About

Jane Carlson, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Associate Clinical Professor and the Director of the Applied Behavior Analysis program at Bouvé College of Health Sciences. She is based in Charlotte, NC, and is involved in the clinical and academic leadership of applied behavior analysis. Her role includes overseeing the Applied Behavior Analysis program, contributing to the training and supervision of students, and advancing research and practice in behavior analysis. Her expertise and contributions support the college's mission to prepare students for professional roles in health sciences and applied psychology.

Research topics

• Chemistry
• Materials science
• Waste management
• Optoelectronics
• Environmental chemistry

Selected publications

• Textile Frequency Selective Surface

  IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters · 2017-10-06 · 57 citations

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  Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) are ubiquitous on rigid substrates and increasingly on flexible polymeric substrates. Here, we developed a FSS on a textile which is neither rigid nor smooth. We fabricate a textile capable of rejecting the millimeter-wave radiation in a narrowband, while retaining desirable textile properties such as flexibility and breathability. The resonators and resonant wavelength are on the order of the weave pitch. Durability tests are performed and spectral response is measured.

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• Conduction and rectification in NbOx- and NiO-based metal-insulator-metal diodes

  Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films · 2016-08-25 · 6 citations

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  Conduction and rectification in nanoantenna-coupled NbOx- and NiO-based metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes (“nanorectennas”) are studied by comparing new theoretical predictions with the measured response of nanorectenna arrays. A new quantum mechanical model is reported and agrees with measurements of current–voltage (I–V) curves, over 10 orders of magnitude in current density, from [NbOx(native)-Nb2O5]- and NiO-based samples with oxide thicknesses in the range of 5–36 nm. The model, which introduces new physics and features, including temperature, electron effective mass, and image potential effects using the pseudobarrier technique, improves upon widely used earlier models, calculates the MIM diode's I–V curve, and predicts quantitatively the rectification responsivity of high frequency voltages generated in a coupled nanoantenna array by visible/near-infrared light. The model applies both at the higher frequencies, when high-energy photons are incident, and at lower frequencies, when the formula for classical rectification, involving derivatives of the I–V curve, may be used. The rectified low-frequency direct current is well-predicted in this work's model, but not by fitting the experimentally measured I–V curve with a polynomial or by using the older Simmons model (as shown herein). By fitting the measured I–V curves with our model, the barrier heights in Nb-(NbOx(native)-Nb2O5)-Pt and Ni-NiO-Ti/Ag diodes are found to be 0.41/0.77 and 0.38/0.39 eV, respectively, similar to literature reports, but with effective mass much lower than the free space value. The NbOx (native)-Nb2O5 dielectric properties improve, and the effective Pt-Nb2O5 barrier height increases as the oxide thickness increases. An observation of direct current of ∼4 nA for normally incident, focused 514 nm continuous wave laser beams are reported, similar in magnitude to recent reports. This measured direct current is compared to the prediction for rectified direct current, given by the rectification responsivity, calculated from the I–V curve times input power.

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• Appendix C. Additional statistical output for ANCOVA and breakpoint analyses.

  Figshare · 2016-01-01

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  Additional statistical output for ANCOVA and breakpoint analyses.

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• Appendix B. Additional understory vegetation composition table.

  Figshare · 2016-01-01

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  Additional understory vegetation composition table.

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• Appendix A. Basal area and density over time in the pulldown and control plots.

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  Basal area and density over time in the pulldown and control plots.

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• Stripe-teeth metamaterial Al- and Nb-based rectennas (Presentation Recording)

  Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2015-10-05

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  Unlike a semiconductor, where the absorption is limited by the band gap, a “microrectenna array” could theoretically very efficiently rectify any desired portion of the infrared frequency spectrum (25 - 400 THz). We investigated vertical metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes that rectify vertical high-frequency fields produced by a metamaterial planar stripe-teeth Al or Au array (above the diodes), similar to stripe arrays that have demonstrated near-perfect absorption in the infrared due to critical coupling [1]. Using our design rules that maximize asymmetry (and therefore the component of the electric field pointed into the substrate, analogous to Second Harmonic Generation), we designed, fabricated, and analyzed these metamaterial-based microrectenna arrays. NbOx and Al2O3 were produced by anodization and ALD, respectively. Smaller visible-light Pt-NbOx-Nb rectennas have produced output power when illuminated by visible (514 nm) light [2]. The resonances of these new Au/NbOx/Nb and Al/Al2O3/Al microrectenna arrays, with larger dimensions and more complex nanostructures than in Ref. 1, were characterized by microscopic FTIR microscopy and agreed well with FDTD models, once the experimental refractive index values were entered into the model. Current-voltage measurements were carried out, showed that the Al/Al2O3/Al diodes have very large barrier heights and breakdown voltages, and were compared to our model of the MIM diode. We calculate expected THz-rectification using classical [3] and quantum [4] rectification models, and compare to measurements of direct current output, under infrared illumination. [1] C. Wu, et. al., Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 075102. [2] R. M. Osgood III, et. al., Proc. SPIE 8096, 809610 (2011). [3] A. Sanchez, et. al., J. Appl. Phys. 49 (1978) 5270. [4] J. R. Tucker and M. J. Feldman, Rev. of Mod. Phys. 57, (1985)1055.

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• Design and fabrication of extruded retroreflective polymer fibers

  Optical Materials Express · 2014-12-01 · 5 citations

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  Extruded polymer fibers with submillimeter diameters are considered for tailored optical and near-IR properties. Retroreflection of light is demonstrated. Simulated and measured reflection spectra are compared and found to agree. Additional simulations suggest that retroreflection from gold coated 12-pointed star fibers could exceed retroreflection from microbeads on t-shirt. Finally, a novel, robust, extruded retroreflective fiber with performance approaching microbeads is presented.

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• Scattering of long wavelengths into thin silicon photovoltaic films by plasmonic silver nanoparticles

  Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2014-10-07 · 2 citations

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  Nanoparticles and nanostructures with plasmonic resonances are currently being employed to enhance the efficiency of solar cells. ^1-3 Ag stripe arrays have been shown theoretically to enhance the short-circuit current of thin silicon layers. ⁴ Monolayers of Ag nanoparticles with diameter d < 300 nm have shown strong plasmonic resonances when coated in thin polymer layers with thicknesses < d.⁵ We study experimentally the diffuse vs. specular scattering from monolayer arrays of Ag nanoparticles (spheres and prisms with diameters in the range 50 – 300 nm) coated onto the front side of thin (100 nm < t < 500 nm) silicon films deposited on glass and flexible polymer substrates, the latter originating in a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. Ag nanoparticles are held in place and aggregation is prevented with a polymer overcoat. We observe interesting wavelength shifts between maxima in specular and diffuse scattering that depend on particle size and shape, indicating that the nanoparticles substantially modify the scattering into the thin silicon film.

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• Tunable millimeter and sub-millimeter spectral response of textile metamaterial via resonant states

  Optics Express · 2014-01-31 · 14 citations

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  We report on a new textile metamaterial created by adding metal wires directly into the polymer yarn. Split-ring resonator-like extended states are created. Simulations revealed that the extended states can be easily tuned via the geometry. Measurements of the transmittance spectrum as a function of the polarization angle in the low terahertz range were also performed and these peaks were ascribed to a polarization-dependent resonator model. The fabrics are viable candidates for flexible and deformable gigahertz and terahertz-enabled metamaterials.

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• Plasmonic Ag nanostructures on thin substrates for enhanced energy harvesting

  Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2013-09-18 · 2 citations

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  Nanoparticles and nanostructures with plasmonic resonances are currently being employed to enhance the efficiency of solar cells. Ag stripe arrays have been shown theoretically to enhance the short-circuit current of thin silicon layers. Such Ag stripes are combined with 200 nm long and 60 nm wide “teeth”, which act as nanoantennas, and form vertical rectifying metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanostructures on metallic substrates coated with thin oxides, such as Nb/NbO_x films. We characterize experimentally and theoretically the visible and near-infrared spectra of these “stripeteeth” arrays, which act as microantenna arrays for energy harvesting and detection, on silicon substrates. Modeling the stripe-teeth arrays predicts a substantial net a.c. voltage across the MIM diode, even when the stripe-teeth microrectenna arrays are illuminated at normal incidence.

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Frequent coauthors

• Yiannis A. Levendis

  Northeastern University

  72 shared

• Henning Richter

  Nano-C (United States)

  45 shared

• Jack B. Howard

  Ambulance Victoria

  44 shared

• Jun Wang

  Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

  27 shared

• Brian R. Kimball

  Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

  21 shared

• Zhenlei Wang

  China Electronics Technology Group Corporation

  18 shared

• Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório

  Universidade de São Paulo

  17 shared

• J. Jordan

  Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

  11 shared

Labs

• Applied Behavior Analysis ProgramPI