Cover image from Zhaofeng Li, Rongkuo Zhao, Thomas Koschny, Maria Kafesaki, Kamil Boratay Alici, Evrim Colak, Humeyra Caglayan, Ekmel Ozbay, and C. M. Soukoulis, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081901 (2010).
Electrically tunable lasing from a dye-doped two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal made of holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals D. Luo, X. W. Sun, H. T. Dai, H. V. Demir, H. Z. Yang, and W. Ji Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081101 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (541 kB) ] Order
High aspect ratio nanochannel machining using single shot femtosecond Bessel beams M. K. Bhuyan, F. Courvoisier, P. A. Lacourt, M. Jacquot, R. Salut, L. Furfaro, and J. M. Dudley Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081102 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (2953 kB) ] Order
GaN-based light emitting diodes with embedded SiO2 pillars and air gap array structures Wei-Chih Lai, Ya-Yu Yang, Li-Chi Peng, Shih-Wei Yang, Yu-Ru Lin, and Jinn-Kong Sheu Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081103 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (556 kB) ] Order
A quantum dot based bright source of entangled photon pairs operating at 53 K A. Dousse, J. Suffczyński, O. Krebs, A. Beveratos, A. Lemaître, I. Sagnes, J. Bloch, P. Voisin, and P. Senellart Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081104 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (280 kB) ] Order
Extraction-controlled quantum cascade lasers Andreas Wacker Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081105 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (3343 kB) ] Order
Nonlinear plasmonic directional couplers José R. Salgueiro and Yuri S. Kivshar Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081106 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (224 kB) ] Order
Surface plasmon induced exciton redistribution in ZnCdO/ZnO coaxial multiquantum-well nanowires B. Liu, C. W. Cheng, R. Chen, S. A. Ekahana, W. F. Yang, S. J. Wang, T. C. Sum, Z. X. Shen, H. J. Fan, and H. D. Sun Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081107 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (723 kB) ] Order
Ultrathin silicon nitride microring resonator for biophotonic applications at 970 nm wavelength Ilya Goykhman, Boris Desiatov, and Uriel Levy Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081108 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (178 kB) ] Order
Electroluminescence from Er-doped Si-rich silicon nitride light emitting diodes S. Yerci, R. Li, and L. Dal Negro Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081109 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (409 kB) ] Order
Magnetically assisted quantum cascade laser emitting from 740 GHz to 1.4 THz Giacomo Scalari, Dana Turčinková, James Lloyd-Hughes, Maria I. Amanti, Milan Fischer, Mattias Beck, and Jérôme Faist Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081110 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (304 kB) ] Order
Electron spin relaxation time in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells grown on slightly misoriented GaAs(110) substrates Shinji Koh, Akira Nakanishi, and Hitoshi Kawaguchi Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081111 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (499 kB) ] Order
Direct measurement of rotationally resolved H2Q-branch Raman coherence lifetimes using time-resolved picosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering Waruna D. Kulatilaka, Paul S. Hsu, Hans U. Stauffer, James R. Gord, and Sukesh Roy Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081112 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (107 kB) ] Order
Semiconductor optical amplifier-based heterodyning detection for resolving optical terahertz beat-tone signals from passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers Sylwester Latkowski, Ramón Maldonado-Basilio, Kevin Carney, Josué Parra-Cetina, Séverine Philippe, and Pascal Landais Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081113 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (150 kB) ] Order
Effects of gold nanoparticles on electro-optical properties of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal Alfonso Hinojosa and Suresh C. Sharma Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081114 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (277 kB) ] Order
High performance “continuum-to-continuum” quantum cascade lasers with a broad gain bandwidth of over 400 cm−1 Yu Yao, Xiaojun Wang, Jen-Yu Fan, and Claire F. Gmachl Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081115 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (751 kB) ] Order
Colossal optical activity of split-ring resonator arrays for millimeter waves S. Engelbrecht, M. Wunderlich, A. M. Shuvaev, and A. Pimenov Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081116 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (364 kB) ] Order
PLASMAS AND ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES
The effect of secondary electrons on the separate control of ion energy and flux in dual-frequency capacitively coupled radio frequency discharges Z. Donkó, J. Schulze, P. Hartmann, I. Korolov, U. Czarnetzki, and E. Schüngel Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081501 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1262 kB) ] Order
Production of high transient heat and particle fluxes in a linear plasma device G. De Temmerman, J. J. Zielinski, H. van der Meiden, W. Melissen, and J. Rapp Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081502 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (215 kB) ] Order
Effective design of multiple hollow cathode electrode to enhance the density of rf capacitively coupled plasma H. S. Lee, Y. S. Lee, S. H. Seo, and H. Y. Chang Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081503 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (187 kB) ] Order
STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, THERMODYNAMIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONDENSED MATTER
Chiral metamaterials with negative refractive index based on four “U” split ring resonators Zhaofeng Li, Rongkuo Zhao, Thomas Koschny, Maria Kafesaki, Kamil Boratay Alici, Evrim Colak, Humeyra Caglayan, Ekmel Ozbay, and C. M. Soukoulis Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081901 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1104 kB) ] Order
Polarization sensitive lateral photoconductivity in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well based structures on low-temperature grown GaAs(001) Ashish Arora, Sandip Ghosh, B. M. Arora, Stefan Malzer, and Gottfried Döhler Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081902 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (453 kB) ] Order
Benefits of homoepitaxy on the properties of nonpolar (Zn,Mg)O/ZnO quantum wells on a-plane ZnO substrates J.-M. Chauveau, M. Teisseire, H. Kim-Chauveau, C. Deparis, C. Morhain, and B. Vinter Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081903 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (708 kB) ] Order
Passive self-tuning energy harvester for extracting energy from rotational motion Lei Gu and Carol Livermore Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081904 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (447 kB) ] Order
White light emission from amorphous silicon oxycarbide (a-SiCxOy) thin films: Role of composition and postdeposition annealing Spyros Gallis, Vasileios Nikas, Himani Suhag, Mengbing Huang, and Alain E. Kaloyeros Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081905 (2010) (3 pages) AbstractAuthor Select - Free Access Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (634 kB) ]
Long-range spontaneous structural ordering in barium stannate thin films R. Takahashi, K. Valset, E. Folven, E. Eberg, J. K. Grepstad, and T. Tybell Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081906 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (444 kB) ] Order
Effects of release holes on microscale solid–solid phononic crystals Y. M. Soliman, M. F. Su, Z. C. Leseman, C. M. Reinke, I. El-Kady, and R. H. Olsson, III Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081907 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1660 kB) ] Order
Optical properties of surface modified polypropylene by plasma immersion ion implantation technique Sk. Faruque Ahmed, Myoung-Woon Moon, Chansoo Kim, Yong-Jun Jang, Seonghee Han, Jin-Young Choi, Won-Woong Park, and Kwang-Ryeol Lee Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081908 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1026 kB) ] Order
Carbon nanotube initiated formation of carbon nanoscrolls Zhao Zhang and Teng Li Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081909 (2010) (3 pages) Multimedia Information
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Optical spectroscopy of cubic GaN in nanowires J. Renard, G. Tourbot, D. Sam-Giao, C. Bougerol, B. Daudin, and B. Gayral Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081910 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (114 kB) ] Order
Thermodynamic model for heterogeneous bubble nucleation in a temperature gradient Di Wu, Yuan-Yuan Duan, and Zhen Yang Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 081911 (2010) (2 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (183 kB) ] Order
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND SEMICONDUCTORS
Influence of electron-electron scattering on transport characteristics in monolayer graphene X. Li, E. A. Barry, J. M. Zavada, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, and K. W. Kim Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082101 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (172 kB) ] Order
High temperature electrical conduction in nanoscale hafnia films under varying oxygen partial pressure Changhyun Ko, Michael Shandalov, Paul C. McIntyre, and Shriram Ramanathan Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082102 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (687 kB) ] Order
Tuning single GaAs quantum dots in resonance with a rubidium vapor N. Akopian, U. Perinetti, L. Wang, A. Rastelli, O. G. Schmidt, and V. Zwiller Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082103 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (436 kB) ] Order
Interface-controlled layer exchange in metal-induced crystallization of germanium thin films Shu Hu (胡澍), Ann F. Marshall, and Paul C. McIntyre Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082104 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1252 kB) ] Order
A nanoscale Ti/GaAs metal-semiconductor hybrid sensor for room temperature light detection A. K. M. Newaz, W.-J. Chang, K. D. Wallace, L. C. Edge, S. A. Wickline, R. Bashir, A. M. Gilbertson, L. F. Cohen, and S. A. Solin Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082105 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (644 kB) ] Order
Gate controlled magnetoresistance in a silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor C. Ciccarelli, B. G. Park, S. Ogawa, A. J. Ferguson, and J. Wunderlich Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082106 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (161 kB) ] Order
Microwave induced zero-conductance state in a Corbino geometry two-dimensional electron gas with capacitive contacts A. A. Bykov, I. V. Marchishin, A. V. Goran, and D. V. Dmitriev Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082107 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (196 kB) ] Order
Extremely low surface recombination velocities on crystalline silicon wafers realized by catalytic chemical vapor deposited SiNx/a-Si stacked passivation layers Koichi Koyama, Keisuke Ohdaira, and Hideki Matsumura Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082108 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (242 kB) ] Order
The effect of deposition power on the electrical properties of Al-doped zinc oxide thin films B. S. Chun, H. C. Wu, M. Abid, I. C. Chu, S. Serrano-Guisan, I. V. Shvets, and Daniel. S. Choi Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082109 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (600 kB) ] Order
Density of trap states measured by photon probe into ZnO based thin-film transistors Kimoon Lee, Gunwoo Ko, Gun Hwan Lee, Gi bok Han, Myung M. Sung, Tae Woo Ha, Jae Hoon Kim, and Seongil Im Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082110 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (483 kB) ] Order
Electroluminescence from ZnO nanoflowers/GaN thin film p-n heterojunction Jaehui Ahn, Michael A. Mastro, Jennifer Hite, Charles R. Eddy, Jr., and Jihyun Kim Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082111 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (638 kB) ] Order
Mobility and saturation velocity in graphene on SiO2 Vincent E. Dorgan, Myung-Ho Bae, and Eric Pop Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082112 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (402 kB) ] Order
MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Exchange coupled composite bit patterned media P. Krone, D. Makarov, T. Schrefl, and M. Albrecht Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082501 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (274 kB) ] Order
Growth of superconducting Sr2RuO4 thin films Y. Krockenberger, M. Uchida, K. S. Takahashi, M. Nakamura, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082502 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (402 kB) ] Order
DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICITY
The effect of graphite surface condition on the composition of Al2O3 by atomic layer deposition A. Pirkle, S. McDonnell, B. Lee, J. Kim, L. Colombo, and R. M. Wallace Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082901 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (681 kB) ] Order
Oxygen migration at Pt/HfO2/Pt interface under bias operation T. Nagata, M. Haemori, Y. Yamashita, H. Yoshikawa, Y. Iwashita, K. Kobayashi, and T. Chikyow Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082902 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (569 kB) ] Order
Large pyroelectric effect in Fe-doped lithium niobate induced by a high-power short-pulse laser Kenji Kitamura, Hideki Hatano, Shunji Takekawa, Daniel Schütze, and Masakazu Aono Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 082903 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (167 kB) ] Order
NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN
Selective electroless coating of palladium nanoparticles on metallic single-walled carbon nanotube Yiyu Feng, Peng Lv, Xuequan Zhang, Yu Li, and Wei Feng Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083101 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1174 kB) ] Order
Effects of surface chemistry on thermal conductance at aluminum–diamond interfaces Kimberlee C. Collins, Shuo Chen, and Gang Chen Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083102 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (566 kB) ] Order
Acoustic phonon scattering in Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 superlattices Yaguo Wang, Carl Liebig, Xianfan Xu, and Rama Venkatasubramanian Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083103 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (127 kB) ] Order
Bulk Cr tips with full spatial magnetic sensitivity for spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy A. Schlenhoff, S. Krause, G. Herzog, and R. Wiesendanger Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083104 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (795 kB) ] Order
Magnetically tunable self-assembly of colloidal rings Kwan H. Li and Benjamin B. Yellen Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083105 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (587 kB) ] Order
Hydrogen storage cycling of MgH2 thin film nanocomposites catalyzed by bimetallic Cr Ti Beniamin Zahiri, Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz, and David Mitlin Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083106 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (677 kB) ] Order
DNA-decorated graphene chemical sensors Ye Lu, B. R. Goldsmith, N. J. Kybert, and A. T. C. Johnson Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083107 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (1201 kB) ] Order
Growth and electronic properties of GaN/ZnO solid solution nanowires Wei-Qiang Han, Yan Zhang, Chang-Yong Nam, C. T. Black, and E. E. Mendez Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083108 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (864 kB) ] Order
Bolometric terahertz detection in pinched-off quantum point contacts J. W. Song, G. R. Aizin, J. Mikalopas, Y. Kawano (河野行雄), K. Ishibashi (石橋幸治), N. Aoki (青木伸之), J. L. Reno, Y. Ochiai (落合勇一), and J. P. Bird Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083109 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (387 kB) ] Order
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Device characteristics of short-channel polymer field-effect transistors Takeshi Hirose, Takashi Nagase, Takashi Kobayashi, Rieko Ueda, Akira Otomo, and Hiroyoshi Naito Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083301 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (229 kB) ]
Thermal annealing-induced vertical phase separation of copper phthalocyanine: Fullerene bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic cells H. X. Wei, J. Li, Z. Q. Xu, Y. Cai, J. X. Tang, and Y. Q. Li Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083302 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (328 kB) ]
Enhancement of the hole injection into regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) by molecular doping Yuan Zhang and Paul W. M. Blom Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 083303 (2010) (3 pages) Abstract Full Text: [ HTMLPDF (402 kB) ]