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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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47
Citations
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3255
National Ranking
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Materials Science

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Citations
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12037
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - OSA Fellows For contributions to high speed GaAs MESFET, GaAs HBT and InP HBT optical integrated receivers.
  • 1997 - IEEE David Sarnoff Award "For contributions to the theoretical and experimental understanding of the fundamental speed limitations of MESFETs and HEMTs."
  • 1992 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of implanted GaAs and InGaAs millimeter-wave MESFET transistors.

Overview

Milton Feng is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Additional subfields include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as contributions to Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics of Milton Feng's work include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography

Milton Feng has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "2.6 K VCSEL data link for cryogenic computing" (2021) in Applied Physics Letters
  • "Investigation of the current influence on near-field and far-field beam patterns for an oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser" (2020) in Optics Express
  • "Superconducting Processor Modulated VCSELs for 4K High-Speed Optical Data Link" (2022) in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • "The Modal Effect of VCSELs on Transmitting Data Rate Over Distance in OM4 Fiber" (2020) in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • "Temperature and Noise Dependence of Tri-Mode VCSEL Carried 120-Gbit/s QAM-OFDM Data in Back-to-Back and OM5-MMF Links" (2020) in Journal of Lightwave Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Milton Feng include:

  • Haonan Wu
  • Wenning Fu
  • Chao-Hsin Wu
  • Dufei Wu
  • Yulin He

Their work has appeared in several publication venues with repeated contributions to:

  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Optics Express
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Photonics Research

Milton Feng has received several awards recognizing their contributions to the field, including:

  • OSA Fellows (2003) for contributions to high speed GaAs MESFET, GaAs HBT and InP HBT optical integrated receivers
  • IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1997) for contributions to the theoretical and experimental understanding of the fundamental speed limitations of MESFETs and HEMTs
  • IEEE Fellow (1992) for contributions to the development of implanted GaAs and InGaAs millimeter-wave MESFET transistors

Best Publications

  • Laser operation of a heterojunction bipolar light-emitting transistor

    G. Walter;N. Holonyak;Milton Feng;R. Chan

  • Room temperature continuous wave operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser

    M. Feng;N. Holonyak;G. Walter;R. Chan

  • Low-actuation voltage RF MEMS shunt switch with cold switching lifetime of seven billion cycles

    R. Chan;R. Lesnick;D. Becher;Milton Feng

  • Light-emitting transistor: Light emission from InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors

    Milton Feng;N. Holonyak;W. Hafez

  • Quantum-well-base heterojunction bipolar light-emitting transistor

    M. Feng;N. Holonyak;R. Chan

  • High-Frequency Performance of Submicrometer Transistors That Use Aligned Arrays of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Coskun Kocabas;Simon Dunham;Qing Cao;Kurt Cimino

  • Device technologies for RF front-end circuits in next-generation wireless communications

    M. Feng;Shyh-Chiang Shen;D.C. Caruth;J.-J. Huang

  • Charge control analysis of transistor laser operation

    Milton Feng;N. Holonyak;H. W. Then;G. Walter

  • The transistor laser

    N. Holonyak;M. Feng

  • Carrier lifetime and modulation bandwidth of a quantum well AlGaAs∕InGaP∕GaAs∕InGaAs transistor laser

    Milton Feng;N. Holonyak;A. James;K. Cimino

  • Nanoliter volume, high-resolution NMR microspectroscopy using a 60-/spl mu/m planar microcoil

    J.E. Stocker;T.L. Peck;A.G. Webb;M. Feng

  • NMR microspectroscopy using 100 /spl mu/m planar RF coils fabricated on gallium arsenide substrates

    T.L. Peck;R.L. Magin;J. Kruse;M. Feng

  • Experimental demonstration of pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistors with cutoff frequencies above 600GHz

    Walid Hafez;Milton Feng

  • Hydrogen passivation of C acceptors in high-purity GaAs

    N. Pan;S. S. Bose;M. H. Kim;G. E. Stillman

  • Resonance-free frequency response of a semiconductor laser

    M. Feng;H. W. Then;N. Holonyak;G. Walter

  • Low actuation voltage RF MEMS switches with signal frequencies from 0.25 GHz to 40 GHz

    Shyh-Chiang Shen;M. Feng

  • 12.5 nm base pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistors achieving fT=710GHz and fMAX=340GHz

    Walid Hafez;William Snodgrass;Milton Feng

  • Lattice constant, bandgap, thickness, and surface morphology of InGaAsP-InP layers grown by step-cooling, equilibrium-cooling, supercooling and two-phase-solution growth techniques

    Milton Feng;L. W. Cook;M. M. Tashima;G. E. Stillman

  • InP/InGaAs SHBTs with 75 nm collector and ft> 500 GHz

    W. Hafez;Jie Wei Lai;M. Feng

  • 4.3 GHz optical bandwidth light emitting transistor

    G. Walter;C. H. Wu;H. W. Then;Milton Feng

  • Microwave operation and modulation of a transistor laser

    R. Chan;M. Feng;N. Holonyak;G. Walter

Frequent Co-Authors

N. Holonyak
N. Holonyak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Russell D. Dupuis
Russell D. Dupuis Georgia Institute of Technology
Hao-Chung Kuo
Hao-Chung Kuo National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Shun Lien Chuang
Shun Lien Chuang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gong-Ru Lin
Gong-Ru Lin National Taiwan University
Haydn Chen
Haydn Chen University of Macau
Jae-Hyun Ryou
Jae-Hyun Ryou University of Houston
H. C. Liu
H. C. Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Peter M. Asbeck
Peter M. Asbeck University of California, San Diego
Ilesanmi Adesida
Ilesanmi Adesida University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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