Publications
Journal Article
- 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.
- S. Yang, R. Salas, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and M. Jarrahi, "Characterization of ErAs:GaAs and LuAs:GaAs Superlattice Structures for Continuous-Wave Terahertz Wave Generation through Plasmonic Photomixing," J. of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, pp. 1-9, Feb 2016.
- N. T. Yardimci, R. Salas, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and M. Jarrahi, "Impact of substrate characteristics on performance of large area plasmonic photoconductive emitters," OSA Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 25, pp. 32035-32043, Dec 2015.
- (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, E. M. Krivoy, H. P. Nair, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Cross-sectional scanning thermal microscopy of ErAs/GaAs superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy," Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 26, pp. 265701, Jul 2015.
- 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, "Increased InAs Quantum Dot Size and Density using Bismuth as a Surfactant," APL, vol. 105, no. 25, pp. 253104, Dec 2014.
- 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.
- W. Sun, Z. Lu, X. Zheng, J. C. Campbell, S. J. Maddox, H. P. Nair, and S. R. Bank, "High-Gain InAs Avalanche Photodiodes," IEEE J. of Quantum Electron., vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 154, Feb 2013.
- R. Kudrawiec, H. P. Nair, M. Latkowska, K. Misiewics, S. R. Bank, and W. Walukiewics, "Contactless electroreflectance study of Fermi level pinning on GaSb surface in n-type and p-type GaSb Van Hoof structures," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 112, pp. 123513, Dec 2012.
- E. M. Krivoy, S. Rahimi, H. P. Nair, R. Salas, S. J. Maddox, D. J. Ironside, Y. Jiang, G. Kelp, G. Shvets, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "Growth and characterization of single crystal rocksalt LaAs using LuAs barrier layers," APL, vol. 101, no. 22, pp. 221908, Nov 2012.
- S. J. Maddox, W. Sun, Z. Lu, H. P. Nair, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Enhanced Low-Noise Gain from InAs Avalanche Photodiodes with Reduced Dark Current and Background Doping," APL, vol. 101, no. 15, pp. 151124, Oct 2012.
- 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.
Conference Paper
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, "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.
- 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, 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.