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  • 2001 - OSA Fellows For fundamental and applied contributions to semiconductor optoelectronics, including the invention and development of new classes of midwave-infrared quantum well lasers.

Overview

Jerry R. Meyer is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering, physics and astronomy, and chemistry, with specific attention to electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, spectroscopy, materials chemistry, and bioengineering as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in Meyer's work include spectroscopy and laser applications, photonic and optical devices, advanced fiber laser technologies, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, advanced semiconductor detectors and materials, and analytical chemistry and sensors.

Among the recent papers authored by Meyer are:

  • The Interband Cascade Laser, 2020, Photonics
  • Comparison of Auger Coefficients in Type I and Type II Quantum Well Midwave Infrared Lasers, 2021, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

In addition to these, other notable papers within their research network include Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with room-temperature bi-functional interband cascade lasers and detectors (2020, Applied Physics Letters), Interband cascade laser frequency combs (2021, Journal of Physics Photonics), and Methane detection using an interband-cascade LED coupled to a hollow-core fiber (2021, Optics Express).

Jerry R. Meyer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including I. Vurgaftman, C. L. Canedy, W. W. Bewley, Charles D. Merritt, and Łukasz A. Sterczewski.

The primary venues where Meyer's work is published include:

  • Optics Express
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Proceedings of the 2022 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Jerry R. Meyer has contributed to book publications as well, including an authored title published by Oxford University Press:

  • Bands and Photons in III-V Semiconductor Quantum Structures, 2020

In recognition of their work, Meyer was named an OSA Fellow in 2001. The award citation highlights their contributions to semiconductor optoelectronics, specifically mentioning the invention and development of new classes of midwave-infrared quantum well lasers.

Best Publications

  • Band parameters for III–V compound semiconductors and their alloys

    Igor Vurgaftman;J. R. Meyer;L. R. Ram-Mohan

  • Band parameters for nitrogen-containing semiconductors

    I. Vurgaftman;J. R. Meyer

  • Type‐II quantum‐well lasers for the mid‐wavelength infrared

    J. R. Meyer;C. A. Hoffman;F. J. Bartoli;L. R. Ram‐Mohan

  • AUGER LIFETIME ENHANCEMENT IN INAS-GA1-XINXSB SUPERLATTICES

    E. R. Youngdale;J. R. Meyer;C. A. Hoffman;F. J. Bartoli

  • Rebalancing of internally generated carriers for mid-infrared interband cascade lasers with very low power consumption

    I. Vurgaftman;W.W. Bewley;C.L. Canedy;C.S. Kim

  • Interband cascade lasers

    I Vurgaftman;R Weih;M Kamp;J R Meyer

  • Semimetal-to-semiconductor transition in bismuth thin films.

    C. A. Hoffman;J. R. Meyer;F. J. Bartoli;A. Di Venere

  • Optical heating in semiconductors: Laser damage in Ge, Si, InSb, and GaAs

    J. R. Meyer;M. R. Kruer;F. J. Bartoli

  • Type-II and type-I interband cascade lasers

    J.R. Meyer;I. Vurgaftman;R.Q. Yang;L.R. Ram-Mohan

  • Antisite defects of Bi2Te3 thin films

    Sunglae Cho;Yunki Kim;Antonio DiVenere;George K. Wong;George K. Wong

  • Graded band gap for dark-current suppression in long-wave infrared W-structured type-II superlattice photodiodes

    I. Vurgaftman;E. H. Aifer;C. L. Canedy;J. G. Tischler

  • Detection of single photons using a field-effect transistor gated by a layer of quantum dots

    A. J. Shields;M. P. O’Sullivan;I. Farrer;D. A. Ritchie

  • Improved quantitative mobility spectrum analysis for Hall characterization

    I. Vurgaftman;J.R. Meyer;C.A. Hoffman;D. Redfern

  • W-structured type-II superlattice long-wave infrared photodiodes with high quantum efficiency

    E. H. Aifer;J. G. Tischler;J. H. Warner;I. Vurgaftman

  • NEAR-ROOM-TEMPERATURE MID-INFRARED INTERBAND CASCADE LASER

    L. J. Olafsen;E. H. Aifer;I. Vurgaftman;W. W. Bewley

  • Optical heating in semiconductors

    J. R. Meyer;F. J. Bartoli;M. R. Kruer

  • Methods for magnetotransport characterization of IR detector materials

    J R Meyer;C A Hoffman;F J Bartoli;D A Arnold

  • Quantum cascade laser on silicon

    Alexander Spott;Jon Peters;Michael L. Davenport;Eric J. Stanton

  • Interband Cascade Lasers With Low Threshold Powers and High Output Powers

    I. Vurgaftman;W. W. Bewley;C. L. Canedy;Chul Soo Kim

  • Auger coefficients in type-II InAs/Ga1−xInxSb quantum wells

    J. R. Meyer;C. L. Felix;W. W. Bewley;I. Vurgaftman

  • Magneto-transport characterization using quantitative mobility-spectrum analysis

    J. Antoszewski;D. J. Seymour;L. Faraone;J. R. Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Vurgaftman
Igor Vurgaftman United States Naval Research Laboratory
William W. Bewley
William W. Bewley United States Naval Research Laboratory
Chul Soo Kim
Chul Soo Kim United States Naval Research Laboratory
Filbert J. Bartoli
Filbert J. Bartoli Lehigh University
Luke J. Mawst
Luke J. Mawst University of Wisconsin–Madison
George K. Wong
George K. Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Rui Q. Yang
Rui Q. Yang University of Oklahoma
John B Ketterson
John B Ketterson Northwestern University
J. F. Schetzina
J. F. Schetzina North Carolina State University
Jacek K. Furdyna
Jacek K. Furdyna University of Notre Dame

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