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.
- (Invited) S. D. March, A. H. Jones, A. J. Muhowski, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, and S. R. Bank, "Digital Alloy Staircase Avalanche Photodetectors with Tunneling-enhanced Gain," IEEE Journal of Select Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 1-13, Mar 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, A. K. Rockwell, M. E. Woodson, and S. D. March, "Avalanche Photodiodes Based on the AlInAsSb Materials System," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., vol. 24, 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, A. K. Rockwell, M. E. Woodson, and S. D. March, "Avalanche Photodiodes Based on the AlInAsSb Materials System," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 24, pp. 1-7, Mar 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.
- M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, M. E. Woodson, J. Chen, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Characteristics of AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y (x:0. 3~0. 7) Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, pp. 2380, Jun 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.
- M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, M. E. Woodson, Y. Chen, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "AlInAsSb separate absorption, charge, and multiplication avalanche photodiodes," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 108, no. 19, pp. 191108, May 2016.
- (Invited) S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Recent progress in avalanche photodiodes for sensing in the IR spectrum," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9854, pp. 985405-985405, Apr 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.
- M. E. Woodson, M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, Y. Chen, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Low-noise AlInAsSb avalanche photodiode," APL, vol. 108, no. 8, pp. 081102, Feb 2016.
- M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, Y. Chen, M. E. Woodson, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "AlInAsSb/GaSb staircase avalanche photodiode," APL, vol. 108, no. 8, pp. 081101, Feb 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.
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.
- 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.
- S. D. March, A. H. Jones, A. K. Rockwell, M. Ren, Y. Chen, M. E. Woodson, S. J. Maddox, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Modeling and Measurement of Carrier Trapping and Tunneling in AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y Digital Alloys," 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.
- 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, 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, 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.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- M. Ren, Y. Yuan, A. H. Jones, S. J. Maddox, M. E. Woodson, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Operation stability study of AlInAsSb avalanche photodiodes," 2017 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Orlando, FL, Oct 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.
- (Invited) S. J. Maddox, A. K. Rockwell, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Recent advances in low noise staircase and conventional avalanche photodiodes," 75th Device Research Conference (DRC), 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, A. K. Rockwell, and J. C. Campbell, "Staircase and Homojunction Avalanche Detectors in InAlAsSb," Workshop on Innovative Nanoscale Devices and Systems (WINDS), Kohala Coast, HI, Dec 2016.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, A. K. Rockwell, and J. C. Campbell, "Staircase and Homojunction Avalanche Detectors in InAlAsSb," Workshop on Innovative Nanoscale Devices and Systems (WINDS), Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Dec 2016.
- M. Ren, M. E. Woodson, Y. Chen, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, and S. R. Bank, "AlInAsSb Separate Absorption, Charge, and Multiplication Avalanche Photodiodes," 29th IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Waikoloa Village, HI, Oct 2016.
- S. J. Maddox, M. Ren, A. K. Rockwell, Y. Chen, M. E. Woodson, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Low-Noise High-Gain Tunneling Staircase Photodetector," 74th Device Research Conf. (DRC), Newark, DE, Jun 2016.
- A. K. Rockwell, S. J. Maddox, D. Jung, Y. Sun, S. D. Sifferman, W. Sun, M. Ren, J. Guo, J. C. Campbell, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "The Effect of Period Thickness on AlInAsSb Digital Alloys on GaSb," 58th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Newark, DE, Jun 2016.
- (Late News) M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, A. K. Rockwell, Y. Chen, M. E. Woodson, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "AlInAsSb Separate Absorption, Charge, and Multiplication Avalanche Photodiodes," 74th Device Research Conf. (DRC), Newark, DE, Jun 2016.
- (Invited) M. Ren, S. J. Maddox, M. E. Woodson, Y. Chen, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Low Excess Noise AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y (x: 0. 3~0. 7) Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE/OSA Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 2016.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. J. Maddox, S. D. March, W. Sun, M. Ren, and J. C. Campbell, "Advances in IR APD materials research," SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Baltimore, MD, Apr 2016.