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9 Aug 2004

Volume 85, Issue 6, pp. 855-1088

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Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1072 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1781351 (3 pages)

Liang-Shan Chen, Chao-Hsien Kuo, and Zhen Ye
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Voltage-controlled multiguide directional coupler formed in a planar nematic liquid crystal film

Ming-Shan Tsai, Chie-Tong Kuo, Shuan-Yu Huang, Chia-Chi Shih, and I-Min Jiang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 855 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1778468 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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A voltage-controllable multiguide directional coupler is designed with a nematic liquid crystal cell, comprising a grating-like indium-tin-oxide electrode. An incident polarized laser beam can couple into adjacent channels by periodic distribution of the refractive index. This capability is attributed to the reorientation of the periodic liquid crystal caused by the application of a voltage. The coupling variation of the optical power in the transverse direction parallel to the waveguide surface is investigated. This work presents a promising coupling function for potential applications of optical communication devices.
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42.82.Et Waveguides, couplers, and arrays
42.79.Gn Optical waveguides and couplers
42.79.Sz Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers

Chirality selection of single-walled carbon nanotubes by laser resonance chirality selection method

Kenzo Maehashi, Yasuhide Ohno, Koichi Inoue, and Kazuhiro Matsumoto

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 858 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1778471 (3 pages) | Cited 33 times

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We propose a laser resonance chirality selection method to select single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with specific chirality from mass of SWNTs by intense laser irradiation. This technique exploits the multiple Van Hove singularities in the density of states of SWNTs expected for one-dimensional confinement. Absorption of the exciting laser beam can be strongly enhanced for SWNTs with specific chirality when the energy of the incident photon matches the energy of the allowed electronic transitions. As a result of the resonance effect, when the excitation power density of the laser beam increases in an atmosphere of air, at a certain threshold excitation power density, only these SWNTs are oxidized and are removed selectively. With Raman scattering measurements, we have demonstrated that SWNTs with specific chirality are selectively removed after intense laser irradiation.
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61.46.-w Structure of nanoscale materials
61.80.Ba Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation effects (including laser radiation)
79.20.Ds Laser-beam impact phenomena
61.82.Ms Insulators
78.30.Hv Other nonmetallic inorganics
68.37.Hk Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)
73.21.-b Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems

Tunable and multiple-wavelengths/temporal output from gain-switched diode laser and a four Bragg-grating Fiber

E. U. Rafailov, I. G. Cormack, F. Floreani, L. Zhang, I. Bennion, and W. Sibbett

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 861 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779350 (2 pages) | Cited 2 times

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We demonstrate spectral narrowing and selective tuning of the picosecond pulse outputs from an injection-seeded, gain-switched diode laser that is simultaneously coupled to four output fibers with different Bragg-grating resonators. A single-, dual-, and triple-wavelength and temporal pulse operation from all four outputs is presented.
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42.55.Px Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
42.79.Dj Gratings
42.81.Bm Fabrication, cladding, and splicing
42.60.Fc Modulation, tuning, and mode locking
42.65.Re Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
42.81.Qb Fiber waveguides, couplers, and arrays

GaSe crystals for broadband terahertz wave detection

Kai Liu, Jingzhou Xu, and X.-C. Zhang

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 863 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779959 (3 pages) | Cited 43 times

Online Publication Date: 4 August 2004

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We report experimental results of using GaSe crystals for the broadband detection of terahertz (THz) waves from 100 GHz to 30 THz. In comparison, the THz wave field amplitude measured with a GaSe crystal exceeds that detected by a ZnTe crystal with a comparable detection bandwidth. The central frequency is tunable by varying the angle between the incident THz radiation and the crystal surface normal.
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07.57.Hm Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave sources
07.57.Kp Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors
78.47.-p Spectroscopy of solid state dynamics

GaInN∕GaN growth optimization for high-power green light-emitting diodes

C. Wetzel, T. Salagaj, T. Detchprohm, P. Li, and J. S. Nelson

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 866 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779960 (3 pages) | Cited 36 times

Online Publication Date: 4 August 2004

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Two different approaches to optimize the growth conditions for high-power green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using Ga1−xInxN∕GaN metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy are discussed. We compare typical results in terms of morphology, photo-, and electroluminescence properties. We find good results for an optimization of the lateral morphological homogeneity of the active region. An extension of growth conditions for the active layers of blue LEDs was misleading. This suggests that different emission processes are involved in blue and green LEDs. We achieve die performances of 2.5 mW at 523 nm (526 nm dominant) for low forward voltages of 3.4 V at a typical drive current of 20 mA.
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81.05.Ea III-V semiconductors
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors
78.66.Fd III-V semiconductors
85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices
81.15.Gh Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced CVD, MOCVD, ALD, etc.)
81.15.Kk Vapor phase epitaxy; growth from vapor phase
68.55.-a Thin film structure and morphology
68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)
78.60.Fi Electroluminescence

Characteristics of nondegenerate four-wave mixing in electroabsorption modulator

Takashi Mori and Hitoshi Kawaguchi

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 869 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779963 (3 pages) | Cited 2 times

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The characteristics of nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in an electroabsorption modulator are reported. The input power dependence of FWM intensity agrees well with theoretical results based on third-order nonlinearity over a wide input power range of 16 dB. The detuning characteristics of FWM have a −6 dB∕octave response based on the carrier-density pulsation effect. The experimental results show that a higher reverse voltage brings about a faster carrier recombination. The asymmetricity of positive and negative detuning is the reverse of that of the semiconductor optical amplifier and is explained through a rate equation simulation.
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42.79.Hp Optical processors, correlators, and modulators
42.65.Jx Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
78.20.Jq Electro-optical effects

Poling-assisted bleaching of metal-doped nanocomposite glass

Olivier Deparis, Peter G. Kazansky, Amin Abdolvand, Alexander Podlipensky, Gerhard Seifert, and Heinrich Graener

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 872 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779966 (3 pages) | Cited 25 times

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Thermal poling of soda-lime glass which was doped with spherical or ellipsoidal silver nanoparticles has revealed what we believe to be a phenomenon of general interest in the physics of nanocomposite materials: The field-assisted dissolution of metal nanoparticles embedded in glass. Macroscopically, this phenomenon manifested itself as poling-assisted bleaching of the glass in the sense that the glass became more (or even completely) transparent under the anode. The phenomenon is physically interpreted in terms of the ionization of metal nanoclusters followed by the removal of ions from the clusters and their drift in the depth, under the action of the extremely high electric field which is created underneath the anodic surface during poling. The underlying physical mechanism is expected to offer unique opportunities for the control of structural and optical properties of nanocomposite glasses.
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42.50.Gy Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption
77.22.Ej Polarization and depolarization
61.43.Fs Glasses
64.75.-g Phase equilibria
66.30.H- Self-diffusion and ionic conduction in nonmetals

1.3 to 1.5 μm light emission from InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells

S. M. Wang, Q. X. Zhao, X. D. Wang, Y. Q. Wei, M. Sadeghi, and A. Larsson

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 875 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1759066 (3 pages) | Cited 7 times

Online Publication Date: 4 August 2004

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We propose using dipole δ-doping across highly strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells (QWs) to achieve light emission at wavelengths in the range of 1.3–1.55 μm. For In0.3Ga0.7As/GaAs single QWs, we demonstrate that the photoluminescence (PL) wavelength increases with the doping concentration. With a transition energy reduction as large as 370 meV, PL emission at 1.548 μm at room temperature is realized. Broad area lasers with dipole δ-doping reveal longer lasing wavelengths than those of undoped lasers, although the wavelength redshift is much less than in the PL case. © 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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42.55.Px Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
85.35.Be Quantum well devices (quantum dots, quantum wires, etc.)
78.67.De Quantum wells
68.65.Fg Quantum wells
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors
42.60.By Design of specific laser systems

Decay mechanisms of a blue organic light emitting diode

S. Y. Ni, X. R. Wang, Y. Z. Wu, H. Y. Chen, W. Q. Zhu, X. Y. Jiang, Z. L. Zhang, and R. G. Sun

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 878 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1777819 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

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A blue organic light-emitting diode employing perylene as light emitting dopant and 9,10-bis(3’5’-diaryl)phenyl anthracene (DPA) as host has been studied for its decay mechanisms. The device structure is ITO(indiumtinoxide)∕CuPc(copperphthalocyanine)∕NPD(α-naphthylphenylbiphenyldiamine)∕DPA:perylene∕Alq3 (8-hydroxy-quinolinealuminum)∕MgAg. In this device, CuPc and NPD are used as hole injection and transporting layers, DPA as a blue host, perylene as a blue emitting dopant, Alq3 as an electron transport layer, MgAg as cathode, respectively. A luminance of 4359 cd∕m2 at 15 V and a current efficiency of 3 cd∕A at 5 V have been achieved. The breakdown of the interfaces in the device is found to be one of the factors for the decay and the decomposition of the light emitter is not significantly studied by current–voltage–luminance, photoluminescence, and electroluminescence measurements. The lifetime is not intrinsic for this type of device.
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85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices
78.60.Fi Electroluminescence
78.55.-m Photoluminescence, properties and materials

Improvement of signal-to-noise ratio of a subterahertz spectrometer using a continuous-wave multimode laser diode by single-mode fiber optics

O. Morikawa, M. Fujita, and M. Hangyo

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 881 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1777800 (3 pages) | Cited 6 times

Online Publication Date: 4 August 2004

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The signal-to-noise ratio of the subterahertz spectroscopic system proposed previously, which uses a continuous-wave multimode laser diode and photoconductive antennas, is improved significantly by adopting single-mode fiber optics. The noise estimated from the transmittance measurement of a Si wafer is reduced to about 1∕6 of that obtained by the previous system. The improvement is based on the reduction of the random phase distribution of laser modes with various mode patterns, resulting in the increase of the continuous components in the spectrum.
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42.81.-i Fiber optics
07.57.Pt Submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave spectrometers; magnetic resonance spectrometers, auxiliary equipment, and techniques

Planar THz quasioptics

Jianming Dai, S. Coleman, and D. Grischkowsky

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 884 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1781357 (3 pages) | Cited 9 times

Online Publication Date: 4 August 2004

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Two-dimensional (2D) quasioptical elements are demonstrated as guiding structures in the THz frequency regime. A planar polyethylene lens is incorporated in a parallel metal plate structure and is shown to focus guided THz radiation to a spot comparable to that expected for a three-dimensional (3D) optical element in free space. A 2D double-slit aperture is also demonstrated to diffract the incoming THz beam as expected for 3D. The spatial resolution of the measurement techniques employed is illustrated by the sharpness of the measured diffraction pattern.
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42.79.Bh Lenses, prisms and mirrors
42.79.Gn Optical waveguides and couplers
42.25.Fx Diffraction and scattering

Experimental evidence for index modulation by carrier depletion in SiGe∕Si multiple quantum well structures

A. Lupu, D. Marris, D. Pascal, J.-L. Cercus, A. Cordat, V. Le Thanh, and S. Laval

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 887 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1781371 (3 pages) | Cited 7 times

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Experimental results for the refractive index variation obtained by hole depletion in SiGe∕Si multiple quantum wells inserted in a reverse-biased p-i-n junction are reported. The electronic contribution to the index variation is unambiguously separated from the thermal one. Measured refractive index changes around 4.2×10−5 V−1 are in quite good agreement with modeling.
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78.67.De Quantum wells
81.07.St Quantum wells
78.20.Ci Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
42.79.Hp Optical processors, correlators, and modulators
85.30.Kk Junction diodes
72.20.Fr Low-field transport and mobility; piezoresistance
78.20.N- Thermo-optic effects
78.20.nb Photothermal effects
85.35.Be Quantum well devices (quantum dots, quantum wires, etc.)

Many-body optical gain of GaInNAs∕GaAs strained quantum-well lasers

Seoung-Hwan Park

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 890 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779961 (3 pages) | Cited 10 times

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Optical properties of strained GaInNAs∕GaAs quantum wells (QWs) are investigated using the multiband effective-mass theory. We also take into account the many-body effects on the optical gain spectrum. It is observed that the transition energy decreases with increasing In or N mole fraction. The theoretical transition energies show very good agreement with the experimental results for several compositions and well widths. The optical gain is shown to increase with increasing compressive or tensile strain. The increase of the transverse electric optical gain is attributed to the fact that the subband energy spacing increases with the strain. On the other hand, the increase of the transverse magnetic optical gain is mainly due to the increases of the optical matrix element. The threshold current density rapidly decreases with increasing well width and begins to saturate near the well width of 80 math. In the case of a QW structure with relatively short cavity length (Lcav=800 μm), it is found that the threshold current density is minimum near 80 math. We see that there is a universal relation governing the dependence of the band-gap renormalization on carrier density and the relation is close to ΔEg∝n2D1∕3.
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42.55.Px Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes
73.21.Fg Quantum wells
78.67.De Quantum wells
78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors

Experimental demonstration of all-optical 1×2 quantum routing

B. S. Ham

Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 893 (2004); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1779968 (3 pages) | Cited 19 times

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Using a quantum switching technique based on a two-photon coherence swapping, we experimentally demonstrate an all-optical 1×2 quantum routing, where the observed switching time of ∼5 μs is two orders of magnitude faster than the carrier lifetime or the population relaxation time. Owing to the nonabsorption resonance and its enhanced nonlinearity, the observed switching efficiency (intensity ratio of switch-out signal to switch-in signal) is as high as 10%. Such an efficient and fast optical routing method has the potential to hyperterahertz all-optical quantum routers, where semiconductor quantum wells or quantum dots are chosen as the optical medium with a spin dephasing time in the range of picoseconds.
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42.65.Pc Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects
42.79.Sz Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers
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