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26 November 2012
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Ultra-thin perfect absorber employing a tunable phase change material
Mikhail A. Kats; Deepika Sharma; Jiao Lin; Patrice Genevet; Romain Blanchard; Zheng Yang; M. Mumtaz Qazilbash; D. N. Basov; Shriram Ramanathan; Federico Capasso
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767646
Photoacoustic spectrum analysis for microstructure characterization in biological tissue: A feasibility study
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768703
Needle-like focus generation by radially polarized halo beams emitted by photonic-crystal ring-cavity laser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767994
Fiber-optic rotation of micro-scale structures enabled microfluidic actuation and self-scanning two-photon excitation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768232
Ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator strip waveguides and mode couplers
Michael Gould; Andrew Pomerene; Craig Hill; Stewart Ocheltree; Yi Zhang; Tom Baehr-Jones; Michael Hochberg
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768296
Temperature and Bi-concentration dependence of the bandgap and spin-orbit splitting in InGaBiAs/InP semiconductors for mid-infrared applications
I. P. Marko; Z. Batool; K. Hild; S. R. Jin; N. Hossain; T. J. C. Hosea; J. P. Petropoulos; Y. Zhong; P. B. Dongmo; J. M. O. Zide; S. J. Sweeney
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768532
Fiber-cavity-based optomechanical device
N. E. Flowers-Jacobs; S. W. Hoch; J. C. Sankey; A. Kashkanova; A. M. Jayich; C. Deutsch; J. Reichel; J. G. E. Harris
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768779
Mode coupling by plasmonic surface scatterers in thin-film silicon solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767997
An extremely low-noise heralded single-photon source: A breakthrough for quantum technologies
G. Brida; I. P. Degiovanni; M. Genovese; F. Piacentini; P. Traina; A. Della Frera; A. Tosi; A. Bahgat Shehata; C. Scarcella; A. Gulinatti; M. Ghioni; S. V. Polyakov; A. Migdall; A. Giudice
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768288
Optical pulse generation in single section InAs/GaAs quantum dot edge emitting lasers under continuous wave operation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768946
Absorption saturation in optically excited graphene
Torben Winzer; Andreas Knorr; Martin Mittendorff; Stephan Winnerl; Miao-Bin Lien; Dong Sun; Theodore B. Norris; Manfred Helm; Ermin Malic
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221115 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768780
A superhigh-frequency optoelectromechanical system based on a slotted photonic crystal cavity
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769045
Performance investigation of p-i-n ZnO-based thin film homojunction ultraviolet photodetectors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221118 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768786
Color filters for reflective display with wide viewing angle and high reflectivity based on metal dielectric multilayer
Deukseok Chung; Changgyun Shin; Byonggwon Song; Myonghoon Jung; Youngjun Yun; Sung Hyun Nam; Changho Noh; Jungwoo Kim; Sangyoon Lee
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221120 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768298
Tunable-focus liquid crystal Fresnel zone lens based on harmonic diffraction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221121 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769090
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Tunable wetting behavior of nanostructured poly(dimethylsiloxane) by plasma combination treatments
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221601 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768808
Impact of the surface-near silicon substrate properties on the microstructure of sputter-deposited AlN thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221602 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768951
Probing buried organic-organic and metal-organic heterointerfaces by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221603 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768940
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Coherent growth of GaGdN layers with high Gd concentration on GaN(0001)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767992
Large effects of pressure induced inelastic channels on interface thermal conductance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221903 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766266
In situ X-ray diffraction study of deformation behavior in a Fe/NiTi composite
Shijie Hao; Lishan Cui; Yang Shao; Jiang Jiang; Daqiang Jiang; Shan Wang; Minshu Du; Yandong Wang; Dennis E. Brown; Yang Ren
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767993
Rare-earth free yellow-green emitting NaZnPO4:Mn phosphor for lighting applications
D. Haranath; S. Mishra; S. Yadav; R. K. Sharma; L. M. Kandpal; N. Vijayan; M. K. Dalai; G. Sehgal; V. Shanker
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221905 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768214
Valley polarization and intervalley scattering in monolayer MoS2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221907 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768299
Growth and characterization of single crystal rocksalt LaAs using LuAs barrier layers
E. M. Krivoy; S. Rahimi; H. P. Nair; R. Salas; S. J. Maddox; D. J. Ironside; Y. Jiang; V. D. Dasika; D. A. Ferrer; G. Kelp; G. Shvets; D. Akinwande; S. R. Bank
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221908 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766945
Carbon nanotube film interlayer for strain and damage sensing in composites during dynamic compressive loading
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221909 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4765654
Crystal structure and epitaxy of Bi2Te3 films grown on Si
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221910 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768259
Low-temperature grown graphene films by using molecular beam epitaxy
Meng-Yu Lin; Wei-Ching Guo; Meng-Hsun Wu; Pro-Yao Wang; Te-Huan Liu; Chun-Wei Pao; Chien-Cheng Chang; Si-Chen Lee; Shih-Yen Lin
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221911 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768948
SEMICONDUCTORS
Conductance modulation of Si nanowire arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768692
Flexible cobalt-phthalocyanine thin films with high charge carrier mobility
Ajay Singh; Arvind Kumar; Ashwini Kumar; Soumen Samanta; Anil K. Debnath; Purushottam Jha; Rajeshwar Prasad; Zakaria Salmi; Sophie Nowak; Mohamed M. Chehimi; Dinesh K. Aswal; Shiv K. Gupta
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767990
Effects of hydrogen on the electronic properties of Ga(AsBi) alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768237
Influence of Ni impurities on the thermoelectric properties of Ca-partially filled skutterudites CaxCo4Sb12
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768439
Femtosecond laser direct hard mask writing for selective facile micron-scale inverted-pyramid patterning of silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768689
Deep level transient spectroscopy and minority carrier lifetime study on Ga-doped continuous Czochralski silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766337
Tunable Dirac cone in the rectangular symmetrical semiconductor quantum dots array
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222108 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768939
Impurity-limited lattice disorder recovery in ion-implanted ZnO
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768289
Band alignment in Ge/GeOx/HfO2/TiO2 heterojunctions as measured by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768947
Carrier multiplication in bulk indium nitride
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766738
Low-voltage zinc oxide thin-film transistors with solution-processed channel and dielectric layers below 150 °C
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769091
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
Room temperature magnetoresistance in a polyimide-Co granular film synthesized by vapor deposition polymerization
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222401 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768783
Spin waves and small intrinsic damping in an in-plane magnetized FePt film
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222402 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768787
Temperature dependence of large exchange-bias in TbFe-Co/Pt
S. Romer; M. A. Marioni; K. Thorwarth; N. R. Joshi; C. E. Corticelli; H. J. Hug; S. Oezer; M. Parlinska-Wojtan; H. Rohrmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222404 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767142
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
In-plane electronic confinement in superconducting nanostructures
D. Stornaiuolo; S. Gariglio; N. J. G. Couto; A. Fête; A. D. Caviglia; G. Seyfarth; D. Jaccard; A. F. Morpurgo; J.-M. Triscone
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222601 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768936
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
High intensity electron emission from ferroelectric cathode induced by a pyroelectric crystal
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767218
Small polaron migration associated multiple dielectric responses of multiferroic DyMnO3 polycrystal in low temperature region
J. Yang; J. He; J. Y. Zhu; W. Bai; L. Sun; X. J. Meng; X. D. Tang; C.-G. Duan; D. Rémiens; J. H. Qiu; J. H. Chu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222904 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768790
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Solution processable carbon nanotube network thin-film transistors operated in electrolytic solutions at various pH
Tobias Haeberle; Alexandra M. Münzer; Felix Buth; Jose Antonio Garrido; Alaa Abdellah; Bernhard Fabel; Paolo Lugli; Giuseppe Scarpa
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768683
Continuous and scalable fabrication of flexible metamaterial films via roll-to-roll nanoimprint process for broadband plasmonic infrared filters
Jong G. Ok; Hong Seok Youn; Moon Kyu Kwak; Kyu-Tae Lee; Young Jae Shin; L. Jay Guo; Anton Greenwald; Yisi Liu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767995
Enhanced and persistent photoconductivity in vertical silicon nanowires and ZnS nanoparticles hybrid devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223103 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768784
Field-effect transistors and intrinsic mobility in ultra-thin MoSe2 layers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768218
Tailoring the electronic properties of SrRuO3 films in SrRuO3/LaAlO3 superlattices
Z. Q. Liu; Y. Ming; W. M. Lü; Z. Huang; X. Wang; B. M. Zhang; C. J. Li; K. Gopinadhan; S. W. Zeng; A. Annadi; Y. P. Feng; T. Venkatesan; Ariando
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768230
Structural study of exfoliated nanocrystals
A. Lupascu; Renfei Feng; L. J. Sandilands; Zixin Nie; V. Baydina; Genda Gu; Shimpei Ono; Yoichi Ando; D. C. Kwok; N. Lee; S.-W. Cheong; K. S. Burch; Young-June Kim
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768234
Designer Ge quantum dots on Si: A heterostructure configuration with enhanced optoelectronic performance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223107 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768292
Modulation of external electric field on surface states of topological insulator Bi2Se3 thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767998
Growth of quantum dots on GaP utilizing a GaAs interlayer
G. Stracke; A. Glacki; T. Nowozin; L. Bonato; S. Rodt; C. Prohl; A. Lenz; H. Eisele; A. Schliwa; A. Strittmatter; U. W. Pohl; D. Bimberg
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223110 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768294
Universal scaling of resistivity in bilayer graphene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769042
Nanotwins and stacking faults in high-strength epitaxial Ag/Al multilayer films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223112 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768000
Gate tunable graphene-silicon Ohmic/Schottky contacts
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223113 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768921
Probing molecular interactions on carbon nanotube surfaces using surface plasmon resonance sensors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768927
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Tandem organic photodetectors with tunable, broadband response
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223301 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768807
Influence of the excitation area on the thresholds of organic second-order distributed feedback lasers
Eva M. Calzado; José M. Villalvilla; Pedro G. Boj; José A. Quintana; Victor Navarro-Fuster; Aritz Retolaza; Santos Merino; María A. Díaz-García
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768242
High-performance organic transistors with high-k dielectrics: A comparative study on solution-processed single crystals and vacuum-deposited polycrystalline films of 2,9-didecyl-dinaphtho[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene
W. Ou-Yang; T. Uemura; K. Miyake; S. Onish; T. Kato; M. Katayama; M. Kang; K. Takimiya; M. Ikeda; H. Kuwabara; M. Hamada; J. Takeya
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769436
DEVICE PHYSICS
The suppressed negative bias illumination-induced instability in In-Ga-Zn–O thin film transistors with fringe field structure
Yu-Chun Chen; Ting-Chang Chang; Hung-Wei Li; Tien-Yu Hsieh; Te-Chih Chen; Chang-Pei Wu; Cheng-Hsu Chou; Wang-Cheng Chung; Jung-Fang Chang; Ya-Hsiang Tai
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223502 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767996
Nonlinear output properties of cantilever driving low frequency piezoelectric energy harvester
Chundong Xu; Bo Ren; Zhu Liang; Jianwei Chen; Haiwu Zhang; Qingwen Yue; Qing Xu; Xiangyong Zhao; Haosu Luo
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768219
Improved and orange emission from an n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction light emitting device with NiO as the intermediate layer
Huihui Huang; Guojia Fang; Xiaoming Mo; Hao Long; Haoning Wang; Songzhan Li; Yuan Li; Yupeng Zhang; Chunxu Pan; David L. Carroll
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768238
The mechanisms of random trap fluctuation in metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223505 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768687
Frequency agile characteristics of a dielectric filled relativistic magnetron with diffraction output
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768691
Lg = 60 nm recessed In0.7Ga0.3As metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors with Al2O3 insulator
D.-H. Kim; J. A. del Alamo; D. A. Antoniadis; J. Li; J.-M. Kuo; P. Pinsukanjana; Y.-C. Kao; P. Chen; A. Papavasiliou; C. King; E. Regan; M. Urteaga; B. Brar; T.-W. Kim
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769230
Bulk GaN based violet light-emitting diodes with high efficiency at very high current density
Michael J. Cich; Rafael I. Aldaz; Arpan Chakraborty; Aurelien David; Michael J. Grundmann; Anurag Tyagi; Meng Zhang; Frank M. Steranka; Michael R. Krames
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223509 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769228
Low-power resistive switching in Au/NiO/Au nanowire arrays
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769044
Parametric excitation of a micro Coriolis mass flow sensor
H. Droogendijk; J. Groenesteijn; J. Haneveld; R. G. P. Sanders; R. J. Wiegerink; T. S. J. Lammerink; J. C. Lötters; G. J. M. Krijnen
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769094
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Extremely slow photocurrent response from hemoprotein films in planar diode geometry
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4764948
Mapping of native inorganic elements and injected nanoparticles in a biological organ with laser-induced plasma
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223702 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768777
Feedback controller for destroying synchrony in an array of the FitzHugh–Nagumo oscillators
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223703 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768938
Studying DNA translocation in nanocapillaries using single molecule fluorescence
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223704 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768929
Cell electroporation chip using multiple electric field zones in a single channel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769037
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Abundance of CuZn + SnZn and 2CuZn + SnZn defect clusters in kesterite solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 223901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768215
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Reactive oxygen species controllable non-thermal helium plasmas for evaluation of plasmid DNA strand breaks
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 224101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768922
Plasma flares in high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 224102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768925
Low cost ion implantation technique
M. C. Salvadori; F. S. Teixeira; L. G. Sgubin; W. W. R. Araujo; R. E. Spirin; E. M. Oks; K. M. Yu; I. G. Brown
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 224104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768699
Experimental verification of field rotating with invisibility by full tensor transmission-line metamaterials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 224105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768003
COMMENTS
Comment on “Chiral tunneling in trilayer graphene” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 163102 (2012)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 226101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767221
Response to “Comment on ‘Chiral tunneling in trilayer graphene’” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 226101 (2012)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 226102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767222
ERRATA
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.
Attosecond physics and technology
O. Alexander, D. Ayuso, et al.
High breakdown voltage normally off Ga2O3 transistors on silicon substrates using GaN buffer
Mritunjay Kumar, Vishal Khandelwal, et al.