NEMRG

○ Publications

Yu-Jung Lu et al., "Plasmonic Nanolaser Using Epitaxially Grown Silver Film," Science 337, 450 (2012).

Fanting Kong et al., "Phase locking of nanosecond pulses in a passively Q-switched two-element fiber laser array," Applied Physics Letters, 90, 151110 (2007).

Fanting Kong et al., "Phase locking of nanosecond pulses of stimulated Brillouin scattering in a two element fiber laser array," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, May 2007, Proceedings.

Thomas C. Henderson et al., "Geometric Constraints in Shape Representation," Workshop on Geometric Constraint Solving and Applications, Ilmenau, Germany, September 1997. Proceedings, 120-131.

○ Description of research projects:

My focus is the epitaxial growth of metal-semiconductor heterostructures, particularly for application in low-loss plasmonics devices. We have recently demonstrated a plasmonic nanolaser using silver film that I grew and characterized.

My main characterization technique is scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). I have used it to study silver film growth and dewetting on silicon, as well as strontium titanate (SrTiO3) (001) surface reconstructions.

I designed and built my own home-built MBE system with commercial RHEED and with substrate heating and cooling capabilities. I have used it to grow and study silver, aluminum, germanium, and silicon thin films.

Other characterization techniques that I use include low energy electron diffraction (LEED), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Other fabrication techniques include chemical wet etching and, occasionally, focused ion beam milling (FIB) and electron beam lithography (EBL).