propagation in a magnetic-dielectric cholesteric medium,' Liquid Crystals, 15, 1993, 659 - 667.
213. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic wave propagation in super-cholesteric liquid crystals parallel to the helical axis,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 26, 1993, 2117 - 2122.
225. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Wave propagation in a continuously twisted biaxial dielectric medium parallel to the helical axis,' Optik, 96, 1994, 179 - 183.
232. S.F. Nagle & A. Lakhtakia, 'Attenuation and handedness of axial propagation modes in a cholesteric liquid crystal,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 7, 1994, 749 - 752.
236. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards the generalized super-cholesteric material. I. Construction and axial wave propagation,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 48, 1994, 339 - 343.
t 273. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Oblique propagation in a cholesteric liquid crystal: 4x4 matrix perturbational solution,' Optik, 102, 1996, 111 - 114.
277. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Simple and exact analytic solution for oblique propagation in a cholesteric liquid crystal,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 12, 1996, 245 - 248.
384. J.B. Geddes III, M.W. Meredith & A. Lakhtakia, 'Circular Bragg phenomenon and pulse bleeding in cholesteric liquid crystals,' Optics Communications, 182, 2000, 45 - 57.
392. M.W. Meredith & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain signature of an axially excited cholesteric liquid crystal. Part I: Narrow-extent pulses,' Optik, 111, 2000, 443 - 453.
399. J.B. Geddes III & A. Lakhtakia, 'Time-domain signature of an axially excited cholesteric liquid crystal. Part II: Rectangular wide-extent pulses,' Optik, 112, 2001, 62 - 66.
421. A. Lakhtakia, 'On resonance spectrums of axially excited cholesteric liquid crystals,' Optik, 112, 2001, 541 - 543.
448. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Numerical implementation of exact analytical solution for oblique propagation in a cholesteric liquid crystal,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 35, 2002, 397 - 400.

Slanted Chiral STFs

451. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Coupling of Rayleigh-Wood anomalies and the circular Bragg phenomenon in slanted chiral sculptured thin films,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 20, 2002, 91 - 103; corrections: 24, 2003, 91.
454. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Specular and nonspecular, thickness-dependent, spectral holes in a slanted chiral sculptured thin film with a central twist defect,' Optics Communications, 215, 2003, 79 - 92.
488. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Lateral shifts of optical beams on reflection by slanted chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 235, 2004, 107 - 132.
489. F. Wang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Response of slanted chiral sculptured thin films to dipolar sources,' Optics Communications, 235, 2004, 133 - 151.

Ambichiral structures

497. I.J. Hodgkinson, A. Lakhtakia, Q.h. Wu, L. De Silva & M.W. McCall, 'Ambichiral, equichiral and finely chiral layered structures,' Optics Communications, 239, 2004, 353 - 358.
551. A. Lakhtakia, 'Ambichiral, electro-optic, circular-polarization rejection filters: theory,' Physics Letters A, 354, 2006, 330 - 334.
615. M. Dixit & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled Bragg resonances of an ambichiral electro-optic structure: oblique incidence,' Asian Journal of Physics, 17, 2008, 213 - 223.
620. A. Lakhtakia, 'Polarization-universal rejection filtering by ambichiral structures made of indefinite dielectric-magnetic materials,' Physica Scripta, 77, 2008, 055401.
626. M. Dixit & A. Lakhtakia, 'Selection strategy for circular-polarization-sensitive rejection characteristics of electro-optic ambichiral Reusch piles,' Optics Communications, 281, 2008, 4812 - 4823.
705. J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and an electro-optic ambichiral Reusch pile,' Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 28, 2011, 567 - 576.

Sculptured nematic thin films (SNTFs)

227. A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Reflection at the Motohiro-Taga interface of two anisotropic materials with columnar microstructures,' Optical Engineering, 33, 1994, 2529 - 2534.
267. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Perturbational solution for propagation in periodically bent nematic liquid crystals and thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 11, 1996, 320 - 323.
305. R. Messier, T. Gehrke, C. Frankel, V.C. Venugopal, W. Otan~o & A. Lakhtakia, 'Engineered sculptured nematic thin films,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 15, 1997, 2148 - 2152.
306. A. Lakhtakia, 'On second harmonic generation in sculptured nematic thin films (SNTFs),' Optik, 105, 1997, 115 - 120.
311. A. Lakhtakia, 'Linear optical responses of sculptured thin films (SNTFs),' Optik, 106, 1997, 45 - 52.
327. A. Lakhtakia, V.C. Venugopal & R. Messier, 'Dielectric sculptured nematic thin film bilayers with S-shaped morphology as rugate-like filters,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 18, 1998, 147 - 149.
328. A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured thin films as Solc filters,' Optical Engineering, 37, 1998, 1870 - 1875.
331. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured nematic thin films for rugate-like filters,' Optics Communications, 149, 1998, 217 - 222.
337. I.J. Hodgkinson & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the Motohiro-Taga interface for biaxial columnar media,' Optical Engineering, 37, 1998, 3268 - 3271.
346. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Significance of cross-sectional morphology for Motohiro-Taga interfaces,' Optik, 110, 1999, 33 - 36.
482. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Gaussian model for refractive indexes of columnar thin films and Bragg multilayers,' Optics Communications, 231, 2004, 257 - 261.
490. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Extension of Hodgkinson's model for optical characterization of columnar thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 42, 2004, 72 - 73.
518. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured nematic thin films with periodically modulated tilt angle as rugate filters,' Optics Communications, 251, 2005, 10 - 22.
630. M.A. Motyka & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 2, 2008, 021910.
649. K. Agarwal, J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Theory of Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by the planar interface of a sculptured nematic thin film and an isotropic dielectric material,' Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 11, 2009, 074003.
650. M.A. Motyka & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part II: Arbitrary incidence,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 3, 2009, 033502.
662. A. Lakhtakia, Y.-J. Jen & C.-F. Lin, 'Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part III: Experimental evidence,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 3, 2009, 033506.
674. M. Faryad, J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part IV: Canonical problem,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 4, 2010, 043505.
687. M. Faryad & A. Lakhtakia, 'Surface-plasmon-polariton wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a sculptured nematic thin film,' Journal of Optics, 12, 2010, 085102.
691. M. Faryad & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves localized to a metallic defect layer in a sculptured nematic thin film,' Physica Status Solidi (RRL), 4, 2010, 265 - 267.
698. M. Faryad & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by a phase-twist combination defect in a sculptured nematic thin film,' Optics Communications, 284, 2011, 160 - 168.
700. M. Faryad & A. Lakhtakia, 'Propagation of surface waves and waveguide modes guided by a dielectric slab inserted in a sculptured nematic thin film,' Physical Review A, 83, 2011, 013814.
726. M. Faryad & A. Lakhtakia, 'Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part V: Grating-coupled excitation,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 5, 2011, 053527 [doi:10.1117/1.3663210].

Applications of Sculptured thin films (STFs)

317. A. Lakhtakia & V.C. Venugopal, 'Dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayers as tunable polarization-independent laser mirrors and notch filters,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 17, 1998, 135 - 140.
327. A. Lakhtakia, V.C. Venugopal & R. Messier, 'Dielectric sculptured nematic thin film bilayers with S-shaped morphology as rugate-like filters,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 18, 1998, 147 - 149.
328. A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured thin films as Solc filters,' Optical Engineering, 37, 1998, 1870 - 1875.
331. V.C. Venugopal & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured nematic thin films for rugate-like filters,' Optics Communications, 149, 1998, 217 - 222.
340. A. Lakhtakia, 'On determining gas concentrations using thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayers,' Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 52, 1998, 243 - 250.
344. E. Ertekin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured thin film Solc filters for optical sensing of gas concentration,' European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 5, 1999, 45 - 50.
348. R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured thin films-II. Experiments and applications,' Materials Research Innovations, 2, 1999, 217 - 222.
353. A. Lakhtakia, 'Capacitance of a slab of a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 21, 1999, 286 - 288.
355. A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards sculptured thin films (STFs) as optical interconnects,' Optik, 110, 1999, 289 - 293.
357. A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Spectral response of dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayer,' Optics Communications, 167, 1999, 191 - 202.
358. A. Lakhtakia, 'Dielectric sculptured thin films for polarization-discriminatory handedness-inversion of circularly polarized light,' Optical Engineering, 38, 1999, 1596 - 1602.
360. A. Lakhtakia & M. McCall, 'Sculptured thin films as ultranarrow-bandpass circular-polarization filters,' Optics Communications, 168, 1999, 457 - 465.
366. I. Hodgkinson, Q.H. Wu, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Linear and circular polarization filters using sculptured thin films,' OSA Optics & Photonics News, 10 (12), December 1999, 30 - 31.
369. V.C. Venugopal, A. Lakhtakia , R. Messier & J.-P. Kucera, 'Low-permittivity materials using sculptured thin film technology,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 18, 2000, 32 - 36.
370. I. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu, B. Knight, A. Lakhtakia & K. Robbie, 'Vacuum deposition of chiral sculptured thin films with high optical activity,' Applied Optics, 39, 2000, 642 - 649.
373. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Polarization-dependent narrowband spectral filtering by chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 47, 2000, 743 - 755.
376. A. Lakhtakia, V.C. Venugopal & M.W. McCall, 'Spectral holes in Bragg reflection from chiral sculptured thin films: circular polarization filters,' Optics Communications, 177, 2000, 57 - 68.
377. I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu, A. Lakhtakia & M.W. McCall, 'Spectral-hole filter fabricated using sculptured thin-film technology,' Optics Communications, 177, 2000, 79 - 84.
383. Q. Wu, I.J. Hodgkinson & A. Lakhtakia, 'Circular polarization filters made of chiral sculptured thin films: experimental and simulation results,' Optical Engineering, 39, 2000, 1863 - 1868.
386. I.J. Hodgkinson, A. Lakhtakia & Q.h. Wu, 'Experimental realization of sculptured-thin-film polarization-discriminatory light-handedness inverters,' Optical Engineering, 39, 2000, 2831 - 2834.
388. I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu, K.E. Thorn, A. Lakhtakia & M.W. McCall, 'Spacerless circular-polarization spectral-hole filters using chiral sculptured thin films: theory and experiment,' Optics Communications, 184, 2000, 57 - 66.
400. A. Lakhtakia, 'Stepwise chirping of chiral sculptured thin films for Bragg bandwidth enhancement,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 28, 2001, 323 - 326.
410. A. Lakhtakia, M.W. McCall, J.A. Sherwin, Q.H. Wu & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Sculptured-thin-film spectral holes for optical sensing of fluids,' Optics Communications, 194, 2001, 33 - 46.
413. A. Lakhtakia, G.Ya. Slepyan & S.A. Maksimenko, 'Towards cholesteric absorbers for microwave frequencies,' International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 22, 2001, 999 - 1007.
419. M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Integrated optical polarization filtration via chiral sculptured-thin-film technology,' Journal of Modern Optics, 48, 2001, 2179 - 2184.
445. I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu, M. Arnold, M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Chiral mirror and optical resonator designs for circularly polarized light: suppression of cross-polarized reflectances and transmittances,'Optics Communications, 210, 2002, 201 - 211.
450. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Towards piezoelectrically tunable chiral sculptured thin film lasers,' Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 102, 2002, 31 - 35.
459. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'On piezoelectric control of sculptured thin films,' Journal of Modern Optics, 49, 2003, 239 - 249.
471. I.J. Hodgkinson, Q.h. Wu, L. De Silva, M. Arnold, M.W. McCall & A. Lakhtakia, 'Supermodes of chiral photonic filters with combined twist and layer defects,' Physical Review Letters, 91, 2003, 223903.
472. A. Lakhtakia & M.W. Horn, 'Bragg-regime engineering by columnar thinning of chiral sculptured thin films,' Optik, 114, 2003, 556 - 560.
493. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Design of wideband circular-polarization filters made of chiral sculptured thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 42, 2004, 135 - 138.
497. I.J. Hodgkinson, A. Lakhtakia, Q.h. Wu, L. De Silva & M.W. McCall, 'Ambichiral, equichiral and finely chiral layered structures,' Optics Communications, 239, 2004, 353 - 358.
500. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Tilt-modulated chiral sculptured thin films: an alternative to quarter-wave stacks,' Optics Communications, 242, 2004, 13 - 21.
518. J.A. Polo, Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Sculptured nematic thin films with periodically modulated tilt angle as rugate filters,' Optics Communications, 251, 2005, 10 - 22.
525. A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'An essential difference between dielectric mirrors and chiral mirrors,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 47, 2005, 63 - 64.
544. B.M. Ross, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Towards the design of elliptical-polarization rejection filters,' Optics Communications, 259, 2006, 479 - 483.
551. A. Lakhtakia, 'Ambichiral, electro-optic, circular-polarization rejection filters: theory,' Physics Letters A, 354, 2006, 330 - 334.
556. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically tunable, ultranarrowband, circular-polarization rejection filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications, 1, 2006, 06006.
559. H. Tan, O. Ezekoye, J. van der Schalie, M.W. Horn, A. Lakhtakia, J. Xu & W.D. Burgos, 'Biological reduction of nano-engineered iron(III) oxide sculptured thin films,' Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 2006, 5490 - 5495.
561. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically switchable exhibition of circular Bragg phenomenon by an isotropic slab,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48, 2006, 2148 - 2153; corrections: 49, 2007, 250 - 251.
564. V. Fiumara, F. Chiadini, A. Lakhtakia & A. Scaglione, 'Theory of thin-film, narrowband, linear-polarization rejection filters with superlattice structure,' Optics Communications, 268, 2006, 182 - 188.
565. A. Lakhtakia, 'Narrowband and ultranarrowband filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Asian Journal of Physics, 15, 2006, 275 - 282.
573. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optics of electrically controlled structurally chiral material with periodic transverse perturbation for polarization-universal bandgaps,' Optics Communications, 270, 2007, 51 - 57.
582. M.C. Demirel, E. So, T.M. Ritty, S.H. Naidu & A. Lakhtakia, 'Fibroblast cell attachment and growth on nanoengineered sculptured thin films,' Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B: Applied Biomaterials, 81, 2007, 219 - 223.
590. M.C. Demirel, S. Boduroglu, M. Cetinkaya & A. Lakhtakia, 'Spatially organized free-standing poly(p-xylylene) nanowires fabricated by vapor deposition,' Langmuir, 23, 2007, 5861 - 5863.
591. A. Lakhtakia, 'Toward optical sensing of metal nanoparticles using chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 1, 2007, 019502.
609. I. Abdulhalim, M. Zourob & A. Lakhtakia, 'Surface plasmon resonance for biosensing: A mini-review,' Electromagnetics, 28, 2008, 214 - 242.
610. A. Lakhtakia, 'Axially excited, tightly interlaced, chiral sculptured thin films for polarization-universal bandgaps,' Optik, 119, 2008, 175 - 179.
611. F. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, T. Zhu, S.M. Pursel & M.W. Horn, 'Circular polarization emission from an external cavity diode laser,' Applied Physics Letters, 92, 2008, 111109.
621. A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Polo Jr., 'Engineering the phase speed of surface-plasmon wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50, 2008, 1966 - 1970.
626. M. Dixit & A. Lakhtakia, 'Selection strategy for circular-polarization-sensitive rejection characteristics of electro-optic ambichiral Reusch piles,' Optics Communications, 281, 2008, 4812 - 4823.
638. I. Abdulhalim, A. Karabchevsky, C. Patzig, B. Rauschenbach, B. Fuhrmann, E. Eltzov, R. Marks, J. Xu, F. Zhang & A. Lakhtakia, 'Surface-enhanced fluorescence from metal sculptured thin films with application to biosensing in water,' Applied Physics Letters, 94, 2009, 063106.
652. R.J. Martín-Palma, F. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia, A. Cheng, J. Xu & C.G. Pantano, 'Retardance of chalcogenide thin films grown by the oblique-angle-deposition technique,' Thin Solid Films, 517, 2009, 5553 - 5556.
676. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Empirical model of optical sensing via spectral shift of circular Bragg phenomenon,' IEEE Photonics Journal, 2, 2010, 92 - 101.
716. Y.J. Liu, J. Shi, F. Zhang, H. Liang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S.J. Fonash & T.J. Huang, 'High-speed optical humidity sensors based on chiral sculptured thin films,' Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, 156, 2011, 593 - 598 [doi:10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.003].
724. D.P. Pulsifer, R.J. Martín-Palma, S.E. Swiontek, C.G. Pantano & A. Lakhtakia, 'Wideband-rejection filters and reflection-hole filters of chalcogenide glass for circularly polarized IR-A and IR-B radiation,' Optical Materials Express, 1, 2011, 1332 - 1340 [doi:10.1364/OME.1.001332].
728. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling chiral sculptured thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' IEEE Sensors Journal, 12, 2012, 273 - 280 [doi:10.1109/JSEN.2010.2067448].
733. Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, G. You, J. Liu, J.D. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'Stable circularly polarized emission from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a chiral reflector,' Applied Physics Express, 5, 2012, 032102 [doi: 10.1143/APEX.5.032102].

Emission of Circularly Polarized Light

398. A. Lakhtakia, 'On bioluminescent emission from chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 188, 2001, 313 - 320.
427. A. Lakhtakia, 'Local inclination angle: a key structural factor in emission from chiral sculptured thin films,' Optics Communications, 202, 2002, 103 - 112; correction: 203, 2002, 447.
450. F. Wang, A. Lakhtakia & R. Messier, 'Towards piezoelectrically tunable chiral sculptured thin film lasers,' Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 102, 2002, 31 - 35.
461. E.E. Steltz & A. Lakhtakia, 'Theory of second-harmonic-generated radiation from chiral sculptured thin films for bio-sensing,' Optics Communications, 216, 2003, 139 - 150.
462. A. Lakhtakia, 'On radiation from canonical source configurations in structurally chiral materials,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 37, 2003, 37 - 40.
525. A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'An essential difference between dielectric mirrors and chiral mirrors,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 47, 2005, 63 - 64.
557. J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, J. Liou, A. Chen & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Circularly polarized fluorescence from light-emitting microcavities with sculptured-thin-film chiral reflectors,' Optics Communications, 264, 2006, 235 - 239.
592. F. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S.M. Pursel, M.W. Horn & A. Wang, 'Circularly polarized emission from colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots confined in cavities formed by chiral mirrors,' Applied Physics Letters, 91, 2007, 023102.
600. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Theory of light emission from a dipole source embedded in a chiral sculptured thin film,' Optics Express, 15, 2007, 14689 - 14703; corrections: 16, 2008, 3659.
611. F. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, T. Zhu, S.M. Pursel & M.W. Horn, 'Circular polarization emission from an external cavity diode laser,' Applied Physics Letters, 92, 2008, 111109.
733. Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, G. You, J. Liu, J.D. Zhang, A. Lakhtakia & J. Xu, 'Stable circularly polarized emission from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a chiral reflector,' Applied Physics Express, 5, 2012, 032102 [doi: 10.1143/APEX.5.032102].

STFs with Transverse Architecture

479 . M.W. Horn, M.D. Pickett, R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Blending of nanoscale and microscale in uniform large-area sculptured thin-film architectures,' Nanotechnology, 15, 2004, 303 - 310.
480. A. Lakhtakia, M.W. Horn & R. Messier, 'Sculptured thin films with transverse architecture,' SPIE Nanotechnology E-Bulletin, 1.1, 2004, 1 - 2.
504. M.W. Horn, M.D. Pickett, R. Messier & A. Lakhtakia, 'Selective growth of sculptured nanowires on microlithographic substrates,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 22, 2004, 3426 - 3430.
603. A. Lakhtakia, M.C. Demirel, M.W. Horn & J. Xu, 'Six emerging directions in sculptured-thin-film research,' Advances in Solid State Physics, 46, 2008, 295 - 307.

Electro-optic STFs

543. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled optical bandgap in a structurally chiral material,' Optics Communications, 259, 2006, 164 - 173.
551. A. Lakhtakia, 'Ambichiral, electro-optic, circular-polarization rejection filters: theory,' Physics Letters A, 354, 2006, 330 - 334.
552. A. Lakhtakia, 'Generalized Oseen transformation for and enhancement of Bragg characteristics of electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Optics Communications, 261, 2006, 213 - 217.
556. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically tunable, ultranarrowband, circular-polarization rejection filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications, 1, 2006, 06006.
561. A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically switchable exhibition of circular Bragg phenomenon by an isotropic slab,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48, 2006, 2148 - 2153; corrections: 49, 2007, 250 - 251.
562. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled reflection and transmission of obliquely incident light by structurally chiral materials,' Optics Communications, 266, 2006, 565 - 573.
565. A. Lakhtakia, 'Narrowband and ultranarrowband filters with electro-optic structurally chiral materials,' Asian Journal of Physics, 15, 2006, 275 - 282.
573. J.A. Reyes & A. Lakhtakia, 'Optics of electrically controlled structurally chiral material with periodic transverse perturbation for polarization-universal bandgaps,' Optics Communications, 270, 2007, 51 - 57.
603. A. Lakhtakia, M.C. Demirel, M.W. Horn & J. Xu, 'Six emerging directions in sculptured-thin-film research,' Advances in Solid State Physics, 46, 2008, 295 - 307.
615. M. Dixit & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electrically controlled Bragg resonances of an ambichiral electro-optic structure: oblique incidence,' Asian Journal of Physics, 17, 2008, 213 - 223.
616. A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Reyes, 'Theory of electrically controlled exhibition of circular Bragg phenomenon by an obliquely excited structurally chiral material -- Part 1: Axial dc electric field,' Optik, 119, 2008, 253 - 268.
617. A. Lakhtakia & J.A. Reyes, 'Theory of electrically controlled exhibition of circular Bragg phenomenon by an obliquely excited structurally chiral material -- Part 2: Arbitrary dc electric field,' Optik, 119, 2008, 269 - 275.
626. M. Dixit & A. Lakhtakia, 'Selection strategy for circular-polarization-sensitive rejection characteristics of electro-optic ambichiral Reusch piles,' Optics Communications, 281, 2008, 4812 - 4823.
705. J.A. Polo Jr. & A. Lakhtakia, 'Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided by the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and an electro-optic ambichiral Reusch pile,' Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 28, 2011, 567 - 576.

A succinct account of the development of Sculptured Thin Films, spanning the years 1959 to 1997, also encompassing the so-called glancing angle deposition,is available in the following review:	A. Lakhtakia, 'Dali's dalliances: sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97, Glasgow, June 5 - 7, 1997.	Download postscript file
A review spanning the years 1998 to 2000 is also available:	A. Lakhtakia, 'Filamentary, my dear Watson!,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000, Lisbon, September 27 - 29, 2000.	Download postscript file

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Updated on: March 20, 2017