MTL Annual Research Report 2006

Photonics

• Organic Photovoltaics with External Antennas
  J.K. Mapel, T.D. Heidel, M.A. Baldo
  Sponsorship: DARPA, NIRT
• Optical Models of Organic Photovoltaic Cells
  K. Celebi, M.A. Baldo
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Percolation Model of Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors
  B.N Limketkai, M.A. Baldo
  Sponsorship: DuPont-MIT Alliance
• Integrated Optical-wavelength-dependent Switching and Tuning by Use of Titanium Nitride (TiN) MEMS Technology
  S. Takahashi, G.N. Nielson, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Four Dimensional Volume Holographic Imaging with Natural Illumination
  S.B. Oh, W. Sun, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: AFRL, DARPA
• Guided-Wave Devices for Video Display Applications
  D. Smalley, V.M. Bove, Jr., Q. Smithwick
  Sponsorship: CELab, Digital Life, and Things That Think research consortia, MIT Media Lab
• Energy Transfer from an Organic Phosphorescent Thin Film to a Monolayer of Quantum Dots
  P.O. Anikeeva, C F. Madigan, S.A. Coe-Sullivan, J.S. Steckel, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: ISN, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at MIT, PECASE
• White Light QD-LEDs
  P.O. Anikeeva, J.E. Halpert, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: ISN, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at MIT, PECASE
• Organic Optoelectronic Devices Printed by the Molecular Jet Printer
  J. Chen, V. Leblanc, M.A. Baldo, M.A. Schmidt, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: Hewlett-Packard
• Charge Dynamics in Organic Heterojunction Lateral Photoconductors
  J.Ho, V. Bulovic
• Packing of Quantum Dot Monolayers
  E. Howe, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: MARCO MSD
• Energy Disorder and Device Performance in Organic Electronics
  C.F. Madigan, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: MARCO MSD, NDSEG Fellowship
• Strong Coupling of Light and Matter in a Microcavity LED
  J.R. Tischler, M.S. Bradley, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: DARPA Optocenter, NDSEG, NSF-MRSEC
• Critically Coupled Resonators in Vertical Geometry, Capable of Absorbing Nearly 100% of Incident Light in a 5 nm thick Absorber Layer
  J.R. Tischler, M.S. Bradley, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: DARPA Optocenter, NDSEG, NSF-MRSEC
  
• Resonant Cavity Quantum Dot LEDs
  V. Wood, J.R. Tischler, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: NSF, PECASE
• Patterning Micron-Sized Features of Quantum Dots and Metal Electrodes
  J. Yu, J. Chen, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: ISN, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at MIT, PECASE
• SiOxNy Waveguides on Si and Optical Coupling to Co-Axial RM3 Integrated Devices
  E.R. Barkley, J.J. Rumpler, J.M. Perkins, S. Famini, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• A Bonding Apparatus for OptoPill Assembly
  C.A. Cooper, J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, NSF
• Micro-scale Pick-and-Place Integration of III-V Devices on Silicon
  J.M. Perkins, C.A. Cooper, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, NSF
• AlGaAs/GaAs VCSEL Processing and Heterogeneous Integration with Si ICs
  J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• Highly Integrable In-Plane Laser Diodes for Optoelectronic Integration
  J.J. Rumpler, E.R. Barkley, J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Magnetically Assisted Statistical Assembly of III-V Devices on CMOS
  J.J. Rumpler, J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, NSF
• Development of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers
  B. Williams, H. Callebaut, S. Kumar, Q. Qin, Q. Hu (in coll. with J. Reno, Sandia National Laboratories)
  Sponsorship: NSF, NASA, AFOSR
• Broadband, Saturable Bragg Reflectors for Mode-locking, Ultrafast Lasers
  G. Petrich, F. Kaertner, E. Ippen, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: NSF, ONR MURI, DARPA, Q-Peak Inc.
• A Nanoelectromechanically Tunable, High-Index-Contrast Interference Directional Coupler
  R.E. Bryant, M.L. Povinelli, S.G. Johnson, G.S. Petrich, J.D. Joannopoulos, E.P. Ippen, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Electrically-Activated Nanocavity Laser Using One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
  A. Grine, G.S. Petrich, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Photonic Integrated Circuits for Ultrafast Optical Logic
  R. Williams, A. Markina, G.S. Petrich, E.P. Ippen, R.J. Ram, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Super-collimation of Light in Photonic Crystal Slabs
  S.N. Tandon, M. Dahlem, P. Rakich, M. Ibanescu, M. Soljacic, G.S. Petrich, J.D. Joannopoulos, E.P. Ippen, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC, MARCO IFC
• Tunnel Junction Diodes
  S.Y. Young, R.D. Williams G.S. Petrich, R.J. Ram, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Ultrabroadband Modulator Arrays
  G.S. Petrich, F.X. Kaertner, E.P. Ippen, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Design and Measurement of Thermo-optics on Silicon
  R. Amatya, R.J. Ram
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Polymer Waveguides for Integrated Biosensors
  K. Lee, R.J. Ram
  Sponsorship: DuPont-MIT Alliance, NSF Center for Material Science and Engineering
• Nanoscale Thermal Imaging Microscopy of Thermoelectric Devices
  P. Mayer, R.J. Ram
  Sponsorship: ONR MURI
• Dynamic Range of Strained Ge-on-Silicon Photodiodes
  J. Orcutt, R.J. Ram, O.L. Olubuyide, J.L. Hoyt
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Magnetic Oxide Films for Optical Isolators and Magneto-Electronic Devices
  C.A. Ross, G.J. Dionne, M. Bolduc, A. Taussig, V. Sivakumar
  Sponsorship: Lincoln Laboratory, ISN, MicroPhotonics Consortium
• Characterization of Organic Field-effect Transistors for OLED Displays
  K. Ryu, I. Kymissis, V. Bulovic, A.I. Akinwande, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2

for further reading...

• CMOS Circuit Techniques for Data-rate Enhancement in VCSEL-based Chip-to-chip Optical Links
  
• An Ultra Low-power ADC for Wireless Micro Sensor Applications
• Optical-feedback OLED Display Using Integrated Organic Technology
• Variation Analysis in Optical Interconnect
• Application of CMP Models to Issues in Shallow Trench Isolation
• Fabrication of Silicon on Lattice-engineered Substrate (SOLES) as a Platform for Monolithic Integration of Si- and GaAs-based Devices
• The Initial Stages of Ge-on-Si and Ge-on-SiGe Epitaxial Growth
• Magnetic Rings for Memory and Logic Devices
• Modelling the Optical Properties of Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors
  
• Using Optical Mixtures of Materials to Control Index, Speed of Light, and Transparency
  
• Increasing Detection Efficiency of Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors
  
• Enhancing Etch Resistance of Nanostructured Spin-on-Glass Electron Resist via Post-Develop Electron Curing
  
• Robust Shadow-Mask Evaporation via Lithography-Controlled Undercut
  
• Pattern Generation Using Multi-Step Room-Temperature Nanoimprint Lithography
  
• Modeling of Electrical and Thermal Response of Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD)
  
• Quantum Dot Photodetectors Deposited via Microcontact Printing
  
• Microcontact Printing of J-Aggregate Thin Films for Photonic Devices
  
• Fabrication of Nanostructured Optical Fiber-to-Chip Couplers
  
• Polarization-insensitive Optical Add-drop Multiplexers in Silicon Nitride
  
• Nanofabrication of Reconfigurable Optical Add-drop Multiplexers in Silicon
  
• Nanofabrication of Optical Microring Filter Banks for Ultra-fast Analog-to-Digital Converters
• Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals by Membrane Assembly
  
• Absorbance-Modulation Optical Lithography
  
• Zone-Plate-Array Lithography (ZPAL)
  
• Spatial-phase-locked E-beam Lithography

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