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14 October 2013
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Leakage current in quantum-cascade lasers through interface roughness scattering
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161102 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825229
Single-mode subwavelength waveguides with wire metamaterials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824478
Enhanced light-extraction from hierarchical surfaces consisting of p-GaN microdomes and SiO2 nanorods for GaN-based light-emitting diodes
Cheng-Han Ho; Yu-Hsuan Hsiao; Der-Hsien Lien; M. S. Tsai; Don Chang; Kun-Yu Lai; Ching-Cherng Sun; Jr-Hau He
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824848
On-chip non-reciprocal optical devices based on quantum inspired photonic lattices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161105 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824895
Phase-stepping interferometry of GaAs nanowires: Determining nano-wire radius
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825153
Intense terahertz generation at low frequencies using an interdigitated ZnSe large aperture photoconductive antenna
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161108 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825165
Position and mode dependent coupling of terahertz quantum cascade laser fields to an integrated diode
Gregory C. Dyer; Christopher D. Nordquist; Michael J. Cich; Troy Ribaudo; Albert D. Grine; Charles T. Fuller; John L. Reno; Michael C. Wanke
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161109 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825214
Light propagation characteristics of high-purity polystyrene
Hidehito Nakamura; Yoshiyuki Shirakawa; Hisashi Kitamura; Nobuhiro Sato; Osamu Shinji; Katashi Saito; Sentaro Takahashi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161111 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824467
Silver nanorod arrays for photocathode applications
Subramanian Vilayurganapathy; Manjula I. Nandasiri; Alan G. Joly; Patrick Z. El-Khoury; Tamas Varga; Greg Coffey; Birgit Schwenzer; Archana Pandey; Asghar Kayani; Wayne P. Hess; Suntharampillai Thevuthasan
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161112 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825262
Self-recovery of mechanoluminescence in ZnS:Cu and ZnS:Mn phosphors by trapping of drifting charge carriers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161113 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825360
Subwavelength light confinement and propagation: A numerical study of a two-layer silver film with perforated holes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161114 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826441
Magnetically tunable terahertz magnetoplasmons in ferrofluid-filled photonic crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161115 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826454
Triple-channel terahertz filter based on mode coupling of cavities resonance system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161116 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826456
Blue and aquamarine stress-relaxed semipolar laser diodes
Po Shan Hsu; Feng Wu; Erin C. Young; Alexey E. Romanov; Kenji Fujito; Steven P. DenBaars; James S. Speck; Shuji Nakamura
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161117 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826087
Direct band gap optical emission from compressively strained Ge films grown on relaxed Si0.5Ge0.5 substrate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161118 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826107
Germanium-on-silicon planar concave grating wavelength (de)multiplexers in the mid-infrared
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161119 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826114
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Energy and hydrodynamic analyses of coalescence-induced jumping droplets
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161601 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825273
Investigation of ion beam induced nanopattern formation near the threshold energy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161602 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825280
Leakage current in atomic-size surface interconnects
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161603 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825375
The effect of high deposition energy of carbon overcoats on perpendicular magnetic recording media
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161604 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826455
Thermally induced evolution of hydrogenated amorphous carbon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161605 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826100
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Vacancy compensation and related donor-acceptor pair recombination in bulk AlN
Benjamin E. Gaddy; Zachary Bryan; Isaac Bryan; Ronny Kirste; Jinqiao Xie; Rafael Dalmau; Baxter Moody; Yoshinao Kumagai; Toru Nagashima; Yuki Kubota; Toru Kinoshita; Akinori Koukitu; Zlatko Sitar; Ramón Collazo; Douglas L. Irving
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824731
A bulge-induced dehydration failure mode of nanocomposite hydrogel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161903 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824984
Complex structural dynamics of bismuth under laser-driven compression
Jianbo Hu; Kouhei Ichiyanagi; Tomoaki Doki; Arihiro Goto; Takayuki Eda; Katsura Norimatsu; Shinichi Harada; Dai Horiuchi; Yuki Kabasawa; Shingo Hayashi; Shin-ichi Uozumi; Nobuaki Kawai; Shunsuke Nozawa; Tokushi Sato; Shin-ichi Adachi; Kazutaka G. Nakamura
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161904 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825276
Evaluation of thermal conductivity of single carbon nanotubes in air and liquid using a fluorescence temperature sensor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161905 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824757
Optical reflectivity improvement by upgrading metallic glass film quality
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 161906 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825361
SEMICONDUCTORS
Telecom-wavelength (1.5 μm) single-photon emission from InP-based quantum dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162101 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825106
Investigation of carrier transport properties in semipolar GaN films with low defect density
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825171
Low temperature transport in p-doped InAs nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825275
Neutron irradiation effects on gallium nitride-based Schottky diodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826091
A quantum dot single photon source driven by resonant electrical injection
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162108 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825208
Photon-assisted-tunneling in a coupled double quantum dot under high microwave excitation powers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162109 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824703
Impact of Mg concentration on energy-band-depth profile of Mg-doped InN epilayers analyzed by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
M. Imura; S. Tsuda; T. Nagata; H. Takeda; M. Y. Liao; A. L. Yang; Y. Yamashita; H. Yoshikawa; Y. Koide; K. Kobayashi; T. Yamaguchi; M. Kaneko; N. Uematsu; K. Wang; T. Araki; Y. Nanishi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162110 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826094
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
Optimizing the spin-pumping induced inverse spin Hall voltage by crystal growth in Fe/Pt bilayers
Evangelos Th. Papaioannou; Philipp Fuhrmann; Matthias B. Jungfleisch; Thomas Brächer; Philipp Pirro; Viktor Lauer; Jörg Lösch; Burkard Hillebrands
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162401 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825167
The magnetic P-T phase diagram of langasite Ba3TaFe3Si2O14 at high hydrostatic pressures up to 38 GPa
A. G. Gavriliuk; I. S. Lyubutin; S. S. Starchikov; A. A. Mironovich; S. G. Ovchinnikov; I. A. Trojan; Yuming Xiao; Paul Chow; S. V. Sinogeikin; V. V. Struzhkin
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162402 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4822422
Impact of interface properties on spin accumulation in dual-injection lateral spin valves
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162403 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824897
Unexpected room-temperature ferromagnetism in bulk ZnO
Yu-Chun Chen; Eberhard Goering; Lars Jeurgens; Zumin Wang; Fritz Phillipp; Johannes Baier; Thomas Tietze; Gisela Schütz
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162405 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825268
Loss of anisotropy in strained ultrathin epitaxial L1 Mn-Ga films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162406 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825278
Extraordinarily large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxially strained cobalt-ferrite CoxFe3−xO4(001) (x = 0.75, 1.0) thin films
Tomohiko Niizeki; Yuji Utsumi; Ryohei Aoyama; Hideto Yanagihara; Jun-ichiro Inoue; Yuichi Yamasaki; Hironori Nakao; Kazuyuki Koike; Eiji Kita
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162407 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824761
The scaling and universality of conventional and inverse magnetocaloric effects in Heusler alloys
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162410 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825166
Gold shunt pads as a chirality filter for current-driven 360° domain wall motion in a ferromagnetic wire
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162411 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825264
Large rotating field entropy change in ErFeO3 single crystal with angular distribution contribution
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162412 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825274
Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect of the HoAgGa compound
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162413 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826440
Contact potential induced enhancement of magnetization in polyaniline coated nanomagnetic iron oxides by plasma polymerization
N. Sethulakshmi; V. Sooraj; U. S. Sajeev; Swapna S. Nair; T. N. Narayanan; Lija K. Joy; P. A. Joy; P. M. Ajayan; M. R. Anantharaman
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162414 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826459
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
Evidence for hydrogen two-level systems in atomic layer deposition oxides
M. S. Khalil; M. J. A. Stoutimore; S. Gladchenko; A. M. Holder; C. B. Musgrave; A. C. Kozen; G. Rubloff; Y. Q. Liu; R. G. Gordon; J. H. Yum; S. K. Banerjee; C. J. Lobb; K. D. Osborn
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162601 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826253
Compacted tunable split-ring resonators
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162602 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826255
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
Ferroelectric dipole electrets for output power enhancement in electrostatic vibration energy harvesters
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824831
Combined effects of diffuse phase transition and microstructure on the electrocaloric effect in Ba1−xSrxTiO3 ceramics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162902 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825266
Effect of residual stress on energy storage property in PbZrO3 antiferroelectric thin films with different orientations
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162903 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825336
Microwave permittivity and permeability experiments in high-loss dielectrics: Caution with implicit Fabry-Pérot resonance for negative imaginary permeability
Zhi-Ling Hou; Min Zhang; Ling-Bao Kong; Hui-Min Fang; Zhong-Jun Li; Hai-Feng Zhou; Hai-Bo Jin; Mao-Sheng Cao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 162905 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825378
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Radiation-based near-field thermal rectification with phase transition materials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163101 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825168
Nanowire-integrated microporous silicon membrane for continuous fluid transport in micro cooling device
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163102 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825169
Many-body enhancement of the tunable gap in biased bilayer graphene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825237
Reinforcement of metal with liquid-exfoliated inorganic nano-platelets
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825279
Effect of confined acoustic phonons on the electron mobility of rectangular nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825210
Excitonic bandgap dependence on stacking configuration in four layer graphene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163108 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825263
Scanning probe oxidation of SiC, fabrication possibilities and kinetics considerations
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163109 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825265
Plasmon resonance of gold nanorods for all-optical drawing of liquid droplets
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163112 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825337
Graphene disk as an ultra compact ring resonator based on edge propagating plasmons
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163114 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826515
Slit-based supersonic microplasma jets: Scalable sources for nanostructured thin film deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163115 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826115
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Electrochemically gated organic photovoltaic with tunable carbon nanotube cathodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163301 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826145
DEVICE PHYSICS
Characteristics of hafnium oxide resistance random access memory with different setting compliance current
Yu-Ting Su; Kuan-Chang Chang; Ting-Chang Chang; Tsung-Ming Tsai; Rui Zhang; J. C. Lou; Jung-Hui Chen; Tai-Fa Young; Kai-Huang Chen; Bae-Heng Tseng; Chih-Cheng Shih; Ya-Liang Yang; Min-Chen Chen; Tian-Jian Chu; Chih-Hung Pan; Yong-En Syu; Simon M. Sze
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163502 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825104
Improved photovoltaic performance of crystalline-Si/organic Schottky junction solar cells using ferroelectric polymers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163503 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826323
Wireless passive polymer-derived SiCN ceramic sensor with integrated resonator/antenna
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163505 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824827
Two resistive switching regimes in thin film manganite memory devices on silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163506 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826484
Injection terahertz laser using the resonant inter-layer radiative transitions in double-graphene-layer structure
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163507 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826113
Single hole transport in a silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor quantum dot
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163508 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826183
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Wirelessly powering miniature implants for optogenetic stimulation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163701 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825272
Surface plasmon resonances of protein-conjugated gold nanoparticles on graphitic substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163702 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826514
Amoeba-inspired computing architecture implemented using charge dynamics in parallel capacitance network
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163703 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826143
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
A microwave metamaterial with integrated power harvesting functionality
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824473
Electricity generated from ambient heat across a silicon surface
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163902 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825269
Characterization of defects in 9.7% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4-CdS-ZnO solar cells
G. Brammertz; M. Buffière; S. Oueslati; H. ElAnzeery; K. Ben Messaoud; S. Sahayaraj; C. Köble; M. Meuris; J. Poortmans
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 163904 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826448
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Non-thermal plasma jet without electrical shock for biomedical applications
Ku Youn Baik; Han Lim Kang; Junseong Kim; Shin Young Park; Ji Yun Bang; Han S. Uhm; Eun Ha Choi; Guangsup Cho
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164101 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825206
A study of flow induced by laser induced breakdown-enhanced dielectric barrier discharges in air
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164102 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825373
Observation of bubble-involving spontaneous gas dissolution in superheated Al alloy melt
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825355
Cooling-induced shape memory effect and inverse temperature dependence of superelastic stress in Co2Cr(Ga,Si) ferromagnetic Heusler alloys
Xiao Xu; Toshihiro Omori; Makoto Nagasako; Akinari Okubo; Rie Y. Umetsu; Takeshi Kanomata; Kiyohito Ishida; Ryosuke Kainuma
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825271
Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches
R. Agnese; A. J. Anderson; D. Balakishiyeva; R. Basu Thakur; D. A. Bauer; A. Borgland; D. Brandt; P. L. Brink; R. Bunker; B. Cabrera; D. O. Caldwell; D. G. Cerdeno; H. Chagani; M. Cherry; J. Cooley; B. Cornell; C. H. Crewdson; P. Cushman; M. Daal; P. C. F. Di Stefano; E. Do Couto E Silva; T. Doughty; L. Esteban; S. Fallows; E. Figueroa-Feliciano; J. Fox; M. Fritts; G. L. Godfrey; S. R. Golwala; J. Hall; H. R. Harris; J. Hasi; S. A. Hertel; B. A. Hines; T. Hofer; D. Holmgren; L. Hsu; M. E. Huber; A. Jastram; O. Kamaev; B. Kara; M. H. Kelsey; S. A. Kenany; A. Kennedy; C. J. Kenney; M. Kiveni; K. Koch; B. Loer; E. Lopez Asamar; R. Mahapatra; V. Mandic; C. Martinez; K. A. McCarthy; N. Mirabolfathi; R. A. Moffatt; D. C. Moore; P. Nadeau; R. H. Nelson; L. Novak; K. Page; R. Partridge; M. Pepin; A. Phipps; K. Prasad; M. Pyle; H. Qiu; R. Radpour; W. Rau; P. Redl; A. Reisetter; R. W. Resch; Y. Ricci; T. Saab; B. Sadoulet; J. Sander; R. Schmitt; K. Schneck; R. W. Schnee; S. Scorza; D. Seitz; B. Serfass; B. Shank; D. Speller; A. Tomada; A. N. Villano; B. Welliver; D. H. Wright; S. Yellin; J. J. Yen; B. A. Young; J. Zhang; The SuperCDMS Collaboration
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164105 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826093
A wideband acoustic energy harvester using a three degree-of-freedom architecture
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826257
ERRATA
Publisher's Note: “Ab initio dynamics of field emission from diamond surfaces” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 123104 (2013)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 169901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4825243
Attosecond physics and technology
O. Alexander, D. Ayuso, et al.
Significant improvement of breakdown voltage of Al0.86Ga0.14N Schottky barrier diodes by atomic layer etching
Tingang Liu, Zhiyuan Liu, et al.
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
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