Publications
Journal Article
- F. He, E. S. Walker, Y. Zhou, R. D. Montano, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Phase transition in epitaxial bismuth nanofilms," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 117, no. 7, pp. 073103, Aug 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.
- F. He, E. S. Walker, Y. Zhou, S. E. Muschinske, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Quantum confinement of coherent acoustic phonons in transferred single-crystalline bismuth nanofilms," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 116, no. 26, pp. 263101, Jun 2020.
- K. J. Underwood, A. F. Briggs, S. D. Sifferman, V. B. Verma, N. S. Sirica, R. P. Prasankumar, S. Woo. Nam, K. L. Silverman, S. R. Bank, and J. T. Gopinath, "Strain dependence of Auger recombination in 3 \µm GaInAsSb/GaSb type-I active regions," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 116, pp. 262103, Jun 2020.
- F. He, N. T. Sheehan, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Giant electron-phonon coupling detected under surface plasmon resonance in Au film," Opt. Lett., vol. 44, no. 18, pp. 4590-4593, Sep 2019.
- J. Jeong, X. Meng, A. K. Rockwell, S. R. Bank, W. Hsieh, J. Lin, and Y. Wang, "Picosecond transient thermoreflectance for thermal conductivity characterization," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 0, no. 0, Feb 2019.
- K. Chen, X. Meng, F. He, Y. Zhou, J. Jeong, N. T. Sheehan, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Comparison between Grating Imaging and Transient Grating Techniques on Measuring Carrier Diffusion in Semiconductor," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 348-359, Aug 2018.
- J. Jeong, K. Chen, E. S. Walker, N. Roy, F. He, P. Liu, G. Willson, M. Cullinan, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "In-Plane Thermal Conductivity Measurement with Nanosecond Grating Imaging Technique," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 83-96, Dec 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.
- K. Chen, N. T. Sheehan, F. He, X. Meng, S. C. Mason, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Measurement of Ambipolar Diffusion Coefficient of Photoexcited Carriers with Ultrafast Reflective Grating-Imaging Technique," ACS Photonics, vol. 4, pp. 1440-1446, May 2017.
- K. Chen, M. N. Yogeesh, Y. Huang, S. Zhang, F. He, X. Meng, S. Fang, N. T. Sheehan, T. H. Tao, S. R. Bank, J. Lin, D. Akinwande, P. Sutter, T. Lai, and Y. Wang, "Non-destructive measurement of photoexcited carrier transport in graphene with ultrafast grating imaging technique," Carbon, vol. 107, pp. 233-239, Oct 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- X. Li, V. D. Dasika, P. Li, L. Ji, S. R. Bank, and E. T. Yu, "Minimized open-circuit voltage reduction in GaAs/InGaAs quantum well solar cells with bandgap-engineered graded quantum well depths," APL, vol. 105, no. 12, pp. 123906, Sep 2014.
- A. Majumdar, A. Rundquist, M. Bajcsy, V. D. Dasika, S. R. Bank, and J. Vuckovic, "Design and analysis of photonic crystal coupled cavity arrays for quantum simulation," Phys. Rev. B, vol. 86, pp. 195312, Nov 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.
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.
- A. M. Skipper, Y. Fang, F. He, A. J. Muhowski, D. J. Ironside, D. Wasserman, Y. Wang, M. J. Rodwell, and S. R. Bank, "Monolithic Integration of Patterned Metal-Dielectric Stacks Overgrown with III-V Semiconductors by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2020.
- A. F. Briggs, K. J. Underwood, S. D. Sifferman, J. T. Gopinath, and S. R. Bank, "Comparison of Auger Recombination Across Material Systems with Externally Applied Biaxial Strain," 62nd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2020.
- K. J. Underwood, A. F. Briggs, S. D. Sifferman, V. B. Verma, N. S. Sirica, R. P. Prasankumar, S. Woo. Nam, K. L. Silverman, S. R. Bank, and J. T. Gopinath, "Auger Recombination in Strained Mid-Infrared Quantum Wells," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Washington, DC, May 2020.
- A. F. Briggs, S. D. Sifferman, K. J. Underwood, J. T. Gopinath, and S. R. Bank, "Externally Applied Strain on GaSb Based InGaAsSb Quantum Well Membranes," 61st Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Ann Arbor, MI, Jun 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- K. J. Underwood, A. F. Briggs, S. D. Sifferman, S. R. Bank, and J. T. Gopinath, "Auger Recombination in Mid-Infrared Active Regions," Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 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.
- E. S. Walker, S. Ryul. Na, Y. Sun, C. J. Brennan, F. He, R. H. Roberts, N. Yoon, S. E. Muschinske, S. D. March, A. F. Briggs, D. Wasserman, D. Akinwande, Y. Wang, E. T. Yu, M. L. Lee, K. M. Liechti, and S. R. Bank, "Epitaxial Growth and Transfer of Bismuth and Bismuth Antimonide Thin Films," SRC TECHCON, Austin, TX, Sep 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- J. Jeong, K. Chen, E. S. Walker, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Nanosecond Grating Imaging Technique for Measuring Thermal Transport Properties," 59th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, Jun 2017.
- A. K. Rockwell, S. J. Maddox, Y. Sun, D. Jung, S. D. Sifferman, S. D. March, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Growth and Properties of Broadly-Tunable AlInAsSb Digital Alloys on GaSb," 32nd North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE), Saratoga Springs, NY, Sep 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.
- K. Chen, D. Akinwande, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "A Novel Optical Grating Technique to Measure Photo-Excited Carrier Transport Property in Electronic Materials," 58th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Newark, DE, Jun 2016.
- K. Chen, Y. Wang, D. Akinwande, S. R. Bank, and J. Lin, "A novel grating-imaging method to measure carrier diffusion coefficient in graphene," American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Mar 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.
- F. He, R. Salas, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Phonon Scattering at Nanoparticles in LuAs: InGaAs Nanocomposites," American Physical Society March Meeting (APS), San Antonio, TX, vol. 60, no. 10, Mar 2015.
- E. S. Walker, W. Li, S. Guchhait, M. N. Yogeesh, F. He, Y. Wang, D. Akinwande, and S. R. Bank, "In Situ Oxidation of Bismuth Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Device Applications," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- R. Salas, N. T. Sheehan, S. Guchhait, K. M. McNicholas, S. D. Sifferman, V. D. Dasika, E. M. Krivoy, and S. R. Bank, "Properties of Growth Enhanced ErAs:InGaAs Nanocomposites," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- D. J. Ironside, E. M. Krivoy, V. D. Dasika, E. S. Walker, K. Nguyen, J. Jeong, Y. Wang, and S. R. Bank, "Tailored III-V Metamorphic Buffer Layers utilizing Embedded Rare Earth Monopnictides for Optoelectronic Applications," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 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.
- K. M. McNicholas, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, S. D. Sifferman, and S. R. Bank, "Tunable, lattice-matched, epitaxial semimetals," 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, Jun 2015.
- F. He, R. Salas, S. R. Bank, and Y. Wang, "Phonon Scattering at Nanoparticles in LuAs:InGaAs Nanocomposites," American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Mar 2015.
- D. J. Ironside, E. M. Krivoy, V. D. Dasika, and S. R. Bank, "Dislocation-filtering with Rare-earth Monopnictide Nanoparticles Embedded in Metamorphic Buffer Layers," International Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (ICMBE), Flagstaff, AZ, Sep 2014.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Surfactant-Mediated Growth of RE-As:InGaAs Nanocomposites," International Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (IMBE), Flagstaff, AZ, Sep 2014.
- S. J. Maddox, A. P. Vasudev, V. D. Dasika, S. D. March, M. L. Brongersma, and S. R. Bank, "Effects of Growth Rate, Substrate Temperature, and a Bi Surfactant on Doping Limits in InAs:Si Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.