Publications
Journal Article
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, K. M. McNicholas, H. S. Maczko, R. Kudrawiec, and S. R. Bank, "Growth advancement of GaAs-based BGaInAs alloys emitting at 1. 3 um by molecular beam epitaxy," Journal of Crystal Growth and Design, May 2022.
- J. Kopaczek, F. Dybala, S. J. Zelewski, N. Sokolowski, W. Zuraw, K. M. McNicholas, R. H. El-Jaroudi, R. C. White, S. R. Bank, and R. Kudrawiec, "Photoreflectance studies of temperature and hydrostatic pressure dependencies of direct optical transitions in BGaAs alloys grown on GaP," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 015107, Oct 2021.
- K. M. McNicholas, R. H. El-Jaroudi, and S. R. Bank, "Kinetically Limited Molecular Beam Epitaxy of BxGa1–xAs Alloys," Journal of Crystal Growth \& Design, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 6076-6082, Sep 2021.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, K. M. McNicholas, A. F. Briggs, S. D. Sifferman, L. J. Nordin, and S. R. Bank, "Room-temperature photoluminescence and electroluminescence of 1. 3-\µm-range BGaInAs quantum wells on GaAs substrates," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 117, pp. 021102, Jul 2020.
- R. Kudrawiec, M. Polak, K. M. McNicholas, J. Kopaczek, M. A. Wistey, and S. R. Bank, "Bowing of the band gap and spin-orbit splitting energy in BGaAs," Materials Research Express, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 125913, Jan 2020.
- E. M. Krivoy, A. P. Vasudev, S. Rahimi, R. A. Synowicki, K. M. McNicholas, D. J. Ironside, R. Salas, G. Kelp, D. Jung, H. P. Nair, G. Shvets, D. Akinwande, M. L. Lee, M. L. Brongersma, and S. R. Bank, "Rare-earth monopnictide alloys for tunable, epitaxial, designer plasmonics," ACS Photonics, vol. 5, pp. 3051-3056, Jul 2018.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, D. Jung, E. M. Krivoy, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Growth rate and surfactant-assisted enhancements of rare-earth arsenide InGaAs nanocomposites for terahertz generation," APL Materials, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 096106, Sep 2017.
- Z. Wu, G. Kelp, M. N. Yogeesh, W. Li, K. M. McNicholas, A. F. Briggs, B. B.Rajeeva, D. Akinwande, S. R. Bank, G. Shvets, and Y. Zheng, "Dual-Band Moire Metasurface Patches for Multifunctional Biomedical Applications," Nanoscale, vol. 8, pp. 18461, Sep 2016.
- Z. Wu, W. Li, M. N. Yogeesh, S. Jung, A. Lynghi. Lee, K. M. McNicholas, A. F. Briggs, S. R. Bank, M. A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and Y. Zheng, "Tunable Graphene Metasurfaces with Gradient Features by Self-Assembly-Based Moire Nanosphere Lithography," Advanced Optical Materials, Aug 2016.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, K. M. McNicholas, S. D. Sifferman, V. D. Dasika, D. Jung, E. M. Krivoy, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Surfactant-assisted growth and properties of rare-earth arsenide InGaAs nanocomposites for terahertz generation," APL, vol. 108, no. 18, pp. 182102, May 2016.
- W. Zhu, S. Park, M. N. Yogeesh, K. M. McNicholas, S. R. Bank, and D. Akinwande, "Black phosphorus flexible thin film transistors at gigahertz frequencies," Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2301-2306, Mar 2016.
- K. W. Park, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Cross-sectional scanning thermal microscopy of ErAs/GaAs superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy," Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 26, pp. 265701, Jul 2015.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Growth and properties of rare-earth arsenide InGaAs nanocomposites for terahertz generation," APL, vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 081103, Feb 2015.
- V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. J. Maddox, K. W. Park, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Increased InAs Quantum Dot Size and Density using Bismuth as a Surfactant," APL, vol. 105, no. 25, pp. 253104, Dec 2014.
- K. W. Park, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Quantitative scanning thermal microscopy of ErAs/GaAs superlattice structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy," APL, vol. 102, no. 6, pp. 061912, Feb 2013.
- K. W. Park, V. D. Dasika, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Conductivity and structure of ErAs nanoparticles embedded in GaAs pn junctions analyzed via conductive atomic force microscopy," APL, vol. 100, no. 23, pp. 233117, Jun 2012.
- K. W. Park, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Scanning capacitance microscopy of ErAs nanoparticles embedded in GaAs pn junctions," APL, vol. 99, pp. 133114, Sep 2011.
- J. S. Harris, R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, D. B. Jackrel, E. R. Pickett, T. Sarmiento, L. L. Goddard, V. Lordi, and T. Gugov, "Development of GaInNAsSb alloys: Growth, band structure, optical properties and applications," Physica Status Solidi (b), vol. 244, no. 8, pp. 2707-2729, Jul 2007.
- S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, V. Lordi, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Effects of growth temperature on the structural and optical properties of 1. 55 \µm GaInNAsSb quantum wells grown on GaAs," APL, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 021908, Jul 2005.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, V. Lordi, V. Gambin, and J. S. Harris, "Effects of antimony and ion damage on carrier localization in molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown GaInNAs," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1320-1323, Jun 2005.
- V. Lordi, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, and S. Friedrich, "Nearest-neighbor distributions in Ga1-xInxNyAs1-y and Ga1-xInxNyAs1-y-zSbz thin films upon annealing," Phys. Rev. B, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 125309, Mar 2005.
- V. Lordi, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, and J. S. Harris, "Quantum-confined Stark effect of GaInNAs(Sb) quantum wells at 1300\—1600 nm," APL, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 902-904, Aug 2004.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, L. L. Goddard, H. B. Yuen, V. Lordi, and J. S. Harris, "Low-threshold continuous-wave 1. 5-\µm GaInNAsSb lasers grown on GaAs," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 656-664, Jun 2004.
Conference Paper
- Q. Meng, R. H. El-Jaroudi, I. A. Gulyas, R. C. White, K. M. McNicholas, T. Dey, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Effect of B-In interactions on the band structure and optical properties of BGa(In)As," 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2020.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, K. M. McNicholas, P. Dhingra, R. C. White, Q. Meng, M. A. Wistey, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "B-III-V/GaAs quantum wells: towards 1. 55 \µm emitters on GaAs," 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2020.
- K. M. McNicholas, R. H. El-Jaroudi, J. Kopaczek, A. H. Jones, D. J. Ironside, R. Judrawiec, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Progress towards B-III-V optoelectronic devices on silicon," 61st Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Ann Arbor, MI, Jun 2019.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, K. M. McNicholas, B. A. Bouslog, J. Kopaczek, R. Kudrawiec, and S. R. Bank, "BGaInAs/GaAs quantum wells for 1. 3µm lasers," 61st Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Ann Arbor, MI, Jun 2019.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, K. M. McNicholas, B. A. Bouslog, I. E. Olivares, R. C. White, J. A. McArthur, and S. R. Bank, "Boron Alloys for GaAs-based 1. 3μm Semiconductor Lasers," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 2019.
- S. R. Bank, K. M. McNicholas, R. H. El-Jaroudi, A. K. Rockwell, T. Golding, R. Droopad, J. Shao, W. K. Jamison, G. Wicks, and G. Savich, "Improved MWIR LED arrays on Si Substrates for Scene Projectors," IEEE RAPID, Miramar Beach, FL, Aug 2018.
- K. M. McNicholas, D. J. Ironside, R. H. El-Jaroudi, H. S. Maczko, G. Cossio, L. J. Nordin, S. D. Sifferman, R. Kudrawiec, E. T. Yu, D. Wasserman, and S. R. Bank, "BGaAs/GaP heteroepitaxy for strain-free luminescent layers on Si," 60th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2018.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, N. T. Sheehan, K. M. McNicholas, D. J. Ironside, A. F. Briggs, A. M. Skipper, S. D. Sifferman, and S. R. Bank, "Strain Engineering of Nanomembranes with Amorphous Silicon," 60th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2018.
- S. D. Sifferman, M. Motyka, A. F. Briggs, K. J. Underwood, K. M. McNicholas, R. Kudrawiec, J. T. Gopinath, and S. R. Bank, "Dilute-Bismide Alloys for GaSb-based Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Lasers," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 2018.
- K. M. McNicholas, R. H. El-Jaroudi, A. F. Briggs, S. D. March, S. D. Sifferman, and S. R. Bank, "Growth and properties of B-III-V alloys," 59th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2017.
- A. K. Rockwell, M. E. Woodson, M. Ren, K. M. McNicholas, S. D. Sifferman, S. J. Maddox, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Surfactant-Mediated Epitaxy of III-V Digital Alloys," 59th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2017.
- K. M. McNicholas, R. Salas, S. D. Sifferman, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Growth rate dependent surface morphology of rare earth arsenide films," 59th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2017.
- S. D. Sifferman, A. K. Rockwell, K. M. McNicholas, Y. Sun, R. Salas, S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "The effects of a bismuth flux on strained-layer III-V optical materials," 59th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2017.
- K. M. McNicholas, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, S. D. Sifferman, and S. R. Bank, "Tunable, lattice-matched, epitaxial semimetals," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- R. Salas, N. T. Sheehan, S. Guchhait, K. M. McNicholas, S. D. Sifferman, V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, and S. R. Bank, "Properties of Growth Enhanced ErAs:InGaAs Nanocomposites," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Surfactant-Mediated Growth of RE-As:InGaAs Nanocomposites," International Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (IMBE), Flagstaff, AZ, Sep 2014.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, D. J. Ironside, E. M. Krivoy, S. J. Maddox, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Properties of RE-As:InGaAs Nanocomposites," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.
- K. M. McNicholas, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S. R. Bank, "GdAs Thin Films Grown By Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.
- V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. J. Maddox, K. W. Park, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "InAs Quantum Dot Growth using Bismuth as a Surfactant for Optoelectronic Applications," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, Jun 2013.
- K. W. Park, H. P. Nair, E. M. Krivoy, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Thermal characterization of rare earth/III-V superlattice and nanocomposite structures using scanned probe microscopy," 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2013.
- K. W. Park, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Proximal Probe Characterization of Thermal Conductivity in ErAs/GaAs Superlattice Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 40th Conference on the Physics & Chemistry of Surfaces & Interfaces, Waikoloa, HI, Jan 2013.
- K. W. Park, V. D. Dasika, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Scanned Probe Characterization of ErAs/GaAs Nanostructures below the Resolution Limit via Statistical Analysis," International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), Santa Barbara, CA, Aug 2012.
- V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, K. W. Park, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "InAs Quantum Dot Growth using Bi as a Surfactant," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, Jun 2012.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, K. W. Park, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Investigating the MBE Overgrowth of Semimetallic Nanoparticles for Nanophotonics," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), Breckenridge, CO, Sep 2010.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, K. W. Park, D. A. Ferrer, S. K. Banerjee, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Investigation of MBE-grown ErAs nanoparticle morphology for high-performance optical and electronic devices," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE), Breckenridge, CO, Sep 2010.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, K. W. Park, E. T. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Overgrowth Investigation of Epitaxial Semimetallic Nanoparticles for Photonic Devices," 52nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Notre Dame, IN, Jun 2010.
- K. W. Park, A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Scanned Probe Characterization of Self-Assembled ErAs/GaAs Semimetal/Semiconductor Nanostructures Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 52nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Notre Dame, IN, Jun 2010.