We investigate the use of MOVPE-grown ordered nanostructures on non-planar substrates for quantum nano-photonics and quantum electrodynamics-based applications. The mastering of surface adatom fluxes on patterned GaAs substrates allows for forming nanostrucutres confining well-defined charge carrier states. An example given is the formation of quantum dot (QD) molecules tunneled-coupled by quan...

We consider theoretically the formation and stability of quasi-one-dimensional many-body excitons in GaAs quantum wire structures under external photoexcitation conditions by solving the dynamically screened Bethe-Salpeter equation for realistic Coulomb interaction. In agreement with several recent experimental findings the calculated excitonic peak shows weak carrier-density dependence up to (...

We investigate the dynamical self-energy corrections of the electron-hole plasma due to electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions at the band edges of a quasi-one dimensional (1D) photoexcited electron-hole plasma. The leading-order GW dynamical screening approximation is used in the calculation by treating electron-electron Coulomb interaction and electron-optical phonon Fröhlich inte...

In this paper, we present the design, fabrication, and characterization of wire grid polarizers. These polarizers show high extinction ratios and high transmission with structure dimensions that are compatible with current complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor CMOS technology. To design these wire grids, we first analyze the transmission properties of single apertures. From the understanding ...

Copper wire ball bonding has gained popularity recently due to its economic advantages and superior electrical and mechanical performances. Although it has great advantages compared to gold, however, it still not been widely used in industry because of some challenges that need to be addressed. One of the main challenges in this copper wire bonding process is to form a free air ball (FAB) witho...

One-dimensional nanorods open up many new device applications. As one of the semiconductor nanorods, ZnO-based nanorods have been studied for electronic and photonic nanodevice applications. Recently, we developed catalyst-free metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of ZnO nanorods and employed these ZnO nanorods for electrical and optical nanodevice applications. In this presentation, I will ...

We study the metal-insulator transition in individual self-assembled quantum wires and report optical evidence of metallic liquid condensation at low temperatures. First, we observe that the temperature and power dependence of the single nanowire photoluminescence follow the evolution expected for an electron-hole liquid in one dimension. Second, we find novel spectral features that suggest tha...

We report the development of a semiconductor nanorod-carbon nanotube based platform for wire-free, light induced retina stimulation. A plasma polymerized acrylic acid midlayer was used to achieve covalent conjugation of semiconductor nanorods directly onto neuro-adhesive, three-dimensional carbon nanotube surfaces. Photocurrent, photovoltage, and fluorescence lifetime measurements validate effi...

In this study, our recent research activities on nanophotonic devices with semiconductor quantum nanostructures are reviewed. We have developed a technique for nanofabricating of high-quality and high-density semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). On the basis of this core technology, we have studied next-generation nanophotonic devices fabricated using high-quality QDs, including (1) a high-perform...

A planar double gate quantum wire transistor (QWT) is proposed and demonstrated. The transistor uses a narrow wire gate placed inside the gap of a split gate to create a single one-dimensional ( 1D) quantum wire (QW) . We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the wire gate can create a QW potential with a better confinement and therefore larger subband separations than that in other...