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4118
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Overview

Seth R. Bank is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within engineering and physics and astronomy, focusing on specialized subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, instrumentation, and materials chemistry.

The scientist has authored numerous publications in noted venues, including Applied Physics Letters, Crystal Growth & Design, Journal of Applied Physics, Nature Photonics, and the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Their contributions include research on semiconductor quantum structures and devices, advanced semiconductor detectors and materials, photonic and optical devices, advanced optical sensing technologies, semiconductor materials and devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, and semiconductor materials and interfaces.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Joe C. Campbell, Daniel Wasserman, Andrew H. Jones, Stephen D. March, and Andrew Briggs.

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Seth R. Bank include:

  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits (2020, Nature Photonics)
  • Low-noise high-temperature AlInAsSb/GaSb avalanche photodiodes for 2-μm applications (2020, Nature Photonics)
  • Photon-trapping-enhanced avalanche photodiodes for mid-infrared applications (2023, Nature Photonics)
  • Multistep staircase avalanche photodiodes with extremely low noise and deterministic amplification (2021, Nature Photonics)
  • Vis-NIR photodetector with microsecond response enabled by 2D bismuth/Si(111) heterojunction (2021, 2D Materials)

Best Publications

  • Highly spin-polarized room-temperature tunnel injector for semiconductor spintronics using MgO(100).

    X. Jiang;X. Jiang;R. Wang;R. Wang;R. M. Shelby;R. M. Macfarlane

  • Ultrafast optical switching of terahertz metamaterials fabricated on ErAs/GaAs nanoisland superlattices

    Hou-Tong Chen;Willie J. Padilla;Joshua M. O. Zide;Seth R. Bank

  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits

    R. Maiti;C. Patil;M. A. S. R. Saadi;T. Xie

  • Dilute nitride GaInNAs and GaInNAsSb solar cells by molecular beam epitaxy

    David B. Jackrel;Seth Robert Bank;Homan B. Yuen;Mark A. Wistey

  • Next-generation mid-infrared sources

    D Jung;S Bank;M L Lee;D Wasserman

  • Black Phosphorus Flexible Thin Film Transistors at Gighertz Frequencies.

    Weinan Zhu;Saungeun Park;Maruthi N. Yogeesh;Kyle M. McNicholas

  • Ultrafast dynamics of surface plasmons in InAs by time-resolved infrared nanospectroscopy.

    Martin Wagner;Alexander S. McLeod;Scott J. Maddox;Zhe Fei

  • Temperature independence of the spin-injection efficiency of a MgO-based tunnel spin injector

    G. Salis;R. Wang;R. Wang;X. Jiang;R. M. Shelby

  • Recent Progress on 1.55- $\mu{\hbox {m}}$ Dilute-Nitride Lasers

    S.R. Bank;Hopil Bae;L.L. Goddard;H.B. Yuen

  • Design and analysis of photonic crystal coupled cavity arrays for quantum simulation

    Arka Majumdar;Armand Rundquist;Michal Bajcsy;Vaishno D. Dasika

  • Low-noise high-temperature AlInAsSb/GaSb avalanche photodiodes for 2-μm applications

    Andrew H. Jones;Stephen D. March;Seth R. Bank;Joe C. Campbell

  • Low-threshold continuous-wave 1.5-/spl mu/m GaInNAsSb lasers grown on GaAs

    S.R. Bank;M.A. Wistey;L.L. Goddard;H.B. Yuen

  • Large-Area Dry Transfer of Single-Crystalline Epitaxial Bismuth Thin Films

    Emily S. Walker;Seung Ryul Na;Daehwan Jung;Stephen D. March

  • Broadly Tunable AlInAsSb Digital Alloys Grown on GaSb

    Scott Joseph Maddox;Stephen D March;Seth Bank

  • Dynamic thermal emission control with InAs-based plasmonic metasurfaces

    Junghyun Park;Ju-Hyung Kang;Xiaoge Liu;Scott J. Maddox

  • GaInNAsSb for 1.3-1.6-/spl mu/m-long wavelength lasers grown by molecular beam epitaxy

    V. Gambin;Wonill Ha;M. Wistey;Homan Yuen

  • The role of Sb in the MBE growth of (GaIn)(NAsSb)

    Kerstin Volz;Vincent Gambin;Wonill Ha;Mark A. Wistey

  • Long-wavelength GaInNAs(Sb) lasers on GaAs

    W. Ha;V. Gambin;S. Bank;M. Wistey

  • Photon-trapping-enhanced avalanche photodiodes for mid-infrared applications

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  • Ultralow resistance in situ Ohmic contacts to InGaAs/InP

    Uttam Singisetti;Mark A. Wistey;Jeramy D. Zimmerman;Brian J. Thibeault

  • Multiple-quantum-well GaInNAs-GaNAs ridge-waveguide laser diodes operating out to 1.4 /spl mu/m

    W. Ha;V. Gambin;M. Wistey;S. Bank

  • Increase in spin injection efficiency of a CoFe∕MgO(100) tunnel spin injector with thermal annealing

    R. Wang;X. Jiang;R. M. Shelby;R. M. Macfarlane

  • Low-threshold CW GaInNAsSb/GaAs laser at 1.49 μm

    S. R. Bank;M. A. Wistey;H. B. Yuen;L. L. Goddard

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Wistey
Mark A. Wistey Texas State University
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Joe C. Campbell
Joe C. Campbell University of Virginia
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Minjoo Larry Lee
Minjoo Larry Lee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deji Akinwande
Deji Akinwande The University of Texas at Austin
Richard D. Averitt
Richard D. Averitt University of California, San Diego
Daniel Wasserman
Daniel Wasserman The University of Texas at Austin
Sriram Vishwanath
Sriram Vishwanath The University of Texas at Austin
Mark J. W. Rodwell
Mark J. W. Rodwell University of California, Santa Barbara

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