2014

2014 PUBLICATIONS

• Tang, J., Nie, T., and Wang, K.L., “Spin Transport in Ge Nanowires for Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor-Based Nonvolatile Transpinor”, ECS Transactions, 64 (6): 613-623. (2014)
• Liu, W., He, L., Xu, Y., Murata, K., Onbasli, M.C., Lang, M., Maltby, N.J., Li, S., Wang, X., Ross, C.A., Bencok, P., Van Der Laan, G., Zhang, R., and Wang, K.L., “Enhancing Magnetic Ordering in Cr-Doped Bi₂Se₃ Using High-T_c Ferrimagnetic Insulator”, Nano Letters, 15: 764-769. (December 22, 2014)
• Wong, , K. L., Bi, L., Bao, M., Wen, Q., Chatelon, J. P., Lin, Y.-T., Ross, C. A., Zhang, H., and Wang, K. L., “Unidirectional Propagation of Magnetostatic Surface Spin Waves at a Magnetic Film Surface”, Applied Physics Letters, 105 (23): 232403/1-4. (December 8, 2014)
• Fischer, I. A., Chang, L.-T., Surgers, C., Rolseth, E., Reiter, S., Stefanov, S., Chiussi, S., Tang, J., Wang, K.L., and Schulze, J., “Hanle-Effect Measurements of Spin Injection from Mn₅Ge₃C₈/Al₂O₃-Contacts Into Degenerately Doped Fe Channels on Si”, Applied Physics Letters, 105: 222408/1-5. (December 3, 2014)
• Nie, T., Kou, X., Tang, J., Fan, Y., Lang, M., Chang, L.-T., Chu, C.-P., He, L., Lee, S.-W., Xiu, F., Zou, J., and Wang, K.L., “Superlattice of Fe_xGe_1-x Nanodots and Nanolayers for Spintronics Application”, Nanotechnology, 25: 505702/1-7. (November 25, 2014)
• Wang, S.-S., Ho, J.-J., Chen, D.-S., Ho, J.-S., Du, C.-H., Tsai, S.-Y., Hung, H.-S., and Wang, K.L., “Performance Improved by Point-Contact Electrodes and SiO₂/SiN_x Layers at Rear”, Electronics Letters, 50 (23): 1736-1738. (November 6, 2014)
• Lee, H., Alzate, J. G., Dorrance, R., Cai, X. Q., Markovic , D., Amiri, P. K., Wang, and Wang, K. L., “Design of a Fast and Low-Power Sense Amplifier and Writing Circuit for High-Speed MRAM”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51 (5):3400507/1-7. (November 5, 2014)
• Kou, X., Fan, Y., Lang, M., Upadhyaya, P., and Wang, K.L., “Magnetic Topological Insulators and Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect”, Solid State Communications, 215-216: 34-53. (October 28, 2014)
• Kou, X., Guo, S.-T., Fan, Y., Pan, L., Lang, M., Jiang, Y., Shao, Q., Nie, T., Murata, K., Tang, J., Wang, Y., He, L., Lee, T.-K., Lee, W.-L., and Wang, K. L., “Scale-Invariant Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetic Topological Insulators Beyond the Two-Dimensional Limit”, Physical Review Letters, 113 (13): 137201/1-5. (September 26, 2014)
• Yu, G., Chang, L.-T., Akyol, M., Upadhyaya, P., He, C., Li, X., Wong, K.L., Khalili Amiri, P., and Wang, K.L., “Current-Driven Perpendicular Magnetization Switching in Ta/CoFeB/[TaO_x or MgO/TaO_x] Films with Lateral Structural Asymmetry”, Applied Physics Letters, 105: 102411/1-5. (September 12, 2014)
• Tang, J., Chang, L-T., Kou, X., Murata, K., Choi, E.S., Lang, M., Fan, Y., Jiang, Y., Montazeri, M., Jiang, W., Wang, Y., He, L., and Wang, K.L., “Electrical Detection of Spin-Polarized Surface States Conduction in (Bi₅₃Sb_0.47)₂Te₃ Topological Insulator”, Nano Letters, 14 (9): 5423-5429. (August 26, 2014)
• Alaskar, Y., Arafin, S., Wickramaratne, D., Zurbuchen, M.A., He, L., McKay, J., Lin, Q., Goorsky, M.S., Lake, R.K., and Wang, K.L., “Towards Van der Waals Epitaxial Growth of GaAs on Si Using a Graphene Buffer Layer”, Advanced Functional Materials, 24 (42): 6629-6638. (August 26, 2014)
• Lang, M., Montazeri, M., Onbasli, M. C., Kou, X., Fan, Y., Upadhyaya, P., Yao, K., Liu, F., Jiang, Y., Jiang, W., Wong, K. L., Yu, G., Tang, J., Nie, T., He, L., Schwartz, R. N., Wang, Y., Ross, C. A., and Wang, K. L., “Proximity Induced High-Temperature Magnetic Order in Topological Insulator- Ferrimagnetic Insulator Heterostructure”, Nano Letters, 14 (6): 3459-3465. (May 20, 2014)
• Yu, G., Upadhyaya, P., Fan, Y., Alzate, J.G., Jiang, W., Wong, K.L., Takei, S., Bender, S.A., Chang, L.-T., Jiang, Y., Lang, M., Tang, J., Wang, Y., Tserkovnyak, T., Khalili Amiri, P., and Wang, K.L., “Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization by Spin-Orbit Torques in the Absence of External Magnetic Fields”, Nature Nanotechnology, 9 (7):548-554. (May 11, 2014)
• Fan, Y., Upadhyaya, P., Kou, X., Lang, M., Takei, S., Wang, Z., Tang, J., He, L., Chang, L.-T., Montazeri, M., Yu, G., Jiang, W., Nie, T., Schwartz, R.N., Tserkovnyak, Y., and Wang, K.L., “Magnetization Switching Through Giant Spin-Orbit Torque in a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator Heterostructure”, Nature Materials, 13 (7):699-704. (April 28, 2014)
• Wang, S.-S., Ho, J.-J., Liou, J.-J., Ho, J.-S., Hsu, W.-C., Lu, W.-H., Tsai, S.-Y., Hung, H.-S., and Wang, K.L., “Performance Improvements of Selective Emitters by Laser Openings on Large-Area Multicrystalline Si Solar Cells”, International Journal of Photoenergy, 2014: Article ID 291904/1-8. (April 17, 2014)
• Yu, G., Upadhyaya, P., Wong, K. L., Jiang, W., Alzate, J. G., Tang, J., Amiri, P. K., and Wang, K. L., “Magnetization Switching Through Spin-Hall-Effect-Induced Chiral Domain Wall Propagation”, Physical Review B, 89 (10): 104421/1-6. (March 25, 2014)
• Ong, P. V., Kioussis, N., Amiri, P. K. ,Alzate, J. G., Wang, K. L., Carman, G. P., Hu, J., and Wu, R., “Electric Field Control and Effect of Pd Capping on Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in FePd Thin Films: A First-Principles Study”, Physical Review B, 89 (9):094422/1-8. (March 24, 2014)
• Alzate, J. G., Amiri, P. K., Yu, G., Upadhyaya, P., Katine, J. A., Langer, J., Ocker, B., Krivorotov, I. N., and Wang, K. L., “Temperature Dependence of the Voltage-Controlled Perpendicular Anisotropy in Nanoscale MgOlCoFeBlTa Magnetic Tunnel Junctions”, Applied Physics Letters, 104 (11): 112410/1-5. (March 19, 2014)
• Cherepov, S., Khalili Amiri, P., Alzate, J. G., Wong, K., Lewis, M., Upadhyaya, P., Nath, J., Bao, M., Bur, A., Wu, T., Carman, G. P., Khitun, A., and Wang, K. L., “Electric-Field-Induced Spin Wave Generation Using Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Cells”, Applied Physics Letters, 104 (8): 082403/1-5. (February 25, 2014)
• Chang, L.-T., Wang, C.-Y., Tang, J., Nie, T., Jiang, W., Chu, C.-P., Arafin, S., He, L., Afsal, M., Chen, L.-J., and Wang, K.L., “Electric-Field Control of Ferromagnetism in Mn-Doped ZnO Nanowires”, Nano Letter, 14 (4): 1823-1829. (February 24, 2014)
• Chu, C., Arafin, S., Huang, G., Nie, T., Wang, K.L., Wang, Y., Zou, J., Qasim, S.M., and BenSaleh, M.S., “Selectively Grown GaAs Nanodisks on Si (100) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 32 (2): 02C111/1-7. (February 18, 2014)