Publications
Journal Article
- J. A. McArthur, A. A. Dadey, S. D. March, A. H. Jones, X. Xue, R. Salas, J. C. Campbell, and S. R. Bank, "Demonstration of the AlInAsSb Cascaded Multiplier Avalanche Photodiode," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 123, no. 4, pp. 041106, Jul 2023.
- D. J. Ironside, R. Salas, P. Chen, K. Q. Le, A. Alu, and S. R. Bank, "Enhancing THz generation in photomixers using a metamaterial approach," Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 9481-9494, Mar 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- K. Appaiah, R. Salas, S. Vishwanath, and S. R. Bank, "Offset Coupling, Feedback, and Spatial Multiplexing in 4 × 4 Incoherent-MIMO Multimode Fiber Links," IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 31, no. 17, pp. 2926-2939, Aug 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- J. S. Harris, R. Kudrawiec, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, H. P. Bae, M. A. Wistey, D. B. Jackrel, E. R. Pickett, T. Sarmiento, L. L. Goddard, V. Lordi, and T. Gugov, "Development of GaInNAsSb alloys: Growth, band structure, optical properties and applications," Physica Status Solidi (b), vol. 244, no. 8, pp. 2707-2729, Jul 2007.
- S. R. Bank, H. B. Yuen, M. A. Wistey, V. Lordi, H. P. Bae, and J. S. Harris, "Effects of growth temperature on the structural and optical properties of 1. 55 \µm GaInNAsSb quantum wells grown on GaAs," APL, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 021908, Jul 2005.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, H. B. Yuen, V. Lordi, V. Gambin, and J. S. Harris, "Effects of antimony and ion damage on carrier localization in molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown GaInNAs," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1320-1323, Jun 2005.
- V. Lordi, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, J. S. Harris, and S. Friedrich, "Nearest-neighbor distributions in Ga1-xInxNyAs1-y and Ga1-xInxNyAs1-y-zSbz thin films upon annealing," Phys. Rev. B, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 125309, Mar 2005.
- V. Lordi, H. B. Yuen, S. R. Bank, and J. S. Harris, "Quantum-confined Stark effect of GaInNAs(Sb) quantum wells at 1300\—1600 nm," APL, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 902-904, Aug 2004.
- S. R. Bank, M. A. Wistey, L. L. Goddard, H. B. Yuen, V. Lordi, and J. S. Harris, "Low-threshold continuous-wave 1. 5-\µm GaInNAsSb lasers grown on GaAs," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 656-664, Jun 2004.
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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, R. Salas, P. Chen, K. Q. Le, A. Alu, and S. R. Bank, "Employing Metamaterials for Enhanced THz Generation in Photomixers," IEEE Photonics Conf. (IPC), San Diego, CA, Oct 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.
- R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S. D. Sifferman, K. M. McNicholas, V. D. Dasika, D. J. Ironside, E. M. Krivoy, S. J. Maddox, D. Jung, M. L. Lee, and S. R. Bank, "Properties of RE-As:InGaAs Nanocomposites," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.
- K. M. McNicholas, E. M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S. R. Bank, "GdAs Thin Films Grown By Molecular Beam Epitaxy," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.
- A. K. Rockwell, S. J. Maddox, R. Salas, V. D. Dasika, and S. R. Bank, "Rapid Thermal Annealing of Ion Implanted InAs:S for Mid-IR Plasmonics," 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, Jun 2014.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.