A plasma microlens for ultrashort high power lasers Yiftach Katzir, Shmuel Eisenmann, Yair Ferber, Arie Zigler, and Richard F. Hubbard Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031101 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (311 kB) ] Order
Coupled photonic crystal nanobeam cavities Parag B. Deotare, Murray W. McCutcheon, Ian W. Frank, Mughees Khan, and Marko Lončar Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031102 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (340 kB) ] Order
An optical beam frequency reference with 10−14 range frequency instability J. J. McFerran, J. G. Hartnett, and A. N. Luiten Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031103 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (304 kB) ] Order
Characterization of terahertz field confinement at the end of a tapered metal wire waveguide Victoria Astley, Rajind Mendis, and Daniel M. Mittleman Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031104 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (228 kB) ] Order
Photonic crystal distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers with 12 W output power Y. Bai, B. Gokden, S. R. Darvish, S. Slivken, and M. Razeghi Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031105 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (295 kB) ] Order
Highly reliable 500 mW laser diodes with epitaxially grown AlON coating for high-density optical storage T. Kamikawa, Y. Kawaguchi, P. O. Vaccaro, S. Ito, and H. Kawanishi Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031106 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (215 kB) ] Order
Energy transfer and 1.54 µm emission in amorphous silicon nitride films S. Yerci, R. Li, S. O. Kucheyev, T. van Buuren, S. N. Basu, and L. Dal Negro Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031107 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (290 kB) ] Order
Laser action from a sugar-threaded polyrotaxane Marta M. Mróz, Stefano Perissinotto, Tersilla Virgili, Giuseppe Gigli, Marco Salerno, Michael J. Frampton, Giuseppe Sforazzini, Harry L. Anderson, and Guglielmo Lanzani Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031108 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (374 kB) ] Order
Optofluidic circular grating distributed feedback dye laser Yan Chen, Zhenyu Li, M. David Henry, and Axel Scherer Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031109 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (333 kB) ] Order
Growth and characterization of InAsN/GaAs dilute nitride semiconductor alloys for the midinfrared spectral range M. de la Mare, Q. Zhuang, A. Krier, A. Patanè, and S. Dhar Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031110 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (266 kB) ] Order
Damage of amorphous carbon induced by soft x-ray femtosecond pulses above and below the critical angle J. Chalupský, V. Hájková, V. Altapova, T. Burian, A. J. Gleeson, L. Juha, M. Jurek, H. Sinn, M. Störmer, R. Sobierajski, K. Tiedtke, S. Toleikis, Th. Tschentscher, L. Vyšín, H. Wabnitz et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031111 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (258 kB) ] Order
Mesa-isolated InGaAs photodetectors with low dark current J. F. Klem, J. K. Kim, M. J. Cich, G. A. Keeler, S. D. Hawkins, and T. R. Fortune Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031112 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (197 kB) ] Order
PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES
Electron avalanches and diffused -mode in radio-frequency capacitively coupled atmospheric-pressure microplasmas D. W. Liu, F. Iza, and M. G. Kong Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031501 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (368 kB) ] Order
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Blueshift in optical band gap in nanocrystalline Zn1−xCaxO films deposited by sol-gel method Kamakhya Prakash Misra, R. K. Shukla, Atul Srivastava, and Anchal Srivastava Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031901 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (353 kB) ] Order
Lattice polarity detection of InN by circular photogalvanic effect Q. Zhang, X. Q. Wang, X. W. He, C. M. Yin, F. J. Xu, B. Shen, Y. H. Chen, Z. G. Wang, Y. Ishitani, and A. Yoshikawa Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031902 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (348 kB) ] Order
Photoluminescence of highly excited AlN: Biexcitons and exciton-exciton scattering R. A. R. Leute, M. Feneberg, R. Sauer, K. Thonke, S. B. Thapa, F. Scholz, Y. Taniyasu, and M. Kasu Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031903 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (165 kB) ] Order
Electromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymers Xuanhe Zhao and Zhigang Suo Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031904 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (194 kB) ] Order
Tuneable optical lenses from diamond thin films A. Kriele, O. A. Williams, M. Wolfer, D. Brink, W. Müller-Sebert, and C. E. Nebel Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031905 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (442 kB) ] Order
Photoluminescence and photoabsorption blueshift of nanostructured ZnO: Skin-depth quantum trapping and electron-phonon coupling J. W. Li, X. J. Liu, L. W. Yang, Z. F. Zhou, G. F. Xie, Y. Pan, X. H. Wang, J. Zhou, L. T. Li, Likun Pan, Zhuo Sun, and Chang Q. Sun Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031906 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (154 kB) ] Order
Mechanism of strain relaxation by twisted nanocolumns revealed in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures V. P. Kladko, A. V. Kuchuk, N. V. Safryuk, V. F. Machulin, A. E. Belyaev, H. Hardtdegen, and S. A. Vitusevich Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031907 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (148 kB) ] Order
Evidence of Germanium precipitation in phase-change Ge1−xTex thin films by Raman scattering E. Gourvest, S. Lhostis, J. Kreisel, M. Armand, S. Maitrejean, A. Roule, and C. Vallée Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031908 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (377 kB) ] Order
Twinning partial multiplication at grain boundary in nanocrystalline fcc metals Y. T. Zhu, X. L. Wu, X. Z. Liao, J. Narayan, S. N. Mathaudhu, and L. J. Kecskés Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031909 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (209 kB) ] Order
The determination of the bulk residual doping in indium nitride films using photoluminescence M. Moret, S. Ruffenach, O. Briot, and B. Gil Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031910 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (347 kB) ] Order
Enhanced absorption in one-dimensional phononic crystals with interfacial acoustic waves B. J. Lee and A. C. To Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031911 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (343 kB) ] Order
Extension of the diffuse mismatch model for thermal boundary conductance between isotropic and anisotropic materials John C. Duda, Justin L. Smoyer, Pamela M. Norris, and Patrick E. Hopkins Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031912 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (108 kB) ] Order
Reduction of dislocation density in epitaxial GaN layers by overgrowth of defect-related etch pits J. L. Weyher, H. Ashraf, and P. R. Hageman Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031913 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (279 kB) ] Order
Observation of space-separated multiexciton generation in photocurrent of Au/por-Si/p-Si structure O. M. Sreseli, O. S. El'tsina, L. V. Belyakov, and D. N. Goryachev Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031914 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (146 kB) ] Order
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
On the 1/f noise of triple-gate field-effect transistors with high-k gate dielectric N. Lukyanchikova, N. Garbar, V Kudina, A. Smolanka, S. Put, C. Claeys, and E. Simoen Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032101 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (430 kB) ] Order
Hole diffusion profile in a p-p+ silicon homojunction determined by terahertz and midinfrared spectroscopic ellipsometry T. Hofmann, C. M. Herzinger, T. E. Tiwald, J. A. Woollam, and M. Schubert Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032102 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (224 kB) ] Order
Probing microwave capacitance of self-assembled quantum dots Guanglei Cheng, Jeremy Levy, and Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032103 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (145 kB) ] Order
Atomic migration in molten and crystalline Ge2Sb2Te5 under high electric field Tae-Youl Yang, Il-Mok Park, Byoung-Joon Kim, and Young-Chang Joo Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032104 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (384 kB) ] Order
Sn12Sb88 material for phase change memory Feng Rao, Zhitang Song, Kun Ren, Xuelai Li, Liangcai Wu, Wei Xi, and Bo Liu Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032105 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (346 kB) ] Order
Analysis of point defects in AlN epilayers by cathodoluminescence spectroscopy Barbara Bastek, Frank Bertram, Juergen Christen, Thomas Hempel, Armin Dadgar, and Alois Krost Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032106 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (382 kB) ] Order
Band structure design and photocatalytic activity of In2O3/N–InNbO4 composite Jun Lv, Tetsuya Kako, Zhigang Zou, and Jinhua Ye Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032107 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (420 kB) ] Order
Relationship between 4H-SiC/SiO2 transition layer thickness and mobility T. L. Biggerstaff, C. L. Reynolds, Jr., T. Zheleva, A. Lelis, D. Habersat, S. Haney, S.-H. Ryu, A. Agarwal, and G. Duscher Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032108 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (3658 kB) ] Order
Optical and magnetic properties of CuMnO2 epitaxial thin films with a delafossite-derivative structure H. Hiraga, T. Fukumura, A. Ohtomo, T. Makino, A. Ohkubo, H. Kimura, and M. Kawasaki Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032109 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (379 kB) ] Order
Aharonov–Bohm oscillations in a nanoscale dopant ring in silicon T. C. G. Reusch, A. Fuhrer, M. Füchsle, B. Weber, and M. Y. Simmons Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032110 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (288 kB) ] Order
Electroconductance in single-wall carbon nanotubes Manu Jaiswal, C. S. Suchand Sangeeth, and Reghu Menon Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032111 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (323 kB) ] Order
MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Magnetically controlled superconducting weak links J. Van de Vondel, A. V. Silhanek, B. Raes, W. Gillijns, R. B. G. Kramer, V. V. Moshchalkov, J. Sautner, and V. Metlushko Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032501 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (404 kB) ] Order
Magneto-optical Kerr effect in perpendicularly magnetized Co/Pt films on two-dimensional colloidal crystals Z. Liu, L. Shi, Z. Shi, X. H. Liu, J. Zi, S. M. Zhou, S. J. Wei, J. Li, X. Zhang, and Y. J. Xia Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032502 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (329 kB) ] Order
Anomalous Hall effect in quarternary Heusler-type Ni50Mn17Fe8Ga25 melt-spun ribbons Zhiyong Zhu, Siu Wing Or, and Guangheng Wu Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032503 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (144 kB) ] Order
Resistance of domain walls created by means of a magnetic force microscope in transversally magnetized epitaxial Fe wires C. Hassel, S. Stienen, F. M. Römer, R. Meckenstock, G. Dumpich, and J. Lindner Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032504 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (728 kB) ] Order
Domain-wall depinning by controlling its configuration at notch Sheng-Huang Huang and Chih-Huang Lai Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032505 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (314 kB) ] Order
Atomic-scale spectroscopic imaging of CoFeB/Mg–B–O/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions J. J. Cha, J. C. Read, W. F. Egelhoff, Jr., P. Y. Huang, H. W. Tseng, Y. Li, R. A. Buhrman, and D. A. Muller Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032506 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (342 kB) ] Order
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY
Internal fields in solid electrolytes due to interface effects Bjoern Martin and Herbert Kliem Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032901 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (102 kB) ] Order
Self-organized (Ba0.7,Sr0.3)TiO3 nanocomposite with improved figure of merit B. Guigues, X. H. Zhu, J. Sobotka, N. Guiblin, E. Defaÿ, and B. Dkhil Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032902 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (260 kB) ] Order
Electronic transport through in situ grown ultrathin BaTiO3 films Junsoo Shin, S. V. Kalinin, E. W. Plummer, and A. P. Baddorf Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032903 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (159 kB) ] Order
Electric-field-induced phase transformation at a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary: Case study in a 93%(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3–7% BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramic John E. Daniels, Wook Jo, Jürgen Rödel, and Jacob L. Jones Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032904 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (285 kB) ] Order
Improved thermal stability, interface, and electrical properties of HfO2 films prepared by pulsed laser deposition using in situ ionized nitrogen Yi Wang, Hao Wang, Jun Zhang, Hanbin Wang, Cong Ye, Yong Jiang, and Qing Wang Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032905 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (350 kB) ] Order
Molecular beam epitaxy of SrTiO3 with a growth window Bharat Jalan, Pouya Moetakef, and Susanne Stemmer Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032906 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (389 kB) ] Order
Oxidant prepulsing of Ge (100) prior to atomic layer deposition of Al2O3: In situ surface characterization Shankar Swaminathan, Yasuhiro Oshima, Michael A. Kelly, and Paul C. McIntyre Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 032907 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (396 kB) ] Order
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Band engineered epitaxial Ge–SixGe1−x core-shell nanowire heterostructures K. M. Varahramyan, D. Ferrer, E. Tutuc, and S. K. Banerjee Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033101 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (323 kB) ] Order
Si nanopillar array optimization on Si thin films for solar energy harvesting Junshuai Li, HongYu Yu, She Mein Wong, Gang Zhang, Xiaowei Sun, Patrick Guo-Qiang Lo, and Dim-Lee Kwong Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033102 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (212 kB) ] Order
Low-frequency electronic noise in the double-gate single-layer graphene transistors G. Liu, W. Stillman, S. Rumyantsev, Q. Shao, M. Shur, and A. A. Balandin Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033103 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (431 kB) ] Order
Transition from ferromagnetism to diamagnetism in undoped ZnO thin films Mukes Kapilashrami, Jun Xu, Valter Ström, K. V. Rao, and Lyubov Belova Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033104 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (207 kB) ] Order
Multiferroic behavior observed in highly orientated Mn-doped BaTiO3 thin films Yuan-Hua Lin, Jiancong Yuan, Songyin Zhang, Yi Zhang, Jing Liu, Yao Wang, and Ce-Wen Nan Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033105 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (312 kB) ] Order
Highly efficient nonradiative energy transfer using charged CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals for light-harvesting in solution Evren Mutlugün, Sedat Nizamoğlu, and Hilmi Volkan Demir Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033106 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (210 kB) ] Order
Thermal rectification in asymmetric graphene ribbons Nuo Yang, Gang Zhang, and Baowen Li Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033107 (2009) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLSectioned HTMLPDF (263 kB) ] Order
Microevaporators with accumulators for the screening of phase diagrams of aqueous solutions P. Moreau, J. Dehmoune, J.-B. Salmon, and J. Leng Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 033108 (2009) (3 pages) Multimedia Information
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