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John Kouvetakis is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and physics, focusing primarily on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their scholarly output includes a range of work related to semiconductor materials and devices, photonic and optical devices, and thin-film transistor technologies. The main topics of Kouvetakis's work cover:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

John Kouvetakis has published extensively in notable scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials

Some of Kouvetakis's recent research papers include:

  • "Extended Compositional Range for the Synthesis of SWIR and LWIR Ge1-ySny Alloys and Device Structures via CVD of SnH4 and Ge3H8" (2021), published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • "Consistent optical and electrical determination of carrier concentrations for the accurate modeling of the transport properties of n-type Ge" (2023), published in Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • "Gas source molecular epitaxy of Ge1−ySny materials and devices using high order Ge4H10 and Ge5H12 hydrides" (2021), published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • "A practical theoretical model for Ge-like epitaxial diodes: I. The I-V characteristics" (2024), published in Journal of Applied Physics
  • "Synthesis of short-wave infrared Ge1−ySny semiconductors directly on Si(100) via ultralow temperature molecular routes for monolithic integration applications" (2022), published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Kouvetakis frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common coauthors include:

  • J. Menéndez
  • Matthew A. Mircovich
  • Dhruve A. Ringwala
  • Manuel A. Roldán
  • Chi Xu

Their research outputs contribute to the fields of engineering and physics and specifically address topics within advanced photonic communication systems and nanowire synthesis. This multidisciplinary approach underlines a focus on the development of semiconductor quantum structures and devices with applications in photonics and electronics.

Best Publications

  • Single-mode solid-state single photon source based on isolated quantum dots in pillar microcavities

    E. Moreau;I. Robert;J. M. Gérard;I. Abram

  • Boron-carbon-nitrogen materials of graphite-like structure

    R.B. Kaner;J. Kouvetakis;C.E. Warble;M.L. Sattler

  • Ge–Sn semiconductors for band-gap and lattice engineering

    M. Bauer;M. Bauer;J. Taraci;J. Taraci;J. Tolle;J. Tolle;Andrew Chizmeshya

  • TIN-BASED GROUP IV SEMICONDUCTORS: New Platforms for Opto- and Microelectronics on Silicon

    John Kouvetakis;Jose Menendez;Andrew Chizmeshya

  • Optical critical points of thin-film Ge 1-y Sn y alloys: A comparative Ge 1-y Sn y /Ge 1-x Si x study

    Vijay R. D'Costa;Candi S. Cook;Anthony Birdwell;Chris L. Littler

  • Novel aspects of graphite intercalation by fluorine and fluorides and new B/C, C/N and B/C/N materials based on the graphite network

    J. Kouvetakis;T. Sasaki;C. Shen;R. Hagiwara

  • Novel synthetic routes to carbon-nitrogen thin films

    John Kouvetakis;Anil Bandari;Michael Todd;Barry Wilkens

  • Sixsnyge1-x-y and related alloy heterostructures based on si, ge and sn

    John Kouvetakis;Matthew Bauer;John Tolle

  • A novel graphite-like material of composition BC3, and nitrogen–carbon graphites

    John Kouvetakis;Richard B. Kaner;Margaret L. Sattler;Neil Bartlett

  • Gesn alloys and ordered phases with direct tunable bandgaps grown directly on silicon

    John Kouvetakis;Matthew Bauer;Jose Menendez;Chang Wu Hu

  • Hybrid Group IV/III-V Semiconductor Structures

    John Kouvetakis;Jose Menendez

  • Direct-gap photoluminescence with tunable emission wavelength in Ge1−ySny alloys on silicon

    J. Mathews;R. T. Beeler;J. Tolle;C. Xu

  • Method for preparing Ge1-x-ySnxEy (E=P, As, Sb) semiconductors and related Si-Ge-Sn-E and Si-Ge-E analogs

    John Kouvetakis;Matthew Bauer;John Tolle;Candi Cook

  • Extended performance GeSn/Si(100) p-i-n photodetectors for full spectral range telecommunication applications

    Jay Mathews;Radek Roucka;Junqi Xie;Shui Qing Yu

  • Type-I Ge∕Ge1−x−ySixSny strained-layer heterostructures with a direct Ge bandgap

    Jose Menendez;John Kouvetakis

  • Raman scattering in Ge1−ySny alloys

    V. R. D'Costa;J. Tolle;R. Roucka;C. D. Poweleit

  • Tunable optical gap at a fixed lattice constant in group-IV semiconductor alloys.

    V. R. D'Costa;Y. Y. Fang;J. Tolle;John Kouvetakis

  • Advances in SiGeSn technology

    Richard A. Soref;John Kouvetakis;John Tolle;Jose Menendez

  • Compositional dependence of the direct and indirect band gaps in Ge1−ySny alloys from room temperature photoluminescence: implications for the indirect to direct gap crossover in intrinsic and n-type materials

    L. Jiang;J. D. Gallagher;Charutha Lasitha Senaratne;Toshihiro Aoki

  • Next generation of Ge1−ySny (y = 0.01-0.09) alloys grown on Si(100) via Ge3H8 and SnD4: Reaction kinetics and tunable emission

    G. Grzybowski;R. T. Beeler;L. Jiang;David Smith

  • Synthesis of LiBC4N4, BC3N3, and Related C−N Compounds of Boron: New Precursors to Light Element Ceramics

    Darrick Williams;Brett Pleune;John Kouvetakis;M. D. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose Menendez
Jose Menendez Arizona State University
John Tolle
John Tolle Arizona State University
Peter A. Crozier
Peter A. Crozier Arizona State University
Michael O'Keeffe
Michael O'Keeffe Arizona State University
Michael J. Todd
Michael J. Todd Cornell University
Shui-Qing Yu
Shui-Qing Yu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Arne Haaland
Arne Haaland University of Oslo
Martha R. McCartney
Martha R. McCartney Arizona State University
Richard B. Kaner
Richard B. Kaner University of California, Los Angeles
Toshio Sakurai
Toshio Sakurai Tohoku University

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