Optical properties of photonic crystals - New Jersey Institute of ...
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT<br />
The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude to his supervisor, Dr. N. M.<br />
Ravindra for the guidance, friendship and encouragement given throughout this research.<br />
Special thanks to Dr. Dentcho. Ivanov, Dr. Kenneth Sohn and Dr. William Can<br />
for serving as members <strong>of</strong> the committee.<br />
The author is grateful to Sandia National Labs for having provided the samples,<br />
which were used, for analysis in the study.<br />
The author is grateful to Pr<strong>of</strong>. N. M. Ravindra for helping with grants (through a<br />
contract with NREL) to fund the research and for helping out throughout the research and<br />
also during the field trips.<br />
The author appreciates the timely help and expert assistance from Mr. James<br />
Markham and Mr. Patrick Kenny in carrying out measurements on the samples.<br />
And finally, a thank you to my colleagues, Aravind Balakrishnan and Vishal<br />
Mehta for their help and support throughout the course <strong>of</strong> the research.<br />
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