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19 December 2005
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Highly efficient tunable tapered-polymer-fiber lasers
Qinjun Peng; Guiling Wang; Yong Bo; Xinjun Guo; Aicong Geng; Zuyan Xu; Liyong Ren; Yani Zhang; Yishan Wang; Wei Zhao; Lili Wang
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251101 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149155
All optically tunable wavelength-selective reflector consisting of coupled polymeric microring resonators
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251102 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149158
Quasiphase matched harmonic generation in a two-dimensional octagonal photonic superlattice
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251103 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2138352
Dual localizations for second-harmonic generations using left-handed materials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251104 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149967
Coded excitation of broadband terahertz using optical rectification in poled lithium niobate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251105 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149969
Optimization of tapered semiconductor optical amplifiers for picosecond pulse amplification
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251106 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149177
Optical gain from InAs nanocrystal quantum dots in a polymer matrix
Gang Chen; Ronen Rapaport; Dan T. Fuchs; Leah Lucas; Andrew J. Lovinger; Sahar Vilan; Assaf Aharoni; Uri Banin
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251108 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149176
Impact of N on the lasing characteristics of quantum well lasers emitting from 1.29 to
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251109 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2151249
Cadmium telluride bulk crystal as an ultrafast nonlinear optical switch
Satoshi Tatsuura; Takashi Matsubara; Hiroyuki Mitsu; Yasuhiro Sato; Izumi Iwasa; Minquan Tian; Makoto Furuki
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251110 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2151256
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Scaling of domain size during spinodal decomposition: Dislocation discreteness and mobility effects
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251901 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147732
High-quality nanothickness single-crystal film grown on Si(111)
M. Hong; A. R. Kortan; P. Chang; Y. L. Huang; C. P. Chen; H. Y. Chou; H. Y. Lee; J. Kwo; M.-W. Chu; C. H. Chen; L. V. Goncharova; E. Garfunkel; T. Gustafsson
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251902 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147711
Electron energy-loss spectrometry studies of bonding in nanoscale multilayers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251903 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147712
Optical properties of thin films of polymeric networks
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251904 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2143409
Nanoindentation of HgCdTe prepared by molecular beam epitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251905 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2143411
Two-staged sorption isotherm of a nanoporous energy absorption system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251906 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2144280
Strain-facilitated process for the lift-off of a Si layer of less than 20 nm thickness
Lin Shao; Yuan Lin; J. G. Swadener; J. K. Lee; Q. X. Jia; Y. Q. Wang; M. Nastasi; Phillip E. Thompson; N. David Theodore; T. L. Alford; J. W. Mayer; Peng Chen; S. S. Lau
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251907 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146211
Self-assembly of steps and vacancy lines during the early stages of heteroepitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251908 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147720
Photoluminescence of Si nanocrystal memory devices obtained by ion beam synthesis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251911 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2143130
Optical properties of nanocluster-assembled ZnO thin films by nanocluster-beam deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251912 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149170
Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251913 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149990
Ultrafast dynamics of femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface pattern formation on metals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251914 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146067
Nanoair-bridged lateral overgrowth of GaN on ordered nanoporous GaN template
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251915 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147716
Grain boundary migration as rotational deformation mode in nanocrystalline materials
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251916 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147721
Thermal stability of a slab waveguide implemented by particles implantation in potassium lithium tantalate niobate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251917 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147723
Applicability of Born’s stability criterion to face-centered-cubic crystals in [111] loading
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251919 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149151
Strong and stable ultraviolet emission from porous silicon prepared by photoetching in aqueous KF solution
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251920 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149157
Lattice distortion in nanostructured porous silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251921 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149973
Tin doped indium oxide transparent conducting thin films containing silver nanoparticles by sol-gel technique
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251922 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149223
Role of Ti in the formation of Zr–Ti–Cu–Ni–Al glasses
T. H. Kim; A. K. Gangopadhyay; L. Q. Xing; G. W. Lee; Y. T. Shen; K. F. Kelton; A. I. Goldman; R. W. Hyers; J. R. Rogers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251924 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149368
Mechanism for stamp collapse in soft lithography
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251925 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149513
Strain relaxation in patterned strained silicon directly on insulator structures
R. Z. Lei; W. Tsai; I. Aberg; T. B. O’Reilly; J. L. Hoyt; D. A. Antoniadis; Henry I. Smith; A. J. Paul; M. L. Green; J. Li; R. Hull
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251926 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149153
Photoluminescence characterization of strained Si-SiGe-on-insulator wafers with different Ge fractions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251928 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2152109
Chirality- and size-dependent elastic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251929 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149216
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
Photoluminescence study of Sb-doped -type ZnO films by molecular-beam epitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252102 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146208
Structure investigation of low-temperature-grown GaAsSb, a material for photoconductive terahertz antennas
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252103 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149977
Surface passivation of III-V compound semiconductors using atomic-layer-deposition-grown
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252104 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146060
p-type behavior in In–N codoped ZnO thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252106 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146309
Effect of dry etching on -GaN with metallization characterization
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252107 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149156
12.5 nm base pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistors achieving and
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252109 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149510
Carrier relaxation dynamics in annealed and hydrogenated quantum wells
K. Hantke; J. D. Heber; S. Chatterjee; P. J. Klar; K. Volz; W. Stolz; W. W. Rühle; A. Polimeni; M. Capizzi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252111 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149154
Switch-on overshoot transient decay mechanism in polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252112 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2138806
Electrical activation of the trap in Fe-implanted InP
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252113 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150281
Phonon-induced breakdown of negative bend resistance in an asymmetric cross junction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252114 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150268
Spin dynamics in dilute nitride semiconductors at room temperature
L. Lombez; P.-F. Braun; H. Carrère; B. Urbaszek; P. Renucci; T. Amand; X. Marie; J. C. Harmand; V. K. Kalevich
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252115 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150252
Temperature-dependent exciton dynamics in a ZnO thin film
Fang-Yi Jen; Yen-Cheng Lu; Cheng-Yen Chen; Hsiang-Chen Wang; C. C. Yang; Bao-ping Zhang; Yusaburo Segawa
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252117 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150277
“EL2” revisited: Observation of metastable and stable energy levels of EL2 in semi-insulating GaAs
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252118 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150579
Effects of heavy boron doping on the valence band offset at the interface and band gap
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252119 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149295
MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Magnetic and electrical properties of core-shell cluster assemblies prepared with double-glow-discharge sources
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252501 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149972
Magnetic properties of and its delithiated phases
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252503 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147734
Temperature dependence of the return current in stacks fabricated by self-planarizing process
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252506 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149169
Comparison of measured and calculated specific resistances of interfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252508 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149978
High upper critical field and irreversibility field in coated-conductor fibers
V. Ferrando; P. Orgiani; A. V. Pogrebnyakov; J. Chen; Qi Li; J. M. Redwing; X. X. Xi; J. E. Giencke; Chang-Beom Eom; Qing-Rong Feng; J. B. Betts; C. H. Mielke
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252509 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149289
Phase stability, oxygen nonstoichiometry and magnetic properties of
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252510 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150249
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY
Single-ionized-oxygen-vacancy-related dielectric relaxation in ferroelectric films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252901 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147710
Polarization switching in epitaxial films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252902 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149180
Refractive index changes by electrically induced domain reversal in a -cut slab of
Feng Gao; Jingjun Xu; Boxia Yan; Jianghong Yao; Bo Fu; Zhenhua Wang; Jiwei Qi; Baiquan Tang; Romano A. Rupp
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252905 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149217
Fabrication of ferroelectric structure on platinum electrodes by a sol-gel process
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 252907 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150275
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Hydrogen passivation of germanium (100) surface using wet chemical preparation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253101 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2142084
Low-temperature route to lateral growth of ZnO nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253104 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2142090
Determination of the local structure of luminescent sites in ZnS nanowires using x-ray excited optical luminescence
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253105 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2143114
Single electrospun regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanofiber field-effect transistor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253106 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149980
Simulation of phonon-assisted band-to-band tunneling in carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253107 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146065
Single-electron tunneling at room temperature in nanocomposite thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253108 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147729
Carrier transport in PbS nanocrystal conducting polymer composites
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253109 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2140885
Observation of exciton molecule consisting of two different excitons in coupled quantum dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253110 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147724
Characterization of nanoporous Si thin films obtained by Al–Si phase separation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253112 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149292
Gold nanoparticles via alloy decomposition and their application to nonvolatile memory
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253113 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149512
quantum dots emitting at grown by low-pressure metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253114 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150271
Deployment of titanium thermal barrier for low-temperature carbon nanotube growth
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253115 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2150587
Carbon nanotube Schottky diode and directionally dependent field-effect transistor using asymmetrical contacts
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253116 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149991
DEVICE PHYSICS
Highly efficient white organic electroluminescent devices based on tandem architecture
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253501 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147730
Spin-coatable inorganic gate dielectric for organic thin-film transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253502 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2147707
Enhanced stability of light-emitting performances of phosphors under low energy electrons
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253503 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2142291
Photodegradation and wavelength dependency of blue polymer light-emitting diode devices
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253505 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149184
Moisture-induced capacitance-voltage instabilities in mesoporous silica thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253506 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146052
Response to anions of high-electron-mobility transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253507 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149992
Spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization effects in wurtzite quantum well lasers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253509 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149294
Performance of gate stacks with in situ grown and chemical interfacial oxide layers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253510 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149511
Light emission from an ambipolar semiconducting polymer field-effect transistor
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253511 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149986
Organic double-gate field-effect transistors: Logic-AND operation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253512 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149351
APPLIED BIOPHYSICS
Enzyme-immobilized electrode: Fast interfacial electron transfer with preserved enzymatic activity
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 253901 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149981
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Absorption of short duration pulses by small, scalable, tapered granular chains
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 254104 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149218
ERRATA
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
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.