| Announcement: Multimedia capability added to Applied Physics Letters Mark M. Cassar Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 080201 (2009) (1 page) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (31 kB) ] | LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS | | Optical microcavities on Si formed by self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot microtubes S. Vicknesh, F. Li, and Z. Mi Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081101 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (218 kB) ] Order | | | Polarization dependent transmission through asymmetric C-shaped holes J. W. Lee, M. A. Seo, D. S. Kim, J. H. Kang, and Q-Han Park Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081102 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (346 kB) ] Order | | | Infrared transparent carbon nanotube thin films Liangbing Hu, David S. Hecht, and George Grüner Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081103 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (204 kB) ] Order | | | Unified explanation of the fluorescence decay and blinking characteristics of semiconductor nanocrystals M. Tachiya and Kazuhiko Seki Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081104 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (132 kB) ] Order | | | Observation of optical torsional stiffness in a high optical power cavity Yaohui Fan, Lucienne Merrill, Chunnong Zhao, Li Ju, David Blair, Bram Slagmolen, David Hosken, Aidan Brooks, Peter Veitch, Damien Mudge, and Jesper Munch Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081105 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (121 kB) ] Order | | | Microstructural imaging of high repetition rate ultrafast laser written LiTaO3 waveguides Ben McMillen, Kevin P. Chen, and Daniel Jaque Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081106 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (1248 kB) ] Order | | | Low threshold current density of InAs quantum dash laser on InP (100) through optimizing double cap technique D. Zhou, R. Piron, M. Dontabactouny, O. Dehaese, F. Grillot, T. Batte, K. Tavernier, J. Even, and S. Loualiche Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081107 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (232 kB) ] Order | | | Coupling efficiency of monolithic, waveguide-integrated Si photodetectors Donghwan Ahn, Ching-yin Hong, Lionel C. Kimerling, and Jurgen Michel Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081108 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (331 kB) ] Order | | | Injectorless quantum cascade laser with low voltage defect and improved thermal performance grown by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition Dibyendu Dey, Wei Wu, Omer Gokalp Memis, and Hooman Mohseni Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081109 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (242 kB) ] Order | | | Measurement of gain and losses of a midinfrared quantum cascade laser by wavelength chirping spectroscopy E. Benveniste, S. Laurent, A. Vasanelli, C. Manquest, C. Sirtori, F. Teulon, M. Carras, and X. Marcadet Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081110 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (236 kB) ] Order | | | A pH-tunable hydrogel microlens array with temperature-actuated light-switching capability Zhenwen Ding and Babak Ziaie Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081111 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (520 kB) ] Order | | | Infrared quantum counting by nondegenerate two photon conductivity in GaAs Fabien Boitier, Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt, Antoine Godard, and Emmanuel Rosencher Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081112 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (355 kB) ] Order | | | The origin of the high diode-ideality factors in GaInN/GaN multiple quantum well light-emitting diodes Di Zhu, Jiuru Xu, Ahmed N. Noemaun, Jong Kyu Kim, E. Fred Schubert, Mary H. Crawford, and Daniel D. Koleske Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081113 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (430 kB) ] Order | | | On resonant optical excitation and carrier escape in GaInN/GaN quantum wells Martin F. Schubert, Jiuru Xu, Qi Dai, Frank W. Mont, Jong Kyu Kim, and E. Fred Schubert Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081114 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (206 kB) ] Order | | | SiGe quantum well infrared photodetectors on pseudosubstrate P. Rauter, T. Fromherz, C. Falub, D. Grützmacher, and G. Bauer Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081115 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (469 kB) ] Order | | | Subwavelength-resolved bidirectional imaging between two and three dimensions using a surface plasmon launching lens Jiayuan Wang, Jiasen Zhang, Xiaofei Wu, Hao Luo, and Qihuang Gong Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081116 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (317 kB) ] Order | | | Optical bistability enhanced by highly localized bulk plasmon polariton modes in subwavelength metal-nonlinear dielectric multilayer structure Junxue Chen, Pei Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Yonghua Lu, RongSheng Zheng, Hai Ming, and Qiwen Zhan Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081117 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (330 kB) ] Order | | | Optical transmission properties of perforated metal films in the middle-infrared range Yong-Hong Ye, Yurong Cao, Zhi-Bing Wang, Desheng Yan, and Jia-Yu Zhang Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081118 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (226 kB) ] Order | | | 500 nm electrically driven InGaN based laser diodes Désirée Queren, Adrian Avramescu, Georg Brüderl, Andreas Breidenassel, Marc Schillgalies, Stephan Lutgen, and Uwe Strauß Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081119 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (224 kB) ] Order | | | Optically pumped intersubband emission of short-wave infrared radiation with GaN/AlN quantum wells Kristina Driscoll, Yitao Liao, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Lin Zhou, David J. Smith, Theodore D. Moustakas, and Roberto Paiella Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081120 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (338 kB) ] Order | | | A KTiOPO4 nonlinear photonic crystal for blue second harmonic generation Carlota Canalias, Mats Nordlöf, Valdas Pasiskevicius, and Fredrik Laurell Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081121 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (291 kB) ] Order | PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES | | Influence of target material on structure of the plasma outflow produced by a partly defocused laser beam A. Kasperczuk, T. Pisarczyk, M. Kalal, J. Ullschmied, E. Krousky, K. Masek, M. Pfeifer, K. Rohlena, J. Skala, and P. Pisarczyk Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081501 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (605 kB) ] Order | | | Removing dust particles from a large area discharge Yang-fang Li, U. Konopka, K. Jiang, T. Shimizu, H. Höfner, H. M. Thomas, and G. E. Morfill Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081502 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (205 kB) ] Order | STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER | | Electromigration-induced bond improvement for three-dimensional integrated circuits H. L. Leong, C. L. Gan, C. V. Thompson, K. L. Pey, and H. Y. Li Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081901 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (1265 kB) ] Order | | | Effect of the electrical boundary condition at the crack face on the mode I energy release rate in piezoelectric ceramics Yasuhide Shindo, Fumio Narita, and Mitsuru Hirama Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081902 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (142 kB) ] Order | | | The intrinsic elasticity of twin walls: Ferrielectric twin walls in ferroelastic CaTiO3 Liliana Goncalves-Ferreira, Simon A. T. Redfern, Emilio Atacho, and Ekhard K. H. Salje Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081903 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (70 kB) ] Order | | | Effect of oxygen vacancies on the red emission of SrTiO3:Pr3+ phosphor films Wei Wang, Chunge Jiang, Mingrong Shen, Liang Fang, Fengang Zheng, Xinglong Wu, and Jiancang Shen Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081904 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (308 kB) ] Order | | | Tuning of Fermi level position at HfNx/SiO2 interface J. A. Rothschild and M. Eizenberg Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081905 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (303 kB) ] Order | | | Surface morphology and electronic structure of bulk single crystal -Ga2O3(100) T. C. Lovejoy, E. N. Yitamben, N. Shamir, J. Morales, E. G. Villora, K. Shimamura, S. Zheng, F. S. Ohuchi, and M. A. Olmstead Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081906 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (225 kB) ] Order | | | Negative permittivity and permeability of gold square nanospirals R. Abdeddaïm, G. Guida, A. Priou, B. Gallas, and J. Rivory Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081907 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (185 kB) ] Order | | | Mechanism of particle removal by megasonic waves Wonjung Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Jaehyuck Choi, and Ho-Young Kim Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081908 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (355 kB) ] Order | | | Proton-exchanged OH− absorption spectra of highly Zn-doped LiNbO3 with and without polarization inversion Pei-Chang Tsai, Chih-Ta Chia, Shou-Tai Lin, Yen-Chieh Huang, Hsiu-Feng Lu, and Sheng-Hsien Lin Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081909 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (143 kB) ] Order | | | Structural analyses of strained SiGe wires formed by hydrogen thermal etching and Ge-condensation processes Tsutomu Tezuka, Eiji Toyoda, Toshifumi Irisawa, Norio Hirashita, Yoshihiko Moriyama, Naoharu Sugiyama, Koji Usuda, and Shin-ichi Takagi Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081910 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (193 kB) ] Order | | | Optical properties of GaSb/GaAs type- quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy Takuya Kawazu, Takaaki Mano, Takeshi Noda, and Hiroyuki Sakaki Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081911 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (283 kB) ] Order | | | Thermal conductivity and interface thermal conductance of amorphous and crystalline Zr47Cu31Al13Ni9 alloys with a Y2O3 coating Nitin C. Shukla, Hao-Hsiang Liao, Jeremiah T. Abiade, Fengxiao Liu, Peter K. Liaw, and Scott T. Huxtable Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081912 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (152 kB) ] Order | ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS | | Strong field hole transport in 6H-SiC V. I. Sankin, P. P. Shkrebiy, and R. Yakimova Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082101 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (216 kB) ] Order | | | Reversible changes of epitaxial thin films from perovskite LaNiO3 to infinite-layer structure LaNiO2 Masanori Kawai, Satoru Inoue, Masaichiro Mizumaki, Naomi Kawamura, Noriya Ichikawa, and Yuichi Shimakawa Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082102 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (580 kB) ] Order | | | Pulse stress frequency dependence of negative bias temperature instability in SiON gate transistors Jingfeng Yang, Jiaqi Yang, Baoguang Yan, Gang Du, Xiaoyan Liu, Ruqi Han, Jinfeng Kang, C. C. Liao, Z. H. Gan, M. Liao, J. P. Wang, and W. Wong Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082103 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (195 kB) ] Order | | | A low-cost method of forming epitaxy SiGe on Si substrate by laser annealing C. Y. Ong, K. L. Pey, K. K. Ong, D. X. M. Tan, X. C. Wang, H. Y. Zheng, C. M. Ng, and L. Chan Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082104 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (291 kB) ] Order | | | Lattice strain in bulk GaN epilayers grown on CrN/sapphire template S. W. Lee, Jun-Seok Ha, Hyun-Jae Lee, Hyo-Jong Lee, H. Goto, T. Hanada, T. Goto, Katsushi Fujii, M. W. Cho, and T. Yao Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082105 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (416 kB) ] Order | | | To change transport gap of semiconducting nanoparticles without disturbing the optical one: Core-shell approach Bikas C. Das and Amlan J. Pal Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082106 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (437 kB) ] Order | | | Fabrication of graphene nanoribbon by local anodic oxidation lithography using atomic force microscope S. Masubuchi, M. Ono, K. Yoshida, K. Hirakawa, and T. Machida Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082107 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (234 kB) ] Order | | | Electronic properties of a metallic nanoparticle coupled to a graphene nanoribbon: A single-electron field effect transistor M. Mizuno and Eugene H. Kim Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082108 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (148 kB) ] Order | | | Freestanding AlN single crystals enabled by self-organization of 2H-SiC pyramids on 4H-SiC substrates G. R. Yazdi, M. Beckers, F. Giuliani, M. Syväjärvi, L. Hultman, and R. Yakimova Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082109 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (505 kB) ] Order | | | Study of boron diffusion in MgO in CoFeB|MgO film stacks using parallel electron energy loss spectroscopy Sankha S. Mukherjee, David MacMahon, Feiming Bai, Chih-Ling Lee, and Santosh K. Kurinec Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082110 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (325 kB) ] Order | MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | | Current-driven vortex formation in a magnetic multilayer ring Chunghee Nam, B. G. Ng, F. J. Castaño, M. D. Mascaro, and C. A. Ross Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082501 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (314 kB) ] Order | | | Strong coupling of magnetic and dielectric properties in the a-axis-oriented orthorhombic HoMnO3 films T. C. Han and J. G. Lin Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082502 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (402 kB) ] Order | | | Enhanced exchange bias in sub-50-nm IrMn/CoFe nanostructure M. Tofizur Rahman, Nazmun N. Shams, Ding Shuo Wang, and Chih-Huang Lai Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082503 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (421 kB) ] Order | | | Large converse magnetoelectric coupling in FeCoV/lead zinc niobate-lead titanate heterostructure Yajie Chen, Jinsheng Gao, Trifon Fitchorov, Zhuhua Cai, K. S. Ziemer, Carmine Vittoria, and V. G. Harris Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082504 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (340 kB) ] Order | | | Study of weak ferromagnetism in polycrystalline multiferroic Eu doped bismuth ferrite V. 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Lett. 94, 082508 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (326 kB) ] Order | | | Imaging of variation in charge/orbital/spin ordering structure in Sm1−xSrxMnO3 (x=0.55 and 0.6) X. Z. Yu, Y. Tomioka, T. Asaka, K. Kimoto, T. Arima, Y. Tokura, and Y. Matsui Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082509 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (405 kB) ] Order | DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY | | Field enhancement effect of nanocrystals in bandgap engineering of tunnel oxide for nonvolatile memory application Yun-Shan Lo, Ke-Chih Liu, Cheng-Wei Cheng, Jyun-Yi Wu, Cheng-Hao Hou, and Tai-Bor Wu Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082901 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTML Sectioned HTML PDF (632 kB) ] Order | | | Aging effect in paraelectric state of ferroelectrics: Implication for a microscopic explanation of ferroelectric deaging Dezhen Xue, Jinghui Gao, Lixue Zhang, Huixin Bao, Wenfeng Liu, Chao Zhou, and Xiaobing Ren Appl. Phys. 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