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Analysis Of Electroluminescence Spectra Of Silicon And Gallium Arsenide P-N Junctions In Avalanche Breakdown, M Lahbabi, A Ahaitoufa, M. Fliyou, E. Abarkan, J.-P. Charles, A. Bath, A. Hoffmann, Sherra Kerns, David Kerns, Jr. Jun 2011

Analysis Of Electroluminescence Spectra Of Silicon And Gallium Arsenide P-N Junctions In Avalanche Breakdown, M Lahbabi, A Ahaitoufa, M. Fliyou, E. Abarkan, J.-P. Charles, A. Bath, A. Hoffmann, Sherra Kerns, David Kerns, Jr.

David V. Kerns

We present a generalized study of light emission from reverse biased p–n junctions under avalanche breakdown conditions. A model is developed based on direct and indirect interband processes including self-absorption to describe measured electroluminescence spectra. This model was used to analyze experimental data for silicon (Si) and gallium arsenide p–n junctions and can be extended to several types of semiconductors regardless of their band gaps. This model can be used as a noninvasive technique for the determination of the junction depth. It has also been used to explain the observed changes of the Si p–n junction electroluminescence spectra after fast …


Investigation Of Electrical Transport In Hydrogenated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Adam Friedman, Hyunkyung Chun, Don Heiman, Yung Jung, Latika Menon Jun 2011

Investigation Of Electrical Transport In Hydrogenated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Adam Friedman, Hyunkyung Chun, Don Heiman, Yung Jung, Latika Menon

Latika Menon

Highly disordered multiwalled carbon nanotubes of large outer diameter (~60 nm) fabricated by means of chemical vapor deposition process inside porous alumina templates exhibit ferromagnetism when annealed in a H2/Ar atmosphere. In the presence of an applied magnetic field, there is a transition from positive to negative magnetoresistance. The transition may be explained in terms of the Bright model for ordered and disordered carbon structures. Additionally, temperature dependent electrical transport experiments exhibit a zero-bias anomaly at low temperature.


The Effects Of Humidity On The Dielectric Response In Ferroelectric Polymer Films Made By Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition, Kristin Kraemer, Alexander Sorokin, Christina Othon, Stephen Ducharme, Vladimir Fridkin Jun 2011

The Effects Of Humidity On The Dielectric Response In Ferroelectric Polymer Films Made By Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition, Kristin Kraemer, Alexander Sorokin, Christina Othon, Stephen Ducharme, Vladimir Fridkin

Christina M Othon

No abstract provided.


Nanoengineering Of A Negative-Index Binary-Staircase Lens For The Optics Regime, Bernard Didier Casse, Ravinder Banyal, W. Lu, Y. Huang, Selvapraba Selvarasah, Mehmet Dokmeci, Srinivas Sridhar May 2011

Nanoengineering Of A Negative-Index Binary-Staircase Lens For The Optics Regime, Bernard Didier Casse, Ravinder Banyal, W. Lu, Y. Huang, Selvapraba Selvarasah, Mehmet Dokmeci, Srinivas Sridhar

Srinivas Sridhar

We show that a binary-staircase optical element can be engineered to exhibit an effective negative index of refraction, thereby expanding the range of optical properties theoretically available for future optoelectronic devices. The mechanism for achieving a negative-index lens is based on exploiting the periodicity of the surface corrugation. By designing and nanofabricating a planoconcave binary-staircase lens in the InP/InGaAsP platform, we have experimentally demonstrated at 1.55 μm that such negative-index concave lenses can focus plane waves. The beam propagation in the lens was studied experimentally and was in excellent agreement with the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain numerical simulations.


Checking The Feasibility Of Dial-A-Ride Instances Using Constraint Programming, Gerardo Berbeglia, Gilles Pesant, Louis-Martin Rousseau Dec 2010

Checking The Feasibility Of Dial-A-Ride Instances Using Constraint Programming, Gerardo Berbeglia, Gilles Pesant, Louis-Martin Rousseau

Gerardo Berbeglia

No abstract provided.


Business Ethics As Rational Choice, John Hooker Dec 2010

Business Ethics As Rational Choice, John Hooker

John Hooker

No abstract provided.