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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volume 50, Number 11, November 2011

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• Rapid Communications
• Regular Papers
• Semiconductors, dielectrics, and organic materials
• Photonics, quantum electronics, optics, and spectroscopy
• Spintronics, superconductivity, and strongly correlated materials
• Device physics
• Nanoscale science and technology
• Crystal growth, surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and bulk materials
• Plasmas, applied atomic and molecular physics, and applied nuclear physics
• Device processing, fabrication and measurement technologies, and instrumentation
• Cross-disciplinary areas
• Brief Notes
• Errata

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Rapid Communications

110201 : Optical Bistability and Multi-Stability via Quantum Interference in a Four-Level N-Type Atomic System

Mostafa Sahrai and Meisam Memarzadeh
Published October 25, 2011 (3 pages)
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110202 : Threshold Voltage Instability in Al₂O₃/GaN/AlGaN/GaN Metal–Insulator–Semiconductor High-Electron Mobility Transistors

Sen Huang, Shu Yang, John Roberts, and Kevin J. Chen
Published October 25, 2011 (3 pages)
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110203 : Low Temperature Sintering and Properties of (K_0.5Na_0.5)NbO₃ Piezoelectric Ceramics

Xuming Pang, Jinhao Qiu, Kongjun Zhu, and Qinghua Meng
Published October 26, 2011 (3 pages)
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110204 : Photocurrent and Persistent Photoconductivity in Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors under Ultraviolet-Light Irradiation

Mamoru Furuta, Yudai Kamada, Mutsumi Kimura, Shin-ichi Shimakawa, Toshiyuki Kawaharamura, Dapeng Wang, Chaoyang Li, Shizuo Fujita, and Takashi Hirao
Published October 26, 2011 (3 pages)
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110205 : Void-Free Cuprous Oxide Tube Prepared by Thermal Oxidation on Outside of Copper Tube

Akira Tanaka and Hironobu Katsuno
Published October 26, 2011 (3 pages)
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110206 : Polymer Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Cathodes Transferred under Ambient Conditions

Dong-Hyun Lee, Yan-Peng Liu, Eun Jung, Seung-Woo Seo, Heeyeop Chae, and Sung M. Cho
Published October 26, 2011 (3 pages)
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110207 : Preparation of (K_0.50Na_0.50)NbO₃ Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics by Mechanical Activation Assisted Method

Jigong Hao, Jiwei Zhai, and Yongxiang Li
Published November 1, 2011 (3 pages)
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110208 : Mode Order Dependent Q-Spoiling Behavior in a Coated Cylindrical Microcavity Laser

Hee-Jong Moon
Published November 1, 2011 (3 pages)
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110209 : Realization of All-Optical Circular Shift Register Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Ji Sok Lee, Jae Moon Lim, Ju Han Lee, Hyuk Jae Lee, Taek Jin Lee, Seok Lee, Deok Ha Woo, Sun Ho Kim, Young Min Jhon, and Jae Hun Kim
Published November 1, 2011 (3 pages)
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110210 : Additional-Body Effects in a Self-Aligned Deca-Nanometer Ultrathin-Body and Buried Oxide Silicon-on-Insulator Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor: A Three-Dimensional Simulation Study

Jyi-Tsong Lin, Yi-Chuen Eng, Cheng-Hsin Chen, and Yi-Hsuan Fan
Published November 1, 2011 (3 pages)
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Regular Papers

Semiconductors, dielectrics, and organic materials

111001 : Electron Emission Properties of Nitrogen-Induced Localized Defects in InAsN/GaAs Quantum Dots

Cheng-Hong Yang, Meng-Chien Hsieh, Chia-Wei Wu, Yen-Ting Chang, Yue-Han Wu, Li Chang, and Jenn-Fang Chen
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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111002 : Implementation of Spatio-Time-Resolved Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy for Studying Local Carrier Dynamics in a Low Dislocation Density m-Plane In_0.05Ga_0.95N Epilayer Grown on a Freestanding GaN Substrate

Munehito Kagaya, Pierre Corfdir, Jean-Daniel Ganière, Benoît Deveaud-Plédran, Nicolas Grandjean, and Shigefusa F. Chichibu
Published October 27, 2011 (5 pages)
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111301 : Anomalous Oxide Charge Variation Identified by Alternating Current Surface Photovoltage Method in Cr-Aqueous-Solution-Rinsed p-Type Si(001) Wafers Exposed to Air

Hirofumi Shimizu and Yuji Sanada
Published October 25, 2011 (4 pages)
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111401 : Effect of Hydrogen Dilution on the Metastability of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Oxide Solar Cells

Sorapong Inthisang, Taweewat Krajangsang, Porponth Sichanugrist, Tatsuro Watahiki, Shinsuke Miyajima, Akira Yamada, and Makoto Konagai
Published October 25, 2011 (5 pages)
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111501 : Effect of Microstructure on Magnetoelectric Properties of 0.9Pb(Zr_0.52Ti_0.48)O₃–0.1Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ and Ni_0.8Zn_0.2Fe₂O₄ Particulate Composites

Jungho Ryu, Chang-Woo Baek, Nam-Keun Oh, Guifang Han, Jong-Woo Kim, Byung-Dong Hahn, Woon-Ha Yoon, Dong-Soo Park, Jeong-Joo Kim, and Dae-Yong Jeong
Published October 25, 2011 (5 pages)
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111502 : Higher-k Scalability and Leakage Current Reduction of SiO₂-Doped HfO₂ in Direct Tunneling Regime

Kazuyuki Tomida, Koji Kita, and Akira Toriumi
Published October 27, 2011 (4 pages)
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111601 : Quasi-Two-Dimensional Optical Confinement in a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Infiltrated Optical Fiber

Ryotaro Ozaki, Nobuhiro Uno, and Hiroshi Moritake
Published October 25, 2011 (7 pages)
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Photonics, quantum electronics, optics, and spectroscopy

112101 : Efficient Hole Injection for Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Nickel Oxide by Oxygen Plasma Treatment

Gun Woo Hyung, Seok Jae Lee, Ho Won Lee, Ja-Ryong Koo, Jaehoon Park, Woo Young Kim, Yong Seog Kim, and Young Kwan Kim
Published October 25, 2011 (4 pages)
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112201 : Absolute Detection Efficiency of a High-Sensitivity Microchannel Plate with Tapered Pores

Shiro Matoba, Ryota Takahashi, Chihiro Io, Tetsuo Koizumi, and Haruo Shiromaru
Published October 27, 2011 (4 pages)
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112501 : A Wide-Area Sensor Network Based on Fiber Optic Power Supply

Yosuke Tanaka, Masahiro Kinoshita, Akiko Takahashi, and Takashi Kurokawa
Published October 25, 2011 (7 pages)
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112502 : Numerical Investigations on Birefringent Holey Fibers by Modified Elliptical Air Holes in Fiber Cladding

Yuan-Fong Chau, Gui-Min Lin, Chiung-Chou Liao, Shinn-Fwu Wang, and Jeng-Hua Wei
Published October 27, 2011 (4 pages)
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112601 : Photoluminescence of Polymer Film Fabricated by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition from Mixture of Benzene and Cyclohexene

Kazunori Moriki and Motoshige Yumoto
Published October 27, 2011 (8 pages)
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Spintronics, superconductivity, and strongly correlated materials

113001 : Magnetoelectric Effect of Fe₇₀Pd₃₀ Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Film: Lead Zirconate Titanate Trilayer Composites at Low and High Magnetic Field Frequencies

Yusuke Sado, Chihiro Saito, Yasubumi Furuya, Yoichi Kishi, Zenjiro Yajima, and Teiko Okazaki
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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113002 : Origin of Very Low Effective Barrier Height in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with a Semiconductor GaO_x Tunnel Barrier

Suguru Watanabe, Hidekazu Saito, Yusuke Mineno, Shinji Yuasa, and Koji Ando
Published October 25, 2011 (3 pages)
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113101 : Controllable Conditional Quantum Oscillations and Quantum Gate Operations in Superconducting Flux Qubits

Ai Min Chen and Sam Young Cho
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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Device physics

114101 : Electron Spin Resonance Observation of Bias-Temperature Stress-Induced Interface Defects at NO/N₂O-Annealed Chemical-Vapor-Deposition SiO₂/(100) p-Si Substrates

Hiroyuki Mitoh, Shinichiro Ando, Hayato Miyagawa, Shyun Koshiba, Ziyuan Liu, Hirokazu Ishigaki, Hiroshi Aozasa, and Yoshiaki Kamigaki
Published October 25, 2011 (4 pages)
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114201 : Effects of Body Doping in a NAND Flash String without Source/Drain

Young Min Kim, Il Hwan Cho, Hyuck-In Kwon, and Jong-Ho Lee
Published October 25, 2011 (4 pages)
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Nanoscale science and technology

115001 : Field Emission Microscopy Study of Au-Covered Nanopyramids with 211-Facet Sides Grown on Blunt W Tips via Assistive Remolding Treatment

Eiji Rokuta, Tatsuhiro Nakagawa, Hidekazu Murata, Shin Fujita, Hiroshi Shimoyama, and Chuhei Oshima
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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115002 : Removal of Surface Oxide Layer from Silicon Nanocrystals by Hydrogen Fluoride Vapor Etching

Yoshifumi Nakamine, Tetsuo Kodera, Ken Uchida, and Shunri Oda
Published October 27, 2011 (4 pages)
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115101 : Performance Prediction of Complementary Field-Effect Transistor Circuits Using Graphene with Band Gap Induced by Site-Potential Asymmetry

Eiichi Sano and Taiichi Otsuji
Published October 27, 2011 (6 pages)
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Crystal growth, surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and bulk materials

115501 : Growth of Quasi-Single-Crystal Silicon–Germanium Thin Films on Glass Substrates by Continuous Wave Laser Lateral Crystallization

Kuninori Kitahara, Kenta Hirose, Junki Suzuki, Kenji Kondo, and Akito Hara
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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115502 : Improvement of (1122) Semipolar GaN Crystal Quality with TiN Interlayer by Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Sheng Rui Xu, Yue Hao, Lin An Yang, Jin Cheng Zhang, Jun Shuai Xue, Xiao Yong Xue, Zi Yang Liu, Zhi Yu Lin, Jun Cai Ma, Pei Xian Li, Jian Ting Li, and Qiang He
Published October 25, 2011 (4 pages)
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115701 : Molecular Orientation of the Decyl Monolayer Chemically Bonded to Si(111) Determined by Angle-Dependent Transmission Infrared Spectroscopy

Masayuki Furuhashi and Jun Yoshinobu
Published October 25, 2011 (7 pages)
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115801 : Low Electrical Resistivity of Ni-Doped La-Cobaltite Thin Films Using a Novel Chemical Solution Route for Thermoelectric Applications

Seung-Hyun Kim, Wenyan Jiang, Bugra Turan, In-Bo Shim, and Angus I. Kingon
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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Plasmas, applied atomic and molecular physics, and applied nuclear physics

116001 : Suppression of Initial Energy Spreads in Electron Radio Frequency Linacs for Intense Irradiation Applications

Sang-Hoon Kim, Hae-Ryong Yang, Jong-Seok Oh, Gwanghui Ha, Sung-Duck Jang, Yoon-Gyu Son, Sung-Ju Park, Kangok Lee, Kie-Hyung Chung, Moo-Hyun Cho, and Won Namkung
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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116002 : Discharge-Mode Transition in Jet-Type Dielectric Barrier Discharge Using Argon/Acetone Gas Flow Ignited by Small Helium Plasma Jet

Keiichiro Urabe, Keitaro Yamada, and Osamu Sakai
Published October 25, 2011 (11 pages)
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116101 : Electron Density Range Measurable by Microwave Resonator Probe with Higher Mode Resonance

Yizi Liang, Kimitaka Kato, Keiji Nakamura, and Hideo Sugai
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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116201 : Parameter Study on Radiation Therapy with Laser-Accelerated Electrons Using a Sharp Density Transition Scheme

Seung Hoon Yoo, Dae-Hyun Kim, Byung Jun Min, Dongho Shin, Se Byeong Lee, Sung Yong Park, Jaehoon Kim, and Sang June Hahn
Published October 28, 2011 (8 pages)
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Device processing, fabrication and measurement technologies, and instrumentation

116501 : Numerical Simulation Method for Plasma-Induced Damage Profile in SiO₂ Etching

Nobuyuki Kuboi, Tetsuya Tatsumi, Shoji Kobayashi, Jun Komachi, Masanaga Fukasawa, Takashi Kinoshita, and Hisahiro Ansai
Published October 25, 2011 (9 pages)
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116601 : Artifact Reduction in Tomographic Images for Nondestructive Testing of Square Billets Using Ultrasonic Computerized Tomography

Hideto Mitsui, Koichi Mizutani, Naoto Wakatsuki, and Yoko Norose
Published October 25, 2011 (9 pages)
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116602 : Nondestructive Measurement of Nonlinear Conduction of Nanoscale Materials, Nanoscale SiO₂, and K_0.3MoO₃ by Pulse Photoconductivity Method

Yuya Nishi, Toshimasa Hirano, Yuki Soh, Hiroshi Kubota, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Akira Yoshino, and Toshihiko Kanayama
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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116603 : Planar Circulator for Sub-Terahertz-Wave Reflection-Geometry Imaging

Hiroshi Ito, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Muramoto, and Tadao Ishibashi
Published October 25, 2011 (6 pages)
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116604 : Magnetic Field Mapping and Biaxial Vector Operation for Biomagnetic Applications Using High-Sensitivity Optically Pumped Atomic Magnetometers

Shuji Taue, Yasuyuki Sugihara, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ishikawa, and Keigo Kamada
Published October 28, 2011 (6 pages)
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Cross-disciplinary areas

117201 : Large Angle Silicon-on-Insulator Tilting Actuator with Kinematic Excitation and Simple Integrated Parallel-Plate Electrostatic Transducer

Assaf Ya’akobovitz and Slava Krylov
Published November 7, 2011 (8 pages)
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117301 : High-Performance Decomposition and Fixation of Dry Etching Exhaust Perfluoro-Compound Gases and Study of Their Mechanism

Kei Hattori, Masaaki Osato, Takeshi Maeda, Katsuya Okumura, Makoto Sekine, and Masaru Hori
Published October 25, 2011 (8 pages)
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Brief Notes

118001 : High-Optical-Power Operation of the Electroabsorption-Modulated Laser and Subsequent Changes in Eye Diagram and 3-dB Bandwidth

Soohan Yang, Sun-Young Kim, and Dong-Soo Shin
Published October 25, 2011 (2 pages)
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Errata

119201 : Erratum: “Mitigation of Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Variability with Metal Gate Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors”

Ji-Woon Yang, Chang Seo Park, Casey E. Smith, Hemant Adhikari, Jeff Huang, Dawei Heh, Prashant Majhi, and Raj Jammy
Published October 31, 2011 (1 page)
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (25K)]

119202 : Publisher’s Note: “Cluster Co-Existence and DC Field Effect on Re-entrant Spin Freezing Behavior in La_0.85Ca_0.15Mn_0.95Fe_0.05O Manganates”

Wiqar Hussain Shah and Abdullah Al Jaffari
Published October 31, 2011 (1 page)
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (32K)]

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