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Structural Color Generation in Silicon Nanowires Enable Low-Cost Refractive Index Sensors

Walia J., Khorasaninejad M., Dhindsa N., Saini S.S., University of Waterloo, CA

Structural colors are generated using waveguiding and diffractive effects in ordered silicon nanowire arrays. Tunable colors can be achieved by changing the angle of incidence. The generated colors are used for refractive index sensors with [...]

Analysis of Pulsed-laser Plasmon-enhanced Photothermal Energy Transfer with Applications

Alali F., Karampelas I., Kim Y.H., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

The ability to control the generation and transport of thermal energy with precision at the nanoscale has drawn increased interest in recent years, especially for emerging applications in fields such as nanoparticle synthesis, imaging and [...]

Putting The World In A Spin – Fibercore’s Spun Optical Fibers For The Current Sensor Industry

Gillooly A., Fibercore Limited, UK

The development and growth of spun optical fibers for Faraday effect current sensors is a perfect example of how having a killer technology also requires a killer application. Spun fibers have sat in the shadows [...]

Photoconductivity of Reduced Graphene Films

Loomis J., Panchapakesan B., University of Louisville, US

In this paper, we report large photocurrents in air-assisted depositions of reduced graphene films (derived from reduced single layer graphene oxide) upon illumination with near-infrared (NIR) light. NIR-induced charge carrier generation and subsequent separation at [...]

Nanoelectronic SET-based core for Network-on-chip architectures

Pes B.S., Guimaraes J.G., da Costa J.C., University of Brasilia - UnB, BR

Nanoelectronics is a very promising step the world of electronics is taking. It is proved to be more efficient than the microelectronic approaches currently in use, mainly in terms of area and energy management. A [...]

Surface Passivation of GaAs Nanowires Ensembles for Photovoltaic Applications

Chia A.C.E., LaPierre R.R., McMaster University, CA

Fabrication, electrical characterization and analytical modeling of an AlInP-passivated GaAs NW ensemble is presented. Novel processing steps were used to fabricate NW ensemble devices which were subsequently characterized electrically and fit with an analytical model, [...]

Electro-thermal aspects in carbon based interconnects

Verma R., Bhattacharya S., Mahapatra S., Indian Institute of Science, IN

The tremendous rise in Joule-heating in conventional ICs has led down ITRS to ensure on material alternatives that surpasses break-down current density and thermal conductivity (κ) beyond room temperature (RT). In recent years, suspended metallic [...]

Mid-IR integrated nanophotonics for chip-scale quantum optics applications

Buchwald W., University of Massachusetts Boston, US

A mid-IR nanophotonic architecture based on inter-sub-band transitions, along with experimental verification of the use of surface depletion as a means to control the host materials absorption properties is presented. Finite element simulations suggest this [...]

Doping-less Bipolar Transistor with fT Surpassing that of Conventional BJT

Nadda K., Jagadesh Kumar M., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IN

An innovative ultrathin SOI based bipolar charge plasma transistor BCPT for RF circuit applications is presented in this paper. The proposed device structure exhibits high cut-off frequency and an improved current drive while still maintaining [...]

Performance Comparison of Non-planar MOSFETs

Liao Y.-B., Chiang M-H, Hsu W.-C., National Ilan University, TW

To gain insights into device variability, device scalability and even circuit performance, more comprehensive simulation data are presented. FinFET shows the highest transconductances corresponding to aforementioned highest IDLIN and IDSAT. Regarding process variation, same W¬Si/D [...]