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Unipolar resistive switching and current flow mechanism in thin film SnO2

Talukdar A., Almeida S., Mireles J., MacDonald E., Pierluissi J.H., Garcia E., Zubia D., University of Texas at El Paso, US

Non-volatile memories play a very important role in modern day electronics. In harsh environments such as space and weapons systems, radiation-hardness is an essential requirement. Radiation-hardening-by-design is an effective solution which is based on redundancy [...]

tunneling rate in chaotic quantum system

Filikhin I., Matinyan S.G., Vlahovic B., North Carolina Central University, US

We study electron spectra and electron tunneling in double quantum systems: quantum wells (QWs), quantum dots (QDs) and quantum rings (QRs). We especially study the relation between their chaotic properties and tunneling. In particular we [...]

Information-Theoretic Estimates of Classical and Quantum Communication and Processing at Nanoscale

Lyshevski S.E., Reznik L., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

Nanotechnology resulted in new communication and processing paradigms. While conventional communication, computing and processing are supported by nanoscaled digital systems, quantum-centric computing, communication and processing are emerged. This paper reports fundamental, applied and experimental multidisciplinary [...]

Semiconducting Bilayer Graphene for Device Applications

Chu T., Zhao Y., Chen Z., Purdue University, US

Owing to its unique electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties, graphene has sparked enormous scientific interest since its discovery in 2004. However, the absence of a bandgap limits its applications in electronic and optoelectronic fields. Theoretical [...]

InGaAs FinFET Modeling Using Industry Standard Compact Model BSIM-CMG

Khandelwal S., Duarte J.P., Paydavosi N., Chauhan Y.S., Gu J.J., Si M., Ye P.D., Hu C., University of California-Berkeley, US

In this paper, we present modeling results for InGaAs FinFETs using the industry standard compact model BSIM-CMG. We show that BSIM-CMG produces excellent fits to the measured I-V data of these devices. The difference seen [...]

FIRMS: A Novel Technique for Magnetic Molecular Imaging

De Silva L., Hu Q., Wang Y., Xu S.-J., University of Houston, US

Molecular imaging usually employs a labeling technique, mainly optical labeling or magnetic labeling, to highlight target molecules. While optical labeling uses a wavelength parameter to achieve molecular specificity, there is no analogous parameter in magnetic [...]

Premises of Communication and Processing on Photons in Natural and Engineered Systems: Implication to Science and High-Technology Market

Nuzdina N., Mansurov Z., Aliyev E., Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

We examine various engineered and natural photonic and biophotonic systems. To analyze and design microscopic systems, we study quantum phenomena which are exhibited and utilized. Quantum effects and photonic technology are widely used in biotechnology, [...]

On-chip spectrometer for low-cost optical coherence tomography

Nitkowski A., Preston K., Sherwood-Droz N., Schmidt B., Hajian A., Tornado Spectral Systems, US

Tornado Spectral Systems has developed a new spectrometer called OCTANE, the Optical Coherence Tomography Advanced Nanophotonic Engine, consisting of chip-based spectrometers for spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) systems. These devices include planar lightwave circuits [...]

Plasmon-enhanced Optical Rotation in Nanostructured Metasurfaces

Kim Y.H., Alali F., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo (SUNY), US

Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled the realization of unique artificial materials for applications in the field of nanophotonics. Such metamaterials are engineered with sub-wavelength features to provide extraordinary optical properties such as negative refraction1, slow [...]

Intelligent Material Solutions Advancing Technologies

Collins J., Bell H., Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc., US

Sunstone Nanocrystals from Intelligent Material Solutions® Inc. are a proprietary, novel series of rare earth-doped nanocrystals of small size, high quantum efficiency, and high photoluminescent intensity functionalized for use in industrial and life sciences applications. [...]