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We report the design and demonstration of ultra-wide-bandgap (UWBG) AlGaN polarization-graded field-effect transistors (PolFETs) that achieve a current-gain cutoff frequency above 85 GHz and a current density exceeding 1.3 A/mm. Ultra-thin…
The ongoing demand for more energy-efficient, high-performance electronics is driving the exploration of innovative materials and device architectures, where interfaces play a crucial role due to the continuous downscaling of device…
With thermal issues becoming a major challenge to the development of integrated circuits (ICs), high-thermal-conductivity (high-TC) materials are gaining interest from both the industry and academia, especially for high-density…
Silver nanoparticles dispersed on the surface of an inverted GaN LED were found to plasmonically enhance the near-bandedge emission. The resonant surface plasmon coupling led to a significant enhancement in the exciton decay rate and the…
Advanced microelectronics in the future may require semiconducting channel materials beyond silicon. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, characterized by their atomically thin thickness, hold immense promise for high-performance electronic…
High-conductivity undoped GaN/AlN 2D hole gases (2DHGs), the p-type dual of the AlGaN/GaN 2D electron gases (2DEGs), have offered valuable insights into hole transport in GaN and enabled the first GaN GHz RF p-channel FETs. They are an…
Compositionally graded interfaces in power electronic devices eliminate dislocations, but they can also decrease thermal conduction, leading to overheating. We quantify the thermal resistances of GaN/AlN graded interfaces of varying…
Boron implantation with in-situ dynamic annealing is used to produce highly conductive sub-surface layers in type IIa (100) diamond plates for the search of a superconducting phase transition. Here we demonstrate that high-fluence MeV…
A tunneling spectroscopy study is presented of superconducting MoN and Nb$_{0.8}$Ti$_{0.2}$N thin films grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The films exhibited a superconducting gap of 2meV and 2.4meV respectively with a corresponding…
The radiative recombination of injected charge carriers gives rise to electroluminescence (EL), a central process for light-emitting diode (LED) operation. It is often presumed in some emerging fields of optoelectronics, including…
We consider a thin normal metal sandwiched between two ferromagnetic insulators. At the interfaces, the exchange coupling causes electrons within the metal to interact with magnons in the insulators. This electron-magnon interaction induces…
We show that GdN nanoislands can enhance inter-band tunneling in GaN PN junctions by several orders of magnitude, enabling low optical absorption low-resistance tunnel junctions (specific resistivity 1.3 X 10-3 {\Omega}-cm2) for various…
Device based on GaN have great potential for high power switching applications due to its high breakdown field and high electron mobility. In this work, we present the device design of a vertical GaN-on-GaN PN power diode using high…
High performance InGaAs gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire MOSFETs with channel length (Lch) down to 20nm have been fabricated by integrating a higher-k LaAlO3-based gate stack with an equivalent oxide thickness of 1.2nm. It is found that…
Strongly-confined perovskite nanoplatelets (PeNPLs) offer opportunities not found in conventional isotropic nanocubes, especially in producing linearly polarized light, as well as enhancing outcoupling through control over the transition…
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of monolithically integrated p-n junction InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well diodes (MQWDs) and suspended waveguides. Suspended MQWDs can be used as transmitters…
Semiconductors with wide band gap (3.0 eV), high dielectric constant (> 10), good thermal dissipation, and capable of $n$- and $p$-type doping are highly desirable for high-energy power electronic devices. Recent studies indicate that $\rm…
We demonstrate a novel type of solar cell, one that uses fixed negative charges, formed at the interface of n-Si with Al2O3, to generate strong inversion at the Si surface by electrostatic repulsion. Built-in voltages of up to 755 mV are…
We demonstrate an InAlN/GaN-on-Si HEMT based UV detector with photo to dark current ratio > 107. Ti/Al/Ni/Au metal stack was evaporated and rapid thermal annealed for Ohmic contacts to the 2D electron gas (2DEG) at the InAlN/GaN interface…
One of the solutions enabling performance progress, which can overcome the downsizing limit in silicon technology, is the integration of different functional optoelectronic devices within a single chip. Silicon with its indirect band gap…