Publications
Conference Paper
- S. D. Sifferman, A. F. Briggs, S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "Highly strained, high indium content III-V materials toward 4-micron type-I emitters," Optical Materials Express, 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2020.
- 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. 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. J. Maddox, W. Sun, H. P. Nair, and J. C. Campbell, "Recent progress in high gain InAs avalanche photodiodes (Presentation Recording)," Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: Nanostructured Devices and Applications (SPIE), San Diego, CA, vol. 9555, pp. 955509, Aug 2015.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, S. J. Maddox, W. Sun, H. P. Nair, and J. C. Campbell, "Recent progress in high gain InAs avalanche photodiodes," SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting (SPIE_OPM), San Diego, CA, Aug 2015.
- S. D. Sifferman, R. Salas, S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, N. T. Sheehan, E. M. Krivoy, E. S. Walker, and S. R. Bank, "Surfactant-mediated growth of highly strained materials for mid-infrared applications," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- S. J. Maddox, K. M. Yu, A. J. Ptak, H. P. Nair, V. D. Dasika, and S. R. Bank, "Optical and Structural Characterization of InAsBi and InGaAsBi Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2013.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, H. P. Nair, E. M. Krivoy, S. J. Maddox, and S. R. Bank, "Carrier Dynamics and Electrical Properties of LuAs:InGaAs Superlattices," 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2013.
- H. P. Nair, R. Salas, N. T. Sheehan, S. J. Maddox, and S. R. Bank, "3. 4 \µm Diode Lasers Employing Al-Free GaInAsSb/GaSb MQW Active Regions at 20°C," 71st Device Research Conf. (DRC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2013.
- E. M. Krivoy, A. P. Vasudev, H. P. Nair, V. D. Dasika, R. A. Synowicki, R. Salas, S. J. Maddox, M. L. Brongersma, and S. R. Bank, "Tunable, Epitaxial, Semimetallic Films for Plasmonics," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, Jun 2013.
- 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.
- 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.
- W. Sun, S. J. Maddox, Z. Lu, H. P. Nair, X. Zheng, S. R. Bank, and J. C. Campbell, "Charge-Compensated High Gain InAs Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE Photonics Conf. (IPC), Burlingame, CA, Sep 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.
- S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S. R. Bank, "Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth-Space Investigation of InAsBi and InGaAsBi on InAs," International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), Santa Barbara, CA, Aug 2012.
- E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. J. Maddox, R. Salas, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, M. A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Growth of high-quality rocksalt LaAs on LuAs seeded templates," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Jun 2012.
- S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S. R. Bank, "Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth and Optical Quality of InAsBi," 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), State College, PA, Jun 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.
- S. J. Maddox, W. Sun, Z. Lu, H. P. Nair, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "InAs Avalanche Photodiode with Improved Electric Field Uniformity," 70th Device Research Conf. (DRC), State College, PA, Jun 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, 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, "Thermal Annealing Induced Optical Quality Enhancement in GaSb-Based Dilute-Nitrides," 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, D. A. Ferrer, and S. R. Bank, "Growth of Epitaxially-Embedded ErAs Films in GaAs," 53rd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 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.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, D. A. Ferrer, and S. R. Bank, "Growth of Rare-Earth Monopnictide Films via Epitaxial Embedding for Plasmonics," International Symposium on Compount Semiconductors (ISCS), Berlin, Germany, May 2011.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "Nanoparticle-Enhanced Tunnel Junctions for Reduced Free-Carrier Absorption in Mid-IR Lasers," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, May 2011.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, and S. R. Bank, "An Epitaxial Metal/Semiconductor System for Active Plasmonics," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, May 2011.
- 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.
- (Invited) S. R. Bank, A. M. Crook, and H. P. Nair, "Nanoparticle-enhanced tunnel junctions for high-efficiency solar cells and mid-infrared lasers," 216th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting, Vienna, Austria, Oct 2009.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "High-Performance Metal Nanoparticle-Enhanced Tunnel Junctions for Photonic Devices," International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), Santa Barbara, CA, Sep 2009.
- A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair, K. Vijayraghavan, M. A. Wistey, J. D. Zimmerman, J. M. O. Zide, A. C. Gossard, and S. R. Bank, "Annealing Stability of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Tunnel Junctions for High-Efficiency Solar Cells and Mid-Infrared Lasers," 51st Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, Jun 2009.
- H. P. Nair, A. M. Crook, J. M. O. Zide, M. P. Hanson, A. C. Gossard, and S. R. Bank, "Nanoparticle-enhanced tunnel junctions for high efficiency mid-infrared lasers," 50th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2008.