Development of Quaternary InAlGaN Barrier Layer for High Electron Mobility Transistor Structures

Work by J. Jorudas et al. was recently published in the MDPI Materials journal reporting about the development of high electron mobility transistor structures based on quaternary lattice matched InAlGaN barrier layer.

The thorough study on the morphological, optical and electrical properties of the layers is accomplished aiming towards application for microwave power and terahertz plasmonic devices.

The paper is open access and is available through the link: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031118

The work was supported by the Research Council of Lithuania under the “TERAGANWIRE” project (Grant No. S-LL-19-1), by the National Science Center of Poland (Grant No. 2017/27/L/ST7/03283), by “International Research Agendas” program of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the EU under the European Regional Development Fund (Nos. MAB/2018/9), and partially supported by the Polish National Center for Research and Development through projects No. WPC/20/DefeGaN/2018 and No. TECHMATSTRATEG-III/0003/2019.

New work published concerning advantages of optical modulation in terahertz imaging for study of graphene layers

The newest study was published in Journal of Applied Physics by Rusnė Ivaškevičiūtė-Povilauskienė et al. about the advantages of optical modulation in terahertz imaging for study of graphene layers.

It was demonstrated that optical modulation together with simultaneous terahertz (THz) imaging application enables an increase in contrast by an order of magnitude, thereby illustrating the technique as a convenient contactless tool for characterization of graphene deposited on high-resistivity silicon substrates.

The technique is applied in the development and investigation of graphene-based optical diffractive elements for THz imaging systems.

The work achieved funding from Horizon 2020 program under Grant No. 823728 (DiSetCom) as well as by the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme “Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN)” (Decision No. 320165).

The paper is open access and can be easily reached through the DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074772


High precision parabolic quantum wells grown using pulsed analog alloy grading technique: Photoluminescence probing and fractional-dimensional space approach

New paper by M. Karaliūnas et al. “High precision parabolic quantum wells grown using pulsed analog alloy grading technique: Photoluminescence probing and fractional-dimensional space approach” reports the findings on PL characterization with the help of fractional-dimensional space approach revealed precisely grown parabolic quantum well using molecular beam epitaxy pulsed analog alloy grading technique. The study presents beautiful physics of electrons being confined in 52-nm-width parabolic quantum well and proves the validity of Khon theorem. The work was supported by European Social Fund (project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0172) under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT). It can be reached via DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118321

 

Review: Roadmap of Terahertz Imaging 2021

Impressive review by G. Valušis et al. is published in Sensors (MDPI) journal. The roadmap article is focused on the most recent advances in THz imaging with particular attention paid to the optimization and miniaturization of the THz imaging system. Although the research on preparing the review haven’t received dedicated funding, the work covers the results of number of grants: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, contracts RO 770/40, /43 and /48, ME5034/2; Messer Stiftung, project “Orts- und zeitaufgelöste Spektroskopie an plasmonischen Strukturen mittels s-SNOM-Nanoskopie”, IRAP Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science (grant MAB/2018/9, project CENTERA), project KITKAS, founded by Lithuanian Research Council, LAT-04/2016. The work is accessible via DOI: 10.3390/s21124092

New Study on Antenna-Coupled Titanium Microbolometers

Newest study “Antenna-Coupled Titanium Microbolometers: Application for Precise Control of Radiation Patterns in Terahertz Time-Domain Systems” is published in Sensors journal from MDPI publisher. It was found that the studied Ti-microbolometers are convenient lensless sensors suitable to discriminate and control THz radiation pattern features in various wideband THz-TDS systems. The publication is open access and can be found through DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103510

New work by V. Janonis et al. is published in Optics Express

Most recent study by V. Janonis and co-authors “Spatial coherence of hybrid surface plasmon-phonon-polaritons in shallow n-GaN surface-relief gratings” is published in the highly ranked Optics Express journal from Optical Society of America (OSA) Publishing. Good agreement was achieved between experiment and theory paving a way for development of narrow-band thermal sources of coherent radiation in IR and THz ranges. The work was funded by the European Regional Development Fund according to the supported activity “Research Projects Implemented by World-class Researcher Groups” under the Measure No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-0047 through the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba) grant the “KOTERA-PLAZA” Project (No. DOTSUT-247).  Note, that this publication is Open Access and can be reached through this link:

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.423397

Laser Micromachining Technology for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs and Schottky barrier diodes

Recent study “Laser Processing of Transparent Wafers with a AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures and High-Electron Mobility Devices on a Backside” was published by S. Indrašiūnas et al. in “Micromachines” Journal from MDPI publisher. In the thorough study laser ablation process was optimized and used to dice transparent wafers with AlGaN/GaN heterostructures with various electronic devices. The work was supported from the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba) through the “T-HP” Project (Grant No. DOTSUT-184) funded by the European Regional Development Fund according to the supported activity “Research Projects Implemented by World-class Researcher Groups” under the Measure No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0096. The work can be reached through DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11121131

Recent publication in Micromachines journal

Recent open access paper was published on 20th of December in the journal Micromachines (MDPI) entitled “AlGaN/GaN on SiC Devices without a GaN Buffer Layer: Electrical and Noise Characteristics”.  The work got joint financial support from the Research Council of Lithuania (grant No. S-LL-19-1), the National Science Centre of Poland (grant no. 2017/27/L/ST7/03283), and the Foundation for Polish Science with European Union under the European Regional Development Fund (Nos. MAB/2018/9). Congratulations to the authors on the publication.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11121131