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9 December 2013
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Optical control of the emission direction of a quantum dot
I. J. Luxmoore; N. A. Wasley; A. J. Ramsay; A. C. T. Thijssen; R. Oulton; M. Hugues; A. M. Fox; M. S. Skolnick
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241102 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845975
Photonic crystal slab quantum cascade detector
Peter Reininger; Benedikt Schwarz; Andreas Harrer; Tobias Zederbauer; Hermann Detz; Aaron Maxwell Andrews; Roman Gansch; Werner Schrenk; Gottfried Strasser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846035
Effect of intentional p-GaN surface roughening on the performance of InGaN/GaN solar cells
R. M. Farrell; A. A. Al-Heji; C. J. Neufeld; X. Chen; M. Iza; S. C. Cruz; S. Keller; S. Nakamura; S. P. DenBaars; U. K. Mishra; J. S. Speck
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844955
A micrometer-size movable light emitting area in a resonant tunneling light emitting diode
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241105 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844975
Phosphor-free nanopyramid white light-emitting diodes grown on {} planes using nanospherical-lens photolithography
Kui Wu; Tongbo Wei; Ding Lan; Xuecheng Wei; Haiyang Zheng; Yu Chen; Hongxi Lu; Kai Huang; Junxi Wang; Yi Luo; Jinmin Li
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4840137
Experimental study of delay-time statistics of superradiant pulses generated from semiconductor structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241108 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841395
Enhanced photodetection in graphene-integrated photonic crystal cavity
Ren-Jye Shiue; Xuetao Gan; Yuanda Gao; Luozhou Li; Xinwen Yao; Attila Szep; Dennis Walker, Jr.; James Hone; Dirk Englund
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241109 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4839235
A monolithic polarization-independent frequency-filter system for filtering of photon pairs
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241110 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846316
Femtosecond laser fabrication of micro and nano-disks in single layer graphene using vortex Bessel beams
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241111 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846415
Ultrahigh Q-frequency product for optomechanical disk resonators with a mechanical shield
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241112 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846515
A silicon-wafer based p-n junction solar cell by aluminum-induced recrystallization and doping
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241114 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846595
The un-symmetric hybridization of graphene surface plasmons incorporating graphene sheets and nano-ribbons
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241116 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848100
An electrically driven quantum dot-in-nanowire visible single photon source operating up to 150 K
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241117 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848195
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
Atomic layer deposition of Al2O3 on germanium-tin (GeSn) and impact of wet chemical surface pre-treatment
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241601 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4850518
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, OPTICAL, AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
The origin of remarkable resilience of human tooth enamel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4842015
Hybrid silicon-polymer platform for self-locking and self-deploying origami
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241902 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4842235
Influences of semiconductor morphology on the mechanical fatigue behavior of flexible organic electronics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241904 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845995
Selective area growth and characterization of GaN nanocolumns, with and without an InGaN insertion, on semi-polar (11–22) GaN templates
A. Bengoechea-Encabo; S. Albert; J. Zuñiga-Perez; P. de Mierry; A. Trampert; F. Barbagini; M. A. Sanchez-Garcia; E. Calleja
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241905 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846455
Synthesis and mechanical behavior of nanoporous nanotwinned copper
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241907 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841455
Influence of growth stress on the surface morphology of N-polar GaN films grown on vicinal C-face SiC substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241908 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845575
Texture evolution during nitinol martensite detwinning and phase transformation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241909 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846495
On quantitative analysis of interband recombination dynamics: Theory and application to bulk ZnO
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241910 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847615
Study of L-shaped resonators at terahertz frequencies
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241911 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847295
Sn whisker mitigation by a thin metallic-glass underlayer in Cu-Sn
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241912 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847336
Improved strain precision with high spatial resolution using nanobeam precession electron diffraction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241913 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829154
Direct evidence of correlations between relaxor behavior and polar nano-regions in relaxor ferroelectrics: A case study of lead-free piezoelectrics Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-x%BaTiO3
Wenwei Ge; Chengtao Luo; Christopher P. Devreugd; Qinhui Zhang; Yang Ren; Jiefang Li; Haosu Luo; D. Viehland
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 241914 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846655
SEMICONDUCTORS
Mode-locked red-emitting semiconductor disk laser with sub-250 fs pulses
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242101 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4835855
Temperature dependence of diffusion length, lifetime and minority electron mobility in GaInP
F. J. Schultes; T. Christian; R. Jones-Albertus; E. Pickett; K. Alberi; B. Fluegel; T. Liu; P. Misra; A. Sukiasyan; H. Yuen; N. M. Haegel
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847635
Ge doped GaN with controllable high carrier concentration for plasmonic applications
Ronny Kirste; Marc P. Hoffmann; Edward Sachet; Milena Bobea; Zachary Bryan; Isaac Bryan; Christian Nenstiel; Axel Hoffmann; Jon-Paul Maria; Ramón Collazo; Zlatko Sitar
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848555
MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS
Enhancement of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Co/Ni multilayers by in situ annealing the Ta/Cu under-layers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242401 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841695
High-efficiency gigahertz frequency doubling without power threshold in thin-film Ni81Fe19
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242402 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4842195
Cascaded spin motive force driven by the dynamics of the skyrmion lattice
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242403 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4838735
Current heating induced spin Seebeck effect
Michael Schreier; Niklas Roschewsky; Erich Dobler; Sibylle Meyer; Hans Huebl; Rudolf Gross; Sebastian T. B. Goennenwein
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242404 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4839395
Stress-induced transformations at low temperatures in a Ni45Co5Mn36In14 metamagnetic shape memory alloy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242406 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4840336
Robust room temperature ferromagnetism in epitaxial CoO thin film
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242407 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847775
Electrical spin injection using GaCrN in a GaN based spin light emitting diode
D. Banerjee; R. Adari; S. Sankaranarayan; A. Kumar; S. Ganguly; R. W. Aldhaheri; M. A. Hussain; A. S. Balamesh; D. Saha
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242408 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848836
Compositional dependence of the magnetic properties of epitaxial FeV/MgO thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242410 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845375
Intrinsic subpicosecond magnetization reversal driven by femtosecond laser pulses in GdFeCo amorphous films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242411 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846299
The effect of strain induced by Ag underlayer on saturation magnetization of partially ordered Fe16N2 thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242412 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847315
Control of the polarity of magnetization vortex by torsion
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242413 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847375
Determination of the Pt spin diffusion length by spin-pumping and spin Hall effect
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242414 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848102
Time-resolved observation of fast domain-walls driven by vertical spin currents in short tracks
Joao Sampaio; Steven Lequeux; Peter J. Metaxas; Andre Chanthbouala; Rie Matsumoto; Kay Yakushiji; Hitoshi Kubota; Akio Fukushima; Shinji Yuasa; Kazumasa Nishimura; Yoshinori Nagamine; Hiroki Maehara; Koji Tsunekawa; Vincent Cros; Julie Grollier
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242415 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848795
Tunable magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional arrays of Ni80Fe20 elements
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242416 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848835
Temperature-dependent perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of Co-Pt on Cr2O3 antiferromagnetic oxide
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242418 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4850533
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONICS
Quantum ground state effect on fluctuation rates in nano-patterned superconducting structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242601 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846296
Thermal rectification of electrons in hybrid normal metal-superconductor nanojunctions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242602 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846375
Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the superconducting properties of three-atomic-layer Pb films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242603 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848219
DIELECTRICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND MULTIFERROICS
Microscopic scale investigation of piezoelectric properties of lead-free alkaline niobates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4838115
Unusual dielectric response in cobalt doped reduced graphene oxide
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242902 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845536
Shape of isolated domains in lithium tantalate single crystals at elevated temperatures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242903 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846015
Motion, collision and annihilation of polarization vortex pair in single crystalline BaTiO3 thin film
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 242905 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848575
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Fabrication of faceted nanopores in magnesium
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243101 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841515
Comparative thermal conductivity measurement of chemical vapor deposition grown graphene supported on substrate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844755
A study of random resistor-capacitor-diode networks to assess the electromagnetic properties of carbon nanotube filled polymers
D. S. Bychanok; A. G. Paddubskaya; P. P. Kuzhir; S. A. Maksimenko; C. Brosseau; J. Macutkevic; S. Bellucci
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847335
An ultra-thin diamond membrane as a transmission particle detector and vacuum window for external microbeams
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4833236
Limit for thermal transport reduction in Si nanowires with nanoengineered corrugations
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844995
A C70-carbon nanotube complex for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243108 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847376
Evidence for topological band inversion of the phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5
Christian Pauly; Marcus Liebmann; Alessandro Giussani; Jens Kellner; Sven Just; Jaime Sánchez-Barriga; Emile Rienks; Oliver Rader; Raffaella Calarco; Gustav Bihlmayer; Markus Morgenstern
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243109 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847715
Heterodyne interference lithography for one-step micro/nano multiscale structuring
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243110 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841435
Indium tin oxide and indium phosphide heterojunction nanowire array solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243111 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847355
Large enhancement of Förster resonance energy transfer on graphene platforms
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243112 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847676
The impact of nanoperforation on persistent photoconductivity and optical quenching effects in suspended GaN nanomembranes
Olesea Volciuc; Tudor Braniste; Ion Tiginyanu; Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff; Jakob Ebeling; Timo Aschenbrenner; Detlef Hommel; Veaceslav Ursaki; Jürgen Gutowski
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243113 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847735
The coherent interlayer resistance of a single, rotated interface between two stacks of AB graphite
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243114 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841415
Self-frequency summing in quantum dot photonic crystal nanocavity lasers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243115 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846355
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Long-term, intermittent testing of sandwich polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243304 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847377
Integrated vertical microcavity using a nano-scale deformation for strong lateral confinement
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243305 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847655
Polymer defect states modulate open-circuit voltage in bulk-heterojunction solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243306 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841475
Tunable magneto-conductance and magneto-electroluminescence in polymer light-emitting electrochemical planar devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243307 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841776
DEVICE PHYSICS
Control of seeding phase for a cascaded laser wakefield accelerator with gradient injection
Wentao Wang; Wentao Li; Jiansheng Liu; Qiang Chen; Zhijun Zhang; Rong Qi; Yuxin Leng; Xiaoyan Liang; Yanqi Liu; Xiaoming Lu; Cheng Wang; Ruxin Li; Zhizhan Xu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243501 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4842236
Voltage dependent displacement current as a tool to measure the vacuum level shift caused by self-assembled monolayers on aluminum oxide
Mathias Nyman; Oskar Sandberg; Josué F. Martínez Hardigree; Srinivas Kola; Howard E. Katz; Ronald Österbacka
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243502 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844875
Magnetic induction measurements using an all-optical 87Rb atomic magnetometer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243503 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848196
Doping suppression and mobility enhancement of graphene transistors fabricated using an adhesion promoting dry transfer process
Woo Cheol Shin; Taeshik Yoon; Jeong Hun Mun; Taek Yong Kim; Sung-Yool Choi; Taek-Soo Kim; Byung Jin Cho
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243504 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846317
BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Amplification of interference color by using liquid crystal for protein detection
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243701 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844835
Scalable evaluation of platelet aggregation by the degree of blood migration
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243702 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844895
Time-dependent phase lag of biofunctionalized magnetic nanoparticles conjugated with biotargets studied with alternating current magnetic susceptometor for liquid phase immunoassays
S. H. Liao; H. C. Yang; H. E. Horng; J. J. Chieh; K. L. Chen; H. H. Chen; J. Y. Chen; C. I. Liu; C. W. Liu; L. M. Wang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243703 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846536
(2+1)-Dimensional manipulation of soft biological materials by opto-thermal diffusiophoresis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243704 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847636
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE
Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured ZnO by nanojunction effect
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243901 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4842035
Anomalously high lifetimes measured by quasi-steady-state photoconductance in advanced solar cell structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243902 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4840337
A two-dimensional broadband vibration energy harvester using magnetoelectric transducer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243903 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847755
Layered insulator hexagonal boron nitride for surface passivation in quantum dot solar cell
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243904 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848235
Exciton-blocking phosphonic acid-treated anode buffer layers for organic photovoltaics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 243905 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844795
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Temporal evolution of femtosecond laser induced plasma filament in air and N2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244102 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4838775
Integrated ultrasonic particle positioning and low excitation light fluorescence imaging
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244103 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846395
Sensitivity of laboratory based implementations of edge illumination X-ray phase-contrast imaging
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244104 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4845015
Holotomography versus X-ray grating interferometry: A comparative study
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244105 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848595
Experimentally observed field–gas interaction in intense optical lattices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244106 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848781
A concept for a magnetic field detector underpinned by the nonlinear dynamics of coupled multiferroic devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 244107 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846315