MTL Annual Research Report 2004-2005

Photonics

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• Excitons in Organic Optoelectronic Devices
  C. Madigan, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: NSF Career Grant, NDSEG
• Layer-by-Layer, J-aggregate Thin Films with an Absorption Constant of 106 cm-1 in Optoelectronic Applications
  J.R. Tischler, M.S. Bradley, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: DARPA Optocenter, NDSEG, NSF-MRSEC
• Patterned Quantum Dot Monolayers in QD-LEDs
  S. Coe-Sullivan, L. Kim, J. Steckel, R. Tabone, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, ISN, NSF-MRSEC, Deshpande Center
• Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Devices
  S. Coe-Sullivan, P. Anikeeva, J. Steckel, M. Bawendi, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, ISN, NSF-MRSEC, Deshpande Center
• Development of Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers
  B. Williams, H. Callebaut, S. Kumar, S. Kohen, Q. Hu, in collaboration with Dr. J. Reno (Sandia National Lab)
  Sponsorship: NSF, NASA, AFOSR, DOD NDSEG Fellowship
• Broadband, Saturable, Bragg Reflectors for Mode-locking, Ultrafast Lasers
  S. Tandon, J. Gopinath, H. Shen, G. Petrich, F. Kaertner, E. Ippen, L. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: ONR MURI
• Approaching the InP-Lattice Constant on GaAs
  N.J. Quitoriano, E.A. Fitzgerald
  Sponsorship: Walsin Lihwa
• Growth and Characterization of High Quality Metamorphic Quantum Well Structure on GaAs
  H.K.H. Choy, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, NSF
• Strain-Induced Photoluminescence Degradation in Metamorphically Grown InGaAs Quantum Wells
  H.K.H. Choy, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, SMA, NSF
• Monolithic Integration of InAlGaP-based Yellow-green Light Sources on Silicon
  M.J. Mori, J.W. Wu, L. McGill, E.A. Fitzgerald
  Sponsorship: MARCO MSD, ARO, NSF-GOALI
• Mid-105 cm-2 Threading Dislocation Density in Optimized High-Ge Content Relaxed Graded SiGe for III-V Integration with Si
  D.M. Isaacson, A.J. Pitera, C.L. Dohrman, S. Gupta, E.A. Fitzgerald
  Sponsorship: MARCO MSD
• A Bonding Apparatus for OptoPill Assembly
  M.S. Teo, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, NSF
• Micro-scale Pick-and-Place Integration of III-V Deviceson Silicon
  M.S. Teo, D. Chang, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, NSF
• Magnetically Assisted Statistical Assembly of III-V Devices on CMOS
  J. Rumpler, J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: SRC, MARCO IFC, NSF, SMA
• Integration of 1.5-µm P-i-N Diodes on Si ICs for Optical Clocking and Interconnects
  Y.-S. V. Lei, C.G. Fonstad, Jr. in collaboration with D. Boning
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• Integration of III-V In-Plane SOAs and Laser Diodes with Dielectric Waveguides on Silicon
  E.R. Barkley, J.J. Rumpler, S. Famini, C.G. Fonstad, Jr.
  Sponsorship: DARPA through ARL
• Integration of VCSELs on Si ICs for Free-Space Optical Neural Network Signal Processing
  J.M. Perkins, C.G. Fonstad, Jr., in collaboration with T. Simpkins, C. Warde
  Sponsorship: NSF, SRC
• Germanium Photodetectors for Silicon Microphotonics
  J. Liu, D. Ahn, D.T. Danielson, D. Pan, W. Giziewicz, C.-Y. Hong, K. Wada, J. Michel, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: Pirelli Lab, S.P.A., Analog Devices
• Quantum Dot Photodetectors
  A.C. Arango, D.C. Oertel, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: MIT ISN
• Integrated Emitter/Detector/Electronics Arrays for Diffuse Optical Tomography
  C.G. Fonstad, Jr., W.P. Giziewicz, in collaboration with C. Saunders, D. Brooks, S. Prasad, R. Gagnon (Northeastern University)
  Sponsorship: NSF
• Fabrication of Superconducting Nanowire, Single-Photon Detectors
  J.K.W. Yang, R. Hadfield, G. Gol’tsman, B. Voronov, K.K. Berggren
  Sponsorship: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• CMOS-compatible Photodetectors Using Ge-on-Si Films Deposited in an Applied Materials Epitaxial Reactor
  O.O. Olubuyide, D.T. Danielson, L.C. Kimerling, J.L. Hoyt, in collaboration with J. Yasaitis (Analog Devices)
  Sponsorship: DARPA, Analog Devices, Inc., IBM/SRC Graduate Student Fellowship
• Chemo-sensing Optoelectronic Structures
  J. Ho, A. Arango, T. Swager, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: ISN, NSF-MRSEC
• Sensitivity Gains in Chemosensing by Lasing Action in Organic Optoelectronic Structures
  A. Rose, C. Madigan, J. Ho, T. Swager, V. Bulovic
  Sponsorship: NASA, ISN, NSF-MRSEC
• Photovoltaics and Thermophotovoltaics
  D.T. Danielson, T.M. Montalbo, T. Lin, L. Dal Negro, Y.Yi, K. Wada, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: Shin-Etsu Chemical Corp.
• Concepts and Devices for Micro-scale, Thermo-photovoltaic Energy Conversion
  H.K.H. Choy, C.G. Fonstad, Jr., in collaboration with R. Dimatteo (Charles Stark Draper Lab)
  Sponsorship: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
• Nanoscale, Thermal-Imaging Microscopy
  P. Mayer, D. Lueerssen, J. Hudgings, R.J. Ram
  Sponsorship: ONR, NSF
• Digital Holographic Imaging of Microstructured and Biological Object
  J.A. Dominguez-Caballero, J.H. Milgram, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: MIT Sea Grant
• Super-resolution Optical Profilometry Using Maximum-likelihood Estimation
  W. Sun, G. Barbastathis, in collaboration with M.A. Neifeld (University of Arizona)
  Sponsorship: Montage Program, DARPA
• White-light Optical Profilometry at Long Working Distances
  W. Sun, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: AFOSR, DARPA
• Optical Measurement of 3-D Deformation inTransparent Materials
  K. Tian, T. Cuingnet, Z. Li, W. Liu, D. Psaltis, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: Montage Program
• Light Emitting Aperiodic Photonic Structures
  L. Dal Negro, J.H. Yi, V. Nguyen, Y. Yi, J. Michel, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Photonic Crystals
  L. Zeng, Y. Yi, C.-Y. Hong, X. Duan, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), CMSE
• Electrically-Activated Nanocavity Laser Using One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
  E. Mattson, G.S. Petrich, L.A. Kolodziejski, S. Assefa
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Super-Collimation of Light within 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
• Diamond-Structured Photonic Crystals
  M. Maldovan, E.L. Thomas
  Sponsorship: ARO
• Photonic Crystals through Holographic Lithography: Simple Cubic, Diamond-like, and Gyroid-like Structures
  C.K. Ullal, M. Maldovan, E.L. Thomas, G. Chen,Y.-J. Han, S. Yang
  Sponsosrship: AFOSR, ARO
• Three-Dimensional Network Photonic Crystals via Cyclic Size Reduction/Infiltration of Sea-Urchin Exoskeleton
  Y.-H. Ha, R.A. Vaia, W.F. Lynn, J.P. Constantino, J. Shin, A.B. Smith, P. Matsudaira, E.L. Thomas
  Sponsorship: Dupont-MIT Alliance, AFOSR
• Layer-by-layer Diamond-like Woodpile Structure with a Large Photonic Band Gap
  M. Maldovan, E.L. Thomas, C.Carter
  Sponsorship: Singapore-MIT Alliance, U.S. Army
• Localized, Guided Propagation Modes in Photonic Crystals with Shear Discontinuities
  K. Tian, G. Barbastathis, in collaboration with J. Hong (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  Sponsorship: Montage Program
• Nanoelectromechanical Optical Switch for 1550 nm Light
  R.E. Bryant, M.L. Povinelli, S.G. Johnson, G.S. Petrich, J.D. Joannopoulos, E.P. Ippen, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• MEMS Switching for Integrated Optical Systems, Part (1): Fabrication
  S. Takahashi, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• MEMS Switching for Integrated Optical Systems, Part (2): Instrumentation and Control
  L. Waller, S. Takahashi, G. Barbastathis
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Techniques for Coupled Optimization and Simulation
  K.C. Sou, J.H. Lee, J. Bardhan, L. Daniel, A. Megretski, Y. Avniel, S. Johnson, J. White
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC and GSRC, DARPA
• Tools for Photonics in Integrated Circuit Design and Manufacturing
  J.H. Lee, Y. Avniel, S. Johnson, J. White
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, DARPA, NSF
• Photonic Integrated Circuits for Ultrafast Optical Logic
  A. Markina, R.D. Williams, G.S. Petrich, R. Ram, L.A. Kolodziejski
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Variation Analysis in Optical Interconnect
  K. Balakrishnan, S. Staker, D. Boning
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• Trimming of Microring Resonators
  D.K. Sparacin, J.P. Lock, C. Hong, K.K. Gleason, L.C. Kimerling, J. Michel
  Sponsorship: NSF MRSEC, ISN
• Optical Gain Media
  L. Dal Negro, M. Stolfi, J. Michel, X. Duan, S. Saini, L.C. Kimerling, J. LeBlanc, J. Haavisto
  Sponsorship: Charles Stark Draper Laboratories
• Silicon Waveguide Structures
  D.K. Sparacin, S.J. Spector, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Sputtered Silicon Oxynitride for Silicon Microphotonics
  J.G. Sandland, A. Eshed, S. Akiyama, S. Saini, V. Nguyen, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: NSF-MRSEC
• Modulators
  S. Jongthammanurak, J. Liu, C-Y. Hong, J. Michel, K. Wada, D. Pan, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: Pirelli Labs
• Fiber-Waveguide Coupling for HIC
  V. Nguyen, T. Montalbo, C. Manolatou, A. Agarwal, J. Michel, L.C. Kimerling
  Sponsorship: Analog Devices, Inc.
• Novel Waveguide Electro-absorption Modulators for Optical Interconnects Utilizing an Insulator/Semiconductor/Insulator Structure
  C.L. Dohrman, S. Gupta, R.J. Ram, E.A. Fitzgerald
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, BAE
• Faraday Rotation in Semiconductors for Photonic Integration
  T. Zaman, X. Guo, R.J. Ram
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• Slice-and-cascade Simulation of 3-D Optical Systems
  Z. Xu, G. Barbastathis, in collaboration with M.A. Neifeld (University of Arizona)
  Sponsorship: Laboratory of 3D Optical Systems

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