Publications
Journal Article
- Q. Meng, R. H. El-Jaroudi, R. C. White, T. Dey, M. Shamim. Reza, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Effects of B and In on the Band Structure of BGa(In)As Alloys," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 132, no. 19, pp. 193104, Nov 2022.
- 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.
- H. S. Maczko, R. H. El-Jaroudi, J. Kopaczek, S. R. Bank, and R. Kudrawiec, "Photoreflectance studies of the band gap alignments in boron diluted BGaInAs/GaAs quantum wells," Optical Materials Express, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 3118-3131, Dec 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.
- (Invited) S. D. Sifferman, H. P. Nair, R. Salas, N. T. Sheehan, S. J. Maddox, A. M. Crook, and S. R. Bank, "Highly strained mid-infrared type-I diode lasers on GaSb," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 248-257, Nov 2015.
- 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.
- E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. Rahimi, S. J. Maddox, R. Salas, D. A. Ferrer, V. D. Dasika, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Growth and characterization of LuAs films and nanostructures," APL, vol. 101, no. 14, pp. 141910, Oct 2012.
- 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.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, K. M. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Structural and optical studies of nitrogen incorporation into GaSb-based GaInSb quantum wells," APL, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 021103, Jan 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.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, D. A. Ferrer, and S. R. Bank, "Suppression of planar defects in the molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs/ErAs/GaAs heterostructures," APL, vol. 99, pp. 072120, Aug 2011.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "Surface segregation effects of erbium in GaAs growth and their implications for optical devices containing ErAs nanostructures," APL, vol. 98, no. 12, pp. 121108, Apr 2011.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "High-performance nanoparticle-enhanced tunnel junctions for photonic devices," Physica Status Solidi (c), vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 2544-2547, Jun 2010.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, and S. R. Bank, "Enhanced conductivity of tunnel junctions employing semimetallic nanoparticles through variation in growth temperature and deposition," APL, vol. 96, no. 22, pp. 222104, May 2010.
- A. M. Crook, E. Lind, Z. Griffith, M. J. Rodwell, J. D. Zimmerman, A. C. Gossard, and S. R. Bank, "Low resistance, nonalloyed Ohmic contacts to InGaAs," APL, vol. 91, no. 19, pp. 192114, Nov 2007.
Conference Paper
- Q. Meng, R. H. El-Jaroudi, R. C. White, H. S. Maczko, T. Dey, R. Kudrawiec, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Bandgap Evolution in B-III-V Alloys," 66th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), College Park, Maryland, Jun 2024.
- Q. Meng, R. C. White, R. H. El-Jaroudi, T. Dey, L. Gelczuk, R. Kudrawiec, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Improvement in Optical Quality Upon Annealing in B-III-V Alloys," 66th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), College Park, Maryland, Jun 2024.
- Q. Meng, R. C. White, R. H. El-Jaroudi, T. Dey, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Atom Rearrangement in BGa(In)As Alloys Under Annealing," 65th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2023.
- J. Zhang, X. Zhao, R. Ul. Haque, F. Deng, C. Chen, Y. Zhang, S. D. March, S. J. Maddox, S. R. Bank, X. Zhang, and R. D. Averitt, "Ultrafast broadband tuninng of InAs THz plasmonic arrays," Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021, Washington, DC United States, Nov 2021.
- Q. Meng, R. H. El-Jaroudi, R. C. White, T. Dey, M. Shamim. Reza, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Effect of B Distribution on the Band Structure of BGa(In)As Alloys," 63nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Virtual, Jun 2021.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, A. A. Dadey, X. Xue, A. H. Jones, B. Guo, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Reducing III-V avalanche photodiode noise through the introduction of boron," 79th Device Research Conf. (DRC), Virtual, Jun 2021.
- R. H. El-Jaroudi, A. H. Jones, A. A. Dadey, B. Guo, X. Xue, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Growth of B-III-V alloys for GaAs-based optoelectronic devices," 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Virtual, Jun 2021.
- 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. C. White, R. H. El-Jaroudi, Q. Meng, P. Dhingra, M. L. Lee, S. R. Bank, and M. A. Wistey, "Mechanism for Blueshift with Annealing in Near-Infrared B-III-V Alloys on GaAs," 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.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- D. J. Ironside, A. M. Crook, A. M. Skipper, and S. R. Bank, "Optimal Integration of Rare-Earth Monopnictide Nanostructures in III-V for High Optical Quality Applications," 58th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Newark, DE, Jun 2016.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. D. Sifferman, H. P. Nair, N. T. Sheehan, R. Salas, S. J. Maddox, and A. M. Crook, "Highly strained type-I diode lasers on GaSb," SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Feb 2016.
- E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, S. J. Maddox, R. Salas, G. Kelp, G. Shvets, M. A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Rare-earth monopnictide alloys for tunable epitaxial semimetals," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), Atlanta, GA, Oct 2012.
- 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, E. M. Krivoy, A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, R. Salas, and V. D. Dasika, "New Epitaxial Metallic Nanostructure Materials for Photonic Devices," SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug 2012.
- E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, S. J. Maddox, R. Salas, M. A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Rare-earth monopnictides films for tunable frequency transparent Ohmic contacts," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Jun 2012.
- R. Salas, A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, E. M. Krivoy, S. J. Maddox, and S. R. Bank, "LuAs/InGaAs Photoconductive Materials for Heterodyne Terahertz Generation," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, Jun 2012.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, K. M. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Thermal Annealing Induced Optical Quality Enhancement in GaSb-Based Dilute-Nitrides," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, Jun 2012.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, J. H. Lee, D. A. Ferrer, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Overgrowth of Epitaxially-Embedded ErAs Films on GaAs," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, Jun 2012.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, K. M. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Dilute-Nitride Active Regions on GaSb for Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Diode Lasers," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 2012.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, K. M. Yu, and S. R. Bank, "Room Temperature Photoluminescence from a GaSb-Based Dilute-Nitride QW," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), San Diego, CA, Aug 2011.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair Jong Ho Lee, D. A. Ferrer, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Nanoparticle Seeded Growth of ErAs Films Embedded in GaAs," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), San Diego, CA, Aug 2011.
- R. Salas, E. M. Krivoy, A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "Compositional Grading of InxGa1-xAs/GaAs Tunnel Junctions Enhanced by ErAs Nanoparticles," Proc. SPIE, San Diego, CA, Aug 2011.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, D. A. Ferrer, and S. R. Bank, "Growth of semimetallic ErAs films epitaxially embedded in GaAs," SPIE NanoScience and Engineering, San Diego, CA, Aug 2011.
- E. M. Krivoy, S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, V. D. Dasika, D. A. Ferrer, and S. R. Bank, "LuAs films and nanostructures," North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), San Diego, CA, Aug 2011.
- R. Salas, E. M. Krivoy, A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "Compositional Grading of GaAs-Based Tunnel Junctions Containing ErAs Nanostructures," 53rd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2011.