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31 March 2008
ISSN 0003-6951
EISSN 1077-3118
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LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS
High efficiency diffractive grating couplers for interfacing a single mode optical fiber with a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuit
G. Roelkens; D. Vermeulen; D. Van Thourhout; R. Baets; S. Brision; P. Lyan; P. Gautier; J.-M. Fédéli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905260
Spectrally smoothed supercontinuum generation by using unstably mode-locked laser pulses
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904619
Two-port vectorial terahertz electro-optic sampling system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904620
Near-field scanning optical microscopy with monolithic silicon light emitting diode on probe tip
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904698
In-line phase-contrast imaging of a biological specimen using a compact laser-Compton scattering-based x-ray source
H. Ikeura-Sekiguchi; R. Kuroda; M. Yasumoto; H. Toyokawa; M. Koike; K. Yamada; F. Sakai; K. Mori; K. Maruyama; H. Oka; T. Kimata
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2903148
All-optical signal amplification in multiple-quantum-well resonant photonic bandgap structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131109 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904696
Continuous wave operation of a spiral-shaped microcavity laser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2902174
Magnetic resonance hybridization and optical activity of microwaves in a chiral metamaterial
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131111 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905285
Control of optical mode distribution through etched microstructures for improved broad area laser performance
P. Crump; P. Leisher; T. Matson; V. Anderson; D. Schulte; J. Bell; J. Farmer; M. DeVito; R. Martinsen; Y. K. Kim; K. D. Choquette; G. Erbert; G. Tränkle
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131113 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906030
Direct observation of three-photon resonance in water-soluble ZnS quantum dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131114 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906904
Imaging with a microbolometer focal plane array and high-power terahertz free electron laser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131116 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898138
ultrafast photoconductive switches based on ErAs:InGaAs
F. Ospald; D. Maryenko; K. von Klitzing; D. C. Driscoll; M. P. Hanson; H. Lu; A. C. Gossard; J. H. Smet
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131117 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907335
The physical picture and the essential elements of the dynamical process for dispersive cloaking structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131118 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2840703
Whispering gallery modes in hollow cylindrical microcavities containing silicon nanocrystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131119 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2903134
PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Buckling behavior of metal film/substrate structure under pure bending
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131902 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2897035
Controlling electromagnetic waves using tunable gradient dielectric metamaterial lens
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131904 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2896308
Incorporation of Ga in epitaxial films
R. Schneider; M. Schirra; A. Reiser; G. M. Prinz; W. Limmer; R. Sauer; K. Thonke; J. Biskupek; U. Kaiser
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131905 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905284
Obtaining the glass transition temperature by measuring the crack healing process of glassformers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131906 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905290
Domain mapping of a Ca-doped manganite
Joshua J. Turner; Jean L. Jordan-Sweet; Mary Upton; John P. Hill; Yoshinori Tokura; Yasuhide Tomioka; Stephen D. Kevan
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131907 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905283
Intrinsic stress evolution in nanocrystalline diamond thin films with deposition temperature
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131908 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906903
Single impact crater functions for ion bombardment of silicon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131909 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905297
On the dynamic fragmentation of laser shock-melted tin
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131910 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906907
Photoluminescence from highly excited AlN epitaxial layers
Yoichi Yamada; Kihyun Choi; Seungho Shin; Hideaki Murotani; Tsunemasa Taguchi; Narihito Okada; Hiroshi Amano
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131912 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906894
Effect of chain length on low temperature gold-gold bonding by self-assembled monolayers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131913 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906905
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
Temperature dependence of the phase-coherence length in InN nanowires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905268
On the identity of a crucial defect contributing to leakage current in silicon particle detectors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2896313
Correlation between microstructure, electronic properties and flicker noise in organic thin film transistors
Oana D. Jurchescu; Behrang H. Hamadani; Hao D. Xiong; Sungkyu K. Park; Sankar Subramanian; Neil M. Zimmerman; John E. Anthony; Thomas N. Jackson; David J. Gundlach
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2903508
Enhancement of upconversion luminescence of Er doped films by Ag island films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132105 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2896303
Determination of spin polarization in self-assembled quantum dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905809
High quality anatase film: Field-effect transistor based on anatase
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906361
Hole mobility in Mg-doped -type InN films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132108 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906374
-type semiconducting gas sensing behavior of nanoporous rf sputtered thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905810
Huge positive magnetoresistance in a gated high electron mobility transistor structure at high temperatures
C.-T. Liang; Yen Shung Tseng; Jau-Yang Wu; Sheng-Di Lin; Chun-Kai Yang; Yu-Ru Li; Kuang Yao Chen; Po-Tsun Lin; Li-Hung Lin
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132111 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906360
Ordered -type ZnO nanorod arrays
Huijuan Zhou; Johannes Fallert; Janos Sartor; Roman J. B. Dietz; Claus Klingshirn; Heinz Kalt; Daniel Weissenberger; Dagmar Gerthsen; Haibo Zeng; Weiping Cai
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132112 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907197
MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Effect of superconductivity on the electronic transport and capacitance of doped heterojunction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132501 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904628
Two-dimensional vortex-pinning phenomena in films
S. Horii; M. Takamura; M. Mukaida; A. Ichinose; K. Yamada; R. Teranishi; K. Matsumoto; R. Kita; Y. Yoshida; J. Shimoyama; K. Kishio
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132502 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905263
Anomalous magnetic ordering in -axis-oriented orthorhombic thin films
T. H. Lin; C. C. Hsieh; H. C. Shih; C. W. Luo; T. M. Uen; K. H. Wu; J. Y. Juang; J.-Y. Lin; C.-H. Hsu; S. J. Liu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132503 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904649
Partial frequency band gap in one-dimensional magnonic crystals
M. Kostylev; P. Schrader; R. L. Stamps; G. Gubbiotti; G. Carlotti; A. O. Adeyeye; S. Goolaup; N. Singh
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132504 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904697
Metal-insulator transition, specific heat, and grain-boundary-induced disorder in
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132505 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904699
Large carbon-isotope shift of in boron-doped diamond
Natalia Dubrovinskaia; Leonid Dubrovinsky; Thomas Papageorgiou; Alexey Bosak; Michael Krisch; Hans F. Braun; Joachim Wosnitza
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132506 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906381
Magnetocaloric effect in melt spun ribbons
B. Hernando; J. L. Sánchez Llamazares; J. D. Santos; V. M. Prida; D. Baldomir; D. Serantes; R. Varga; J. González
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132507 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904625
Particulate structure of ordered ultrathin FePt films for perpendicular recording
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132508 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2830708
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY
High capacitance density metal-insulator-metal structures based on a high- laminate stack
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132902 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905273
On the question of percolation threshold in polyvinylidene fluoride/nanocrystalline nickel composites
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132905 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2900710
Domain structure of adaptive orthorhombic phase in [110]-poled single crystal
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132906 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906365
Experimental evidence for the flatband voltage shift of high- metal-oxide-semiconductor devices due to the dipole formation at the high- interface
Kunihiko Iwamoto; Yuuichi Kamimuta; Arito Ogawa; Yukimune Watanabe; Shinji Migita; Wataru Mizubayashi; Yukinori Morita; Masashi Takahashi; Hiroyuki Ota; Toshihide Nabatame; Akira Toriumi
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132907 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904650
Multiferroic properties of sputtered thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132908 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2901871
Substantial magnetoelectric coupling near room temperature in
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132910 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905815
Band alignments and defect levels in gate stacks: Oxygen vacancy and Fermi-level pinning
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132911 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907704
Electrical hysteresis of the dielectric films after high-temperature treatment
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132912 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906364
Multiferroic thin films: A room-temperature relaxor ferroelectric and weak ferromagnetic
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132913 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906371
First-principles calculations of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 132914 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907487
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Simultaneous excitation of fast and slow surface plasmon polaritons in a high dielectric contrast system
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898210
Improved electrical performance of carbon nanotube thin film transistors by utilizing composite networks
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905270
Interaction of gold nanoparticles with protein: A spectroscopic study to monitor protein conformational changes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133104 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2902302
Near-field thermal radiation between two closely spaced glass plates exceeding Planck’s blackbody radiation law
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905286
The two-dimensional phase of boron nitride: Few-atomic-layer sheets and suspended membranes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2903702
Segmented nanowires of HgTe and Te grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133108 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898166
Differential scanning calorimetry measurements of kinetic factors involved in salicide process
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133109 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905293
Dissolution and off-stoichiometric formation of compound layers in solid state reactions
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133110 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905334
Synthesis and characterization of smooth ultrananocrystalline diamond films via low pressure bias-enhanced nucleation and growth
Y. C. Chen; X. Y. Zhong; A. R. Konicek; D. S. Grierson; N. H. Tai; I. N. Lin; B. Kabius; J. M. Hiller; A. V. Sumant; R. W. Carpick; O. Auciello
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133113 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2838303
Infrared resonances of self-assembled Pb nanorods
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133116 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904645
High-performance -type carbon nanotube field-effect transistors with estimated sub- gate delay
Z. Y. Zhang; S. Wang; L. Ding; X. L. Liang; H. L. Xu; J. Shen; Q. Chen; R. L. Cui; Y. Li; L.-M. Peng
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133117 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907696
Ballistic rectification in a Z-shaped graphene nanoribbon junction
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133119 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906631
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Choice of electrode geometry for accurate measurement of organic photovoltaic cell performance
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133301 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2895058
Enhanced hole mobility in ambipolar rubrene thin film transistors on polystyrene
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133302 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904964
Quantitative analysis of electronic transport through weakly coupled metal/organic interfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133303 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904629
Influence of doping profile on the efficiency of blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133304 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904632
The surface engineering of top electrode in inverted polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133307 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904967
Low roll-off power efficiency organic light-emitting diodes consisted of nondoped ultrathin phosphorescent layer
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133308 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907692
Preparation and characterization of thermoconductive polymer nanocomposite with branched alumina nanofiber
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133309 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907315
DEVICE PHYSICS
Graded photonic crystals curve the flow of light: An experimental demonstration by the mirage effect
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133501 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2901684
Modeling of amorphous thin film transistors and their subgap density of states
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133503 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2857463
Nanowire sensor response to reactive gas environment
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133505 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905265
Nanoscale epitaxial cobalt salicide bitlines for charge trapping memory cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133506 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906366
ZnO nanorods for solar cells: Hydrothermal growth versus vapor deposition
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133507 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906370
Dynamic bias temperature instability-like behaviors under Fowler–Nordheim program/erase stress in nanoscale silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon memories
Seung Hwan Seo; Gu-Cheol Kang; Kang Seob Roh; Kwan Young Kim; Sunyeong Lee; Kwan-Jae Song; Chang Min Choi; So Ra Park; Kichan Jeon; Jun-Hyun Park; Byung-Gook Park; Jong Duk Lee; Dong Myong Kim; Dae Hwan Kim
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133508 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905272
Asymmetric double two-dimensional electron gas structures for electrical quantum metrology
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133509 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906377
Influence of carrier confinement on the subthreshold swing of multigate silicon-on-insulator transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133511 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907330
Trap densities in amorphous- thin-film transistors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133512 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2904704
III-nitride heterostructure field-effect transistors grown on semi-insulating GaN substrate without regrowth interface charge
J. P. Liu; J.-H. Ryou; D. Yoo; Y. Zhang; J. Limb; C. A. Horne; S.-C. Shen; R. D. Dupuis; A. D. Hanser; E. A. Preble; K. R. Evans
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133513 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906372
Unified retention model for localized charge trapping nonvolatile memory device
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133514 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906895
APPLIED BIOPHYSICS
A label-free optical detection method for biosensors and microfluidics
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 133901 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906486
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS
Ni-induced destabilization dynamics of crystalline zinc borohydride
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 134101 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905275
Standoff detection of explosive residues using photothermal microcantilevers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 134102 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2901145
The effect of annealing processes on electronic properties of sol-gel derived Al-doped ZnO films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 134103 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2905279
Analytic perturbation solution to the capacitance system of a hyberboloidal tip and a rough surface
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 134105 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2906487
Cross-sectional insight in the water evolution and transport in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 134106 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907485
ERRATA
Erratum: “Constrained ferroelectricity in BaTiO3/BaZrO3 superlattices” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 102903 (2008)]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 139902 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907388
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.
Attosecond physics and technology
O. Alexander, D. Ayuso, et al.
THz cyclotron resonance of a 2D hole gas in a GaN/AlN heterostructure
J. Wang, D. G. Rickel, et al.