Dr. John A. Polo Profile

Dr. John A. Polo

Assistant Professor at Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania

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Publications (8)

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 April 2010 Open Access

Commentary: Multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves at a single bi-material interface

John Polo

JNP, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 040303, (April 2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3425652

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Dielectrics, Metals, Molecules, Contrast transfer function, Dielectric polarization, Wave propagation, Thin films, Sensors, Chemical fiber sensors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 February 2010

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

Muhammad Faryad, John Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

JNP, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 043505, (February 2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3365052

KEYWORDS: Spiral phase plates, Interfaces, Metals, Wave propagation, Thin films, Dielectrics, Waveguides, Radio propagation, Reflectivity, Transmittance

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 April 2009 Open Access

Book Review: Periodic Materials and Interference Lithography for Photonics, Phononics and Mechanics

John Polo

JNP, Vol. 3, Issue 01, 030202, (April 2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3125724

KEYWORDS: Lithography, Photonics, Mechanics, Photoresist materials, Reflectivity, Physics, MATLAB, Photonic crystals, Electromagnetism, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2008 Paper

Review of surface-wave propagation at the planar interface of a columnar or chiral sculptured thin film and an isotropic substrate

John Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 7041, 70410E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.791149

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Wave propagation, Contrast transfer function, Thin films, Spiral phase plates, Radio propagation, Dielectrics, Metals, Electromagnetism, Titanium

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2008 Paper

Review of the role of dielectric anisotropy in Dyakonov surface-wave propagation

Sudarshan Nelatury, John Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 7041, 70410T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793370

KEYWORDS: Dielectrics, Interfaces, Wave propagation, Geometrical optics, Crystals, Anisotropy, Potassium, Electro optics, Refractive index, Roads

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 January 2007

Propagation of surface waves at the planar interface of a columnar thin film and an isotropic substrate

John Polo, Sudarshan Rao Nelatury, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

JNP, Vol. 1, Issue 01, 013501, (January 2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.2515618

KEYWORDS: Contrast transfer function, Interfaces, Wave propagation, Thin films, Dielectrics, Radio propagation, Phase velocity, Refractive index, Electromagnetism, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2004 Paper

Periodically perturbed chiral sculptured thin films

John Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 5509, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.558248

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Mirrors, Thin films, Lawrencium, Reflectivity, Dielectric mirrors, Reflection, Dielectric polarization, Titanium dioxide, Nanowires

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2003 Paper

Investigation of exact analytic solution for oblique propagation in chiral sculptured thin films and smectic liquid crystals

John Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 5218, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.502485

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Thin films, Wave propagation, Dielectrics, Stanford Linear Collider, Systems modeling, Optical components, Free space, Ordinary differential equations, Electromagnetism

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