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.
- 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.
- S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, L. L. Goddard, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, R. Kudrawiec, and J. S. Harris, "Recent Progress on 1. 55-\µm Dilute-Nitride Lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 773-785, Sep 2007.
- 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.
- R. Kudrawiec, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, L. L. Goddard, J. S. Harris, M. Gladysiewicz, M. Motyka, and J. Misiewicz, "Conduction band offset for Ga0. 62In0. 38NxAs0. 991 - xSb0. 009/GaNyAs1 - y/GaAs systems with the ground state transition at 1. 5-1. 65 \µm," APL, vol. 90, no. 13, pp. 131905, Mar 2007.
- S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, A. Moto, and J. S. Harris, "Enhanced luminescence in GaInNAsSb quantum wells through variation of the arsenic and antimony fluxes," APL, vol. 88, no. 24, pp. 241923, Jun 2006.
- M. A. Wistey, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, H. B. Yuen, E. R. Pickett, L. L. Goddard, and J. S. Harris, "GaInNAsSb/GaAs vertical cavity surface emitting lasers at 1534 nm," Electron. Lett., vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 282-283, Mar 2006.
- S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, L. L. Goddard, and J. S. Harris, "Room-temperature continuous-wave 1. 55 \µm GaInNAsSb laser on GaAs," Electron. Lett., vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 156-157, Feb 2006.
- S. R. Bank, L. L. Goddard, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, and J. S. Harris, "On the temperature sensitivity of 1. 5-\µm GaInNAsSb lasers," IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron., vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1089-1098, Sep 2005.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Molecular-beam epitaxy growth of low-threshold cw GaInNAsSb lasers at 1. 5 \µm," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1337-1340, Jun 2005.
- M. A. Wistey, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, T. Gugov, and J. S. Harris, "Protecting wafer surface during plasma ignition using an arsenic cap," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1324-1327, May 2005.
- L. L. Goddard, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, and J. S. Harris, "High performance GaInNAsSb/GaAs lasers at 1. 5 \µm," Proc. SPIE, vol. 2, pp. 2-5, Apr 2005.
- L. L. Goddard, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, Z. Rao, and J. S. Harris, "Recombination, gain, band structure, efficiency, and reliability of 1. 5-\µm GaInNAsSb/GaAs lasers," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 97, no. 8, pp. 083101, Apr 2005.
- D. Gollub, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, J. Seufert, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, and J. S. Harris, "Continuous-wave operation of GaInNAsSb distributed feedback lasers at 1. 5 \µm," Electron. Lett., vol. 40, no. 23, pp. 1487-1488, Nov 2004.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, L. L. Goddard, H. B. Yuen, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "High-performance 1. 5 \µm GaInNAsSb lasers grown on GaAs," Electron. Lett., vol. 40, no. 19, pp. 1186-1187, Sep 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.
- M. A. Wistey, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, and J. S. Harris, "GaInNAs(Sb) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers at 1. 460 \µm," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1562-1564, May 2004.
- H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, and A. Moto, "Comparison of GaNAsSb and GaNAs as quantum-well barriers for GaInNAsSb optoelectronic devices operating at 1. 3\—1. 55 \µm," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 96, no. 11, pp. 6375-6381, Dec 2004.
- M. A. Wistey, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, and J. S. Harris, "Monolithic, GaInNAsSb VCSELs at 1. 46 \µm on GaAs by MBE," Electron. Lett., vol. 39, no. 25, pp. 1822-1823, Dec 2003.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, W. Ha, and J. S. Harris, "Low-threshold CW GaInNAsSb/GaAs laser at 1. 49 \µm," Electron. Lett., vol. 39, no. 20, pp. 1445-1446, Oct 2003.
- S. R. Bank, W. Ha, V. Gambin, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, L. L. Goddard, S. Kim, and J. S. Harris, "1. 5 \µm GaInNAs(Sb) lasers grown on GaAs by MBE," J. Cryst. Growth, vol. 251, no. 1-4, pp. 367-371, Apr 2003.
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.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, L. L. Goddard, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, and J. S. Harris, "Very Low-Threshold 1. 55-\µm Dilute-Nitride Lasers," 64th Device Research Conf. (DRC), Jun 2006.