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.
- J. Zheng, S. Z. Ahmed, Y. Yuan, A. H. Jones, Y. Tan, A. K. Rockwell, S. D. March, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell, "Full band Monte Carlo simulation of AlInAsSb digital alloys," InfoMat, vol. 2, no. 06, pp. 1236-1240, Nov 2020.
- 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.
- J. Zheng, S. Z. Ahmed, Y. Yuan, A. H. Jones, Y. Tan, A. K. Rockwell, S. D. March, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell, "Full band Monte Carlo simulation of AlInAsSb digital alloys," InfoMat, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 1236-1240, Mar 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.
- A. H. Jones, A. K. Rockwell, S. D. March, Y. Yuan, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "High Gain, Low Dark Current Al0. 8In0. 2As0. 23Sb0. 77 Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 31, no. 24, pp. 1948-1951, Dec 2019.
- J. Zheng, Y. Yuan, Y. Tan, Y. Peng, A. K. Rockwell, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell, "Simulations for InAlAs digital alloy avalanche photodiodes," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 115, no. 17, pp. 171106, Oct 2019.
- Y. Yuan, J. Zheng, K. Sun, A. H. Jones, A. K. Rockwell, S. D. March, Y. Shen, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Stark‐Localization‐Limited Franz–Keldysh Effect in InAlAs Digital Alloys," physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1900272, Jun 2019.
- Y. Yuan, A. K. Rockwell, Y. Peng, J. Zheng, S. D. March, A. H. Jones, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Comparison of Different Period Digital Alloy Al0. 7InAsSb Avalanche Photodiodes," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 14, pp. 3647-3654, May 2019.
- Y. Yuan, J. Zheng, A. K. Rockwell, S. D. March, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "AlInAsSb Impact Ionization Coefficients," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 31, no. 4, Feb 2019.
- J. Zheng, Y. Yuan, Y. Tan, Y. Peng, A. K. Rockwell, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell, "Digital Alloy InAlAs Avalanche Photodiodes," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 36, no. 17, pp. 3580-3585, Sep 2018.
- Y. Yuan, J. Zheng, Y. Tan, Y. Peng, A. K. Rockwell, S. R. Bank, A. W. Ghosh, and J. C. Campbell, "Temperature dependence of the ionization coefficients of InAlAs and AlGaAs digital alloys," Photon. Res., vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 794-799, Aug 2018.
- 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.
- A. K. Rockwell, Y. Yuan, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Al0. 8In0. 2As0. 23Sb0. 77 Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 30, pp. 1048-1051, Jun 2018.
- A. K. Rockwell, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, Y. Tan, Y. Yuan, Y. Sun, R. Hool, S. J. Maddox, M. L. Lee, A. W. Ghosh, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Toward Deterministic Construction of Low Noise Avalanche Photodetector Materials," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 113, no. 10, pp. 102106, Dec 2018.
- A. H. Jones, Y. Yuan, M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y photodiodes with low avalanche breakdown temperature dependence," Optics Express, vol. 25, no. 20, pp. 24340–24345, Oct 2017.
- 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.
- A. M. Mintairov, K. Sun, J. L. Merz, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, G. Peake, A. Egorov, V. Ustinov, R. Kudrawiec, and J. Misiewicz, "Atomic arrangement and emission properties of GaAs(In, Sb)N quantum wells," Semic. Sci. Technol., vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 075013, Jul 2009.
- R. Kudrawiec, P. Poloczek, J. Misiewicz, H. P. Bae, T. Sarmiento, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, and J. S. Harris, "Contactless electroreflectance of GaInNAsSb/GaNAs/GaAs quantum wells emitting at 1. 5\—1. 65 \µm: Broadening of the fundamental transition," APL, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 031903, Jan 2009.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, M. Motyka, and J. Misiewicz, "On the Fermi level pinning in as-grown GaInNAs(Sb)/GaAs quantum wells with indium content of 8%\—32%," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 033526, Aug 2008.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, M. Motyka, and J. Misiewicz, "Contactless electroreflectance approach to study the Fermi level position in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 102, no. 11, pp. 113501, Dec 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.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, M. Motyka, and J. Misiewicz, "Fermi level shift in GaInNAsSb/GaAs quantum wells upon annealing studied by contactless electroreflectance," APL, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 061902, Feb 2007.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, M. Motyka, M. Gladysiewicz, J. Misiewicz, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, and J. S. Harris, "Contactless electroreflectance of GaInNAsSb∕GaAs single quantum wells with indium content of 8%–32%," J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 013504, Jan 2007.
- R. Kudrawiec, M. Gladysiewicz, J. Misiewicz, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Interband transitions in GaN0. 02As0. 98-xSbx/GaAs (0<x<0. 11) single quantum wells studied by contactless electroreflectance spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. B, vol. 73, pp. 245413, Jun 2006.
- R. Kudrawiec, M. Motyka, M. Gladysiewicz, J. Misiewicz, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, and J. S. Harris, "Band gap discontinuity in Ga0. 9In0. 1N0. 027As0. 973 - xSbx/GaAs single quantum wells with 0 ≤ x < 0. 06 studied by contactless electroreflectance spectroscopy," APL, vol. 88, no. 22, pp. 221113, May 2006.
- R. Kudrawiec, K. Ryczko, J. Misiewicz, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Band-gap discontinuity in GaN0. 02As0. 87Sb0. 11/GaAs single-quantum wells investigated by photoreflectance spectroscopy," APL, vol. 86, no. 14, pp. 141908, Mar 2005.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, K. Ryczko, J. Misiewicz, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Photoreflectance and photoluminescence investigations of a step-like GaInNAsSb/GaAsN/GaAs quantum well tailored at 1. 5 \µm: The energy level structure and the Stokes shift," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 053515, Feb 2005.
- R. Kudrawiec, P. Sitarek, J. Misiewicz, S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, and J. S. Harris, "Interference effects in electromodulation spectroscopy applied to GaAs-based structures: A comparison of photoreflectance and contactless electroreflectance," APL, vol. 86, no. 9, pp. 091115, Feb 2005.
- H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, M. Seong, S. Yoon, R. Kudrawiec, and J. Misiewicz, "Improved optical quality of GaNAsSb in the dilute Sb limit," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 97, no. 11, pp. 113510, Dec 2005.
Conference Paper
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, X. Xue, S. D. March, Y. Yuan, A. H. Jones, A. K. Rockwell, and J. C. Campbell, "Towards Single Photon Counting at Room Temperature with Digital Alloy Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, Aug 2020.
- A. K. Rockwell, A. H. Jones, Y. Yuan, X. Xue, S. D. March, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Temperature Stability of III-V Digital Alloy Bandgaps," 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. K. Rockwell, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, Y. Tan, Y. Yuan, S. J. Maddox, A. W. Ghosh, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Band Structure Influence on Noise Properties of III-V Digital Alloys," 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.
- S. R. Bank, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, A. K. Rockwell, M. E. Woodson, M. Ren, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, J. Zheng, and Y. Yuan, "Digital alloy growth of low-noise avalanche photodiodes," IEEE RAPID, Miramar Beach, FL, Aug 2018.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, A. K. Rockwell, M. E. Woodson, A. H. Jones, S. D. March, J. Zheng, and Y. Yuan, "Low-Noise Staircase and Conventional Avalanche Photodiodes," International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop (iNOW), Berkeley, CA, Jul 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.
- A. K. Rockwell, Y. Yuan, S. D. March, A. H. Jones, M. E. Woodson, M. Ren, S. D. Sifferman, S. J. Maddox, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "III-V Digital Alloys for Mid-IR Photodetectors," 60th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2018.