{"title":"Film thickness dependence of electrical hysteresis and Hall effect of thermochromic VO2 thin films","authors":"Adil Driouach, B. Abdel Samad, P. Ashrit","doi":"10.1117/12.2647941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647941","url":null,"abstract":"Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a very well-known thermochromic material exhibiting a very effective first order semiconductor to metal (SMT) transition at a temperature of around 68°C. In this work we have investigated the thermochromic properties of VO2 thin films as a function of film thickness. The VO2 films were deposited by a two-step method on glass substrates. The changes occurring around the SMT have been systematically characterized by structural, optical, electrical, magnetic studies and their hysteresis cycles. The correlation between film thickness and transition temperature has been established for the VO2 films from the resistance variation during the heating and cooling cycles. The Hall voltage variation as a function of magnetic field has been measured for each of the VO2 film thicknesses. These Hall voltage measurements have enabled us to calculate the free electron density above and below the transition temperature for each of the VO2 samples. The free electron density changes conform to the semiconductor to metal transition observed and to the values mentioned in the literature.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128725240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pratheek Gopalakrishnan, Nacer Ibaroudene, S. Ganguli, Anisha Roy, Ethan C. Ahn
{"title":"Metal-oxide RRAM with rGO as oxygen exchange layer","authors":"Pratheek Gopalakrishnan, Nacer Ibaroudene, S. Ganguli, Anisha Roy, Ethan C. Ahn","doi":"10.1117/12.2646083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646083","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a novel interface engineering method is proposed to address the relatively large cycle-to-cycle variability of the emerging metal-oxide resistive random access memory (RRAM) device technology. This is achieved by synthesizing the solution-processable graphitic nanosheet (reduced graphene oxide, rGO) with defects of a controllable amount and further integrating it into RRAM as an oxygen exchange layer (OEL). It is demonstrated that rGO-inserted RRAM exhibits reduced cycle-to-cycle variability in the SET switching as compared with one that has a conventional transition metal thin film as OEL. This is best attributed to the fact that our rGO thin film provides nearly the same amount of oxidation-prone atomic sites for each programming cycle. This study is expected to greatly advance the RRAM-based neuromorphic computing by paving a practically viable route to enhance the accuracy of the deep learning model.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129130754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-dimensional wide-bandgap materials for integrated quantum photonics","authors":"Yanan Wang","doi":"10.1117/12.2646409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646409","url":null,"abstract":"Significant developments in material science and nanotechnology have empowered the creation and control of quantum entities in solid-state platforms. This talk focuses on the latest progress in controlling the quantum states of light-matter interactions in two-dimensional widebandgap materials, including hexagonal boron nitride and lead halide perovskite, and their potential applications in integrated quantum photonics.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"234 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126029793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconfigurable opto-chirality enabled by chalcogenide phase change nanomaterials","authors":"J. Burrow, K. Toussaint, A. Sarangan, I. Agha","doi":"10.1117/12.2645974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2645974","url":null,"abstract":": We present a unique route to realize a novel class of intrinsically chiral nano-helices that achieves the critical goal of demonstrating high-speed control of opto-chirality over 50,000 cycles via the optically active and tunable Ge2Sb2Te5 nanopatterned medium.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133662343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rudra Gnawali, A. Volk, Hammid Al-Ghezi, P. Banerjee
{"title":"Multifunctional metamaterial tunable filters using liquid crystals and electro-optic materials","authors":"Rudra Gnawali, A. Volk, Hammid Al-Ghezi, P. Banerjee","doi":"10.1117/12.2647153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647153","url":null,"abstract":"Combining multilayer metallo-dielectric metamaterials with tunable liquid crystals and electro-optical materials provides a unique approach to develop multifunctional devices for spectral filtering and custom control over light propagation.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133902278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Aga, W. Metzger, Laura Davidson, R. Aga, C. Bartsch, E. Heckman
{"title":"Laser sintering of printed silver thin films for fabrication of strain sensors directly on a structure","authors":"R. Aga, W. Metzger, Laura Davidson, R. Aga, C. Bartsch, E. Heckman","doi":"10.1117/12.2645127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2645127","url":null,"abstract":"Piezoresistive strain sensors, commonly known as resistance strain gauge, have many important applications. In this work, an alternative method to fabricate piezoresistive strain sensors directly on the structure of interest is demonstrated using a particle-free silver ink as the sensing material. The sensing material is first printed as a rectangular film on the structure of interest and a conductive serpentine pattern is generated by selective laser sintering. Only the material exposed to the focused laser is sintered and becomes conductive. The rest is washed-off by 1-dodecene solvent, leaving only the serpentine pattern, which serves as the piezoresistive strain sensor. This alternative method eliminates the need for a carrier or backing substrate and thus improves the mechanical coupling between the sensing material and the structure of interest. It also removes reinforcement effect due to the stiffness of the carrier substrate. Results from electrical characterization revealed that laser sintering power is a crucial parameter that influences fundamental properties of the sensing material such as electrical conductivity and work function. In addition, it was observed that there exists an optimum laser sintering power that results in a maximum gauge factor (GF). For strain sensors, the GF is the most important parameter because it is the measure of sensor sensitivity. When the particle-free silver ink was printed as a serpentine pattern followed by thermal sintering on a hot plate, a lower GF was measured. This shows that the alternative method to fabricate piezoresistive strain sensors is more attractive than printing the serpentine pattern then thermally sintering it.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122065498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protein nanowire thin films for the potential of constructing green electronic devices","authors":"J. Yao","doi":"10.1117/12.2647424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647424","url":null,"abstract":"Protein nanowires harvested from microbes G. sulfurreducens are a renewable, green electronic material. Electronic devices made from protein nanowires show novel or improved functions in energy harvesting, computing and sensing. First, thin film assembled from protein nanowires is used to construct air generator (air-gen) that can continuously harvest electricity from air humidity, unveiling the potential of continuous and ubiquitous clean energy harvesting. Second, memristors and neuromorphic devices constructed from protein nanowires function at biological amplitude (<100 mV), creating opportunities for ultralow-power electronics and bioelectronic interfaces. Third, electronic sensors made from protein nanowires show enhanced performance for analyte detection. Finally, prototyped microsystems are integrated from above protein nanowire devices to show the potential of fabricating green electronics from biosynthetic nanowire materials.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115972713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compact, multiplexed, energy-efficient silicon nanophotonic switches","authors":"Jianhao Shen, S. Chakravarty","doi":"10.1117/12.2647874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647874","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, the benefits of photonics over electronics such as ability to achieve high bandwidth, high interconnectivity, and low latency, together with the high maturity of silicon photonics foundries has spurred robust applications in optical transceivers and in classical and quantum computing. In both application areas, silicon microring resonators (MRRs) using carrier depletion effects in p-n junctions represent the most compact optical switches manufacturable at high volume with 5.2fJ/bit power consumption. Matrix computation approaches as well wavelength-division-multiplexed modulators require several MRRs in series coupled to the silicon waveguide optical bus. Such architectures are potentially limited to ~30 by the limited free-spectral range (FSR) of an individual MRR. However, with ever increasing data volumes, there is a need to process larger matrices and/or modulate more wavelengths in the telecom bands along a single silicon bus channel. Photonic crystal (PC) dielectric structures confine an optical mode to sub-micron mode volumes and have shown the potential to reach 0.1fJ switching energies. Research till date on PC devices have centered on either inline one-dimensional PC nanobeam structures or on two-dimensional PC waveguide coupled microcavity configurations. In this paper, through detailed electrical and optical simulations, we demonstrate the feasibility to achieve compact switches with 1dB insertion loss, 5dB extinction and ~260aJ/bit switching energies in the bus-coupled 1D photonic crystal nanobeam platform. Resonance linewidths <0.1nm and FSR <100nm enable energy efficient computing of larger matrices with ~200 resonators in series separated by ~0.5nm wavelength over the entire C+L bands. Device architectures will be presented.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"6 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132531067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on GaAs photocathode band structure and inbuilt electric field under exponential doping","authors":"Xingdong Lv, Rongguo Fu, Jianpo Gao, Xin Guo, Yingjie Wang, Huanan Zhang, Lingyun Ma, Mingzhu Huang, Xiang Yu","doi":"10.1117/12.2646842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646842","url":null,"abstract":"By changing the doping type, the size of the in-built electric field and the band bending of GaAs photocathode material under different varying doping concentration are simulated to discuss the influence of varying doping concentration on the quantum efficiency of cathode.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125878080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controlling light polarization with VO2 films","authors":"T. Son, A. Haché","doi":"10.1117/12.2646195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646195","url":null,"abstract":"Complex-valued refractive indices generally impart unequal optical phase shifts to s and p light polarization components. In a phase-change materials, such as vanadium dioxide (VO2), this effect can be exploited for optical modulation applications in thin films. Adding to this relative phase shift, VO2 exhibits large refractive index changes during the phase transition, which is useful to modulate polarization. In this paper, we review our recent progress on polarization modulation of visible and infrared light interacting with VO2 films. Aspects to be discussed include the best conditions for phase and amplitude modulation, and enhancement by metallic underlayers. Thermal hysteresis of the refractive index and its effect on polarization states during the phase transition will be also discussed.","PeriodicalId":380113,"journal":{"name":"International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133226475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}