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Plasma etching of AlN/AlGaInN superlattices for device fabrication
We report a study of plasma etching of GaN, AlN, and AlN/AlGaN superlattices for the processing of deep ultraviolet light emitting diodes. Etching was carried out using inductively coupled plasma of c...

Photonic crystal enhanced narrow-band infrared emitters

Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 4685 (2002); doi:10.1063/1.1526919

Issue Date: 16 December 2002

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M. U. Pralle, N. Moelders, M. P. McNeal, I. Puscasu, A. C. Greenwald, J. T. Daly, and E. A. Johnson
Ion Optics, Incorporated, Waltham, Massachusetts 02452

T. George and D. S. Choi
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109

I. El-Kady and R. Biswas
Department of Physics, Ames Lab and Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
We have experimentally and theoretically developed a unique thermally stimulated midinfrared source that emits radiation within a narrow range of wavelengths (deltalambda/lambda<=0.2). The emission wavelengths are defined by the periodicity of a metal coated silicon–air photonic crystal etched into the emitter surface. The lattice of the holes in the metal mediate the coupling of light into discrete surface plasmon states. This yields surfaces with spectrally nonuniform infrared reflection properties where over much of the IR 90+% of photons are reflected yet, in a narrow spectral region, 90% absorption is observed. Transfer matrix calculations simulate well the position and strength of the absorption features. This technology will afford tunable infrared emitters with high power in a narrow spectral band that are critical for sensing, spectroscopy, and thermophotovoltaic applications. ©2002 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 12 June 2002; accepted 11 October 2002
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 07.57.Hm
    Instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave instruments and equipment Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave sources
  • 42.70.Qs
    Optics Optical materials Photonic bandgap materials
  • 73.20.Mf
    Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional structures Electron states at surfaces and interfaces Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations)
  • 42.72.Ai
    Optics Optical sources and standards Infrared sources
  • YEAR: 2002

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