Group Publications

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2014

"Ultrafast surface strain dynamics in MnAs thin films observed with second harmonic generation"
Jesse J. Dean, Christoph Lange, and Henry M. van Driel
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 89, 024102 (2014) [ PDF file ]

2013

"Domain Dynamics in Thin Solid Films Following Ultrashort Pulse Excitation"
Jesse J. Dean, David W. Rench, Nitin Samarth, and Henry M. van Driel
Physical Review Letters 111, 035701 (2013) [ PDF file ]

2012

"Dynamic Stark Effect in Strongly Coupled Microcavity Exciton Polaritons"
A. Hayat,C. Lange, L. A. Rozema, A. Darabi, H. M. van Driel,A. M. Steinberg,B. Nelsen,D. W. Snoke,L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West
Physical Review Letters 109, 033605 (2012) [ PDF file ]

2011

Coherent Control:

"Coherent injection and control of ballistic charge currents in single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphite"
R. W. Newson, A. A. Green, M. C. Hersam and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 83, 115421 (2011) [ PDF file ]

Plasmonics:

"All-optical ultrafast control of beaming through a single sub-wavelength aperture in a metal film"
M. A. Swillam, N. Rotenberg and H. M. van Driel
Optics Express 19 (8), 7856 (2011) [ PDF file ]

2010

Nonlinear Optics:

"Graphene and few-layer graphite probed by second-harmonic generation: Theory and experiment"
J. J. Dean and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 82, 125411 (2010) [ PDF file ]

Spin Hall Effect of Light:

"Ultrafast optical imaging of the spin Hall effect of light in semiconductors"
J.-M. Menard, A. E. Mattacchione, H. M. van Driel, C. Hautmann and M. Betz
Physical Review B 82, 045303 (2010) [ PDF file ]

Plasmonics:

"Ultrafast silicon-based active plasmonics at telecom wavelengths"
J. N. Caspers, N. Rotenberg and H. M. van Driel
Optics Express 18 (19), 19761 (2010) [ PDF file ]

"Ultrafast All-Optical Coupling of Light to Surface Plasmon Polaritons on Plain Metal Surfaces"
N. Rotenberg, M. Betz and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review Letters 105, 017402 (2010) [ PDF file ]

2009

Spin Hall Effect of Light:

"Spin Hall effect of light in a semiconductor"
J.-M. Menard, A. E. Mattacchione, M. Betz and H. M. van Driel
Physics in Canada 65 (3), 132 (2009) [ PDF file ]

"Imaging the spin Hall effect of light inside semiconductors via absorption"
J.-M. Menard, A. E. Mattacchione, M. Betz and H. M. van Driel
Optics Letters 34 (15), 2312 (2009) [ PDF file ]

Nonlinear Optics:

"Second harmonic generation from graphene and graphitic films"
J. J. Dean and H. M. van Driel
Applied Physics Letters 95, 261910 (2009) [ PDF file ]

Plasmonics:

"Tunable ultrafast control of plasmonic coupling to gold films"
N. Rotenberg, J. N. Caspers and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 80, 245420 (2009) [ PDF file ]

Coherent Control:

"All-optical coherently controlled terahertz ac charge currents from excitons in semiconductors"
C. Sames, J.-M. Menard, M. Betz, A.L. Smirl and H.M. van Driel
Physical Review B 79, 045208 (2009) [ PDF file ]

Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics:

"Ultrafast carrier kinetics in exfoliated graphene and thin graphite films"
R.W. Newson, J. Dean, B. Schmidt, and H.M. van Driel
Optics Express 17 (4), 2326 (2009) [ PDF file ]

2008

Nonlinear Optics:

"Three photon absorption in silicon for 2300-3300 nm"
S. Pearl, N. Rotenberg and H. M. van Driel
Applied Physics Letters 93, 131102 (2008) [ PDF file ]

Plasmonics:

"Ultrafast control of grating-assisted light coupling to surface plasmons"
N. Rotenberg, M. Betz and H. M. van Driel
Optics Letters 33 (18), 2137 (2008) [ PDF file ]

Coherent Control:

"Coherently Controlled Ballistic Charge Currents Injected in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite"
R.W. Newson, J.-M. Menard, C. Sames, M. Betz and H.M. van Driel
Nano Letters 8 (6), 1586 (2008) [ PDF file ]

"All-optical coherent control of electrical currents in centrosymmetric semiconductors"
M. Spasenovic, M. Betz, L. Costa and H.M. van Driel
Physical Review B 77, 085201 (2008) [ PDF file ]

Spintronics:

"Terahertz emission from ultrafast optical orientation of spins in semiconductors: Experiment and theory"
F. Nastos, R.W. Newson, J. Hubner, H.M. van Driel and J.E. Sipe
Physical Review B 77, 195202 (2008) [ PDF file ]

2007

Nonlinear Optics:

"Two-photon absorption and Kerr coefficients of silicon for 850-2200 nm"
A. D. Bristow, N. Rotenberg and H. M. van Driel
Applied Physics Letters 90, 191104 (2007). [ PDF file ]

"Nonlinear absorption in Au films: Role of thermal effects"
N. Rotenberg, A. D. Bristow, M. Pfeiffer, M. Betz and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 75, 155426 (2007). [ PDF file ]

"Single-beam differential z-scan technique"
J.-M. Ménard, M. Betz, I. Sigal and H. M. van Driel
Applied Optics, 46 (11), 2119 (2007). [ PDF file ]

Waveguides & Slow Light:

"Switchable Al(x)Ga(1-x)As all-optical delay line at 1.55 mm"
A. D. Bristow, R. Iyer, J. S. Aitchison, H. M. van Driel and A. L. Smirl
Applied Physics Letters 90, 101112 (2007). [ PDF file ]

"Enhanced second harmonic generation using slow-light in AlGaAs microring resonantors;
Z.-S. Yang, P. Chak, A. D. Bristow, H. M. van Driel, R. Iyer, J. S. Aitchison, A. L. Smirl and J. E. Sipe
Optics Letters 32 (7), 826 (2007). [ PDF file ]

Coherent Control:

"All-optical injection of ballistic electrical currents in unbiased silicon"
L. Costa, M. Betz, M. Spasenovic, A. D. Bristow and H. M. van Driel
Nature Physics 3, 632 (2007). [ PDF file ]

"Superposition of electron-hole density gratings in GaAs generated by quantum control of charge densities and charge currents"
Y. Kerachian and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 75 (12), 125206 (2007). [ PDF file ]

"Dynamics of charge current gratings generated in GaAs by ultrafast quantum interference control"
Y. Kerachian, P. A. Marsden, H. M. van Driel et al.
Physical Review B 75 (12), 125205 (2007). [ PDF file ]

2006

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Linear and nonlinear optical properties of Au-polymer metallodielectric Bragg stacks"
T. K. Lee, A. D. Bristow, J. Hübner and H. M. van Driel
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 23, 2142 (2006). [ PDF file ]

"Sum and difference frequency generation as diagnostics for leaky eigenmodes in two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides"
A. D. Bristow, J. P. Modia and H. M. van Driel
Journal of Applied Physics 99, 023105 (2006). [ PDF file ]

2005

Spintronics:

"Spin-dependent electron many-body effects in GaAs"
P. Nemec, Y. Kerachian and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 72, 245202 (2005) [ PDF file ]

"Injection of ballistic pure spin currents in semiconductors by a single-color linearly polarized beam"
H. Zhao, X. Pan, R. D. R. Bhat, A. Najmaie, A. Smirl, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel
Physical Review B 72, 201302(R) (2005) [ PDF file ]

"Ultrafast shift and injection currents observed in wurtzite semiconductors via emitted terahertz radiation"
N. Laman, M. Bieler and H. M. van Driel
Journal of Applied Physics 98, 103507 (2005). [ PDF file ]

Coherent Control:

"Enhanced coherent control of carrier and spin density in a zinc-blende semiconductor by cascaded second-harmonic generation"
M. J. Stevens, R. D. R. Bhat, X. Y. Pan, H. M. van Driel, J. E. Sipe and A. Smirl
Journal of Applied Physics 97, 093709 (2005). [ PDF file ]

"Ultrafast spin-polarized electrical currents injected in a strained zinc blende semiconductor by single color pulses"
M. Bieler, N. Laman, H. M. van Driel and A. L. Smirl
Applied Physical Letters 86, 061102 (2005) [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Influence of eigenmode characteristics on optical tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal"
H. W. Tan, H. M. van Driel, S. L. Schweizer and R. B. Wehrspohn
Physical Review B 72, 165115 (2005) [ PDF file ]

Waveguide Projects:

"Design, fabrication, and characterization of deep-etched waveguide gratings"
T. C. Kleckner, D. Modotto, A. Locatelli, J. P. Mondia, S. Linden, R. Morandotti, C. De Angelis, C. R. Stanley, H. M. van Driel and J. S. Aitchison
Journal of Lightwave Technology 23, 3832-3842 (2005). [ PDF file ]

"Ultrafast deflection of spatial solitons in AlGaAs slab waveguides"
J. Hübner, J. S. Aitchison and H. M. van Driel
Optics Letters 30, 3168-3170 (2005). [ PDF file ]

2004

Coherent Control:

"Pure spin current gratings in semiconductors generated by quantum interference"
Y. Kerachian, P. Nemec, H. M. van Driel and A. L. Smirl
Journal of Applied Physics 96, 430-434 (2004). [ PDF file ]

"Quantum Interference Injection and Control of Spin-Polarized Transient Current Gratings in GaAs"
H. M. van Driel, Y. Kerachian, P. Nemec, and A. L. Smirl
Semiconductor Science and Technology 19, S223-S225 (2004). [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Nonlinear optical tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal"
H. W. Tan, H. M. van Driel, S. L. Schweizer, R. B. Wehrspohn and U. Gösele
Physical Review B 70, 205110 (2004) [ PDF file ]

"Nonlinear transmission properties of a deep-etched microatructured waveguide "
S. Linden, J. P. Mondia, H. M. van Driel, T. C. Kleckner, C. R. Stanley, D. Modotto, A. Locatelli, C. De Angelis, R. Morandotti and J. S. Aitchison
Applied Physics Letters 84, 5437-5939 (2004). [ PDF file ]

2003

Coherent Control:

"Optical injection and coherent control of a ballistic charge current in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells"
M. J. Stevens, A. Najmaie, R. D. R. Bhat, J. E. Sipe, H. M. van Driel and A. L. Smirl,
Journal of Applied Physics 94, 4999-5004 (2003). [ PDF file ]

"Quantum interference control of free-carrier density in GaAs"
J. M. Fraser and H. M. van Driel
Physics Review B 68, 085208 (2003). [ PDF file ]

"Direct observation of all-optical injection of spin-polarized currents"
J. Hübner, M. Klude, D. Hommel, R. D. R. Bhat, J. E. Sipe, H. M. van Driel, W. W. Ruhle,
Physica Status Solidi B 238, 548-551 (2003). [ PDF file ]

"Coherent control of carrier population and spin in (111)-GaAs"
M. J. Stevens, R. D. R. Bhat, J. E. Sipe, H. M. van Driel and A. L. Smirl,
Physica Status Solidi B 238, 568-574 (2003). [ PDF file ]

"Simple method for calculating the propagation of terahertz radiation in experimental geometries"
D. Côté, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel,
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 20, 1374-1385 (2003). [ PDF file ]

"Direct observation of optically injected spin-polarized currents in semiconductors"
J. Hübner, W. W. Ruhle, M. Klude, D. Hommel, R. D. R. Bhat, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel,
Physics Review Letter 90, 216601 (2003) [ PDF file ]

"Quantum interference control of ballistic pure spin currents in semiconductors"
M. J. Stevens, A. L. Smirl, R. D. R. Bhat, A. Najmaie, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel,
Physics Review Letter 90, 136603 (2003). [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Enhanced second-harmonic generation from planar photonic crystals"
J.P. Mondia, H. M. van Driel, W. Jiang, A. R. Cowan, J. F. Young,
Optics Letters 28, 2500-2502 (2003). [ PDF file ]

2002

Coherent Control:

"Coherent response of spin-orbit split-off excitons in InP: Isolation of many-body effects through interference"
K. C. Hall, G. R. Allan, H. M. van Driel, T. Krivosheeva and W. Potz,
Physics Review B 65, 201201 (2002). [ PDF file ]

"Coherent control of an optically injected ballistic spin-polarized current in bulk GaAs"
M. J. Stevens, A. L. Smirl, R. D. R. Bhat, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel,
Journal of Applied Physics 91, 4382-4386 (2002). [ PDF file ]

"Rectification and shift currents in GaAs"
D. Côté, N. Laman, and H. M. van Driel,
Applied Physics Letters 80, 905-907 (2002). [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Ultrafast band-edge tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal via free-carrier injection"
S. W. Leonard, H. M. van Driel, J. Schilling and R. B. Wehrspohn,
Physics Review B 66,161102 (2002). [ PDF file ]

2001

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"A model system for two-dimensional and three-dimensional photonic crystals: macroporous silicon"
J. Schilling, R. B. Wehrspohn, A. Birner, F. Muller, R. Hillebrand, U. Gösele, S. W. Leonard, J. P. Mondia, H. M. van Driel, P. Kramper, V.Sandoghdar and K.Busch,
Journal of Optics A 3, S121-S132 (2001) [ PDF file ]

"Photonic bandgap engineering in germanium inverse opals by chemical vapor deposition"
H. Miguez, E. Chomski, F. Garcia-Santamaria, M. Ibisate, S. John, C. Lopez, F. Meseguer, J. P. Mondia, G. A. Ozin, O. Toader and H. M. van Driel,
Advanced Materials 13,1634 (2001). text not available.

"Optical characterisation of 2D macroporous silicon photonic crystals with bandgaps around 3.5 and 1.3 mu m"
J. Schilling, A. Birner, F. Muller, R. B. Wehrspohn, R. Hillebrand, U. Gösele, K. Busch, S. John, S. W. Leonard and H. M. van Driel,
Optical Materials 17, 7-10 (2001). [ PDF file ]

"Large birefringence in two-dimensional silicon photonic crystals"
F. Genereux, S.W. Leonard, H.M. van Driel, A. Birner, and U. Gösele
Physical Review B 63, 161101R (2001). [ PDF file ]

2000

Coherent Control:

"Suppression of intervalley scattering in Ga(As)Sb quantum wells"
K.C. Hall, S.W. Leonard, H.M. van Driel, A.R. Kost and E. Selvig,
Applied Physics Letters 77, 2882 (2000). [ PDF file ]

"Trapping and detrapping of electrons photoinjected from silicon to ultrathin SiO2 overlayers. I. In vacuum and in the presence of ambient oxygen"
N. Shamir, J.G. Mihaychuk, and H.M. van Driel,
Journal of Applied Physics 88, 896 (2000). [ PDF file ]

"Trapping and detrapping of electrons photoinjected from silicon to ultrathin SiO2 overlayers. II. In He, Ar, H2, N2, CO and N2O"
N. Shamir and H.M. van Driel,
Journal of Applied Physics 88, 909 (2000). [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Single-mode transmission in two-dimensional macroporous silicon photonic crystal waveguides"
S.W. Leonard, H.M. van Driel, A. Birner, U. Gösele, P.R. Villeneuve
Optics Letters 25, 1550 (2000). [ PDF file ]

"Multiple Bragg wave coupling in photonic band-gap crystals"
H.M. van Driel, and W.L. Vos,
Physical Review B 62, 9872 (2000). [ PDF file ]

"Large-scale synthesis of a silicon photonic crystal with a complete three-dimensional bandgap near 1.5 micrometres"
A. Blanco, E. Chomski, S. Grabtchak, M. Ibisate, S. John, S. W. Leonard, C. Lopez, F. Meseguer, H. Miguez, J. P. Mondia, G. A. Ozin, O. Toader and H. M. van Driel,
Nature 405, 437 (2000). [ PDF file ]

"Tunable two-dimensional photonic crystals using liquid-crystal infiltration"
S. W. Leonard, J. P. Mondia, H. M. van Driel, O. Toader, S. John, K. Busch, A. Birner, U. Gösele and V. Lehmann,
Physical Review B 61, R2389-R2392 (2000). [ PDF file ]

1992-1999

Coherent Control:

"THz emission from coherently controlled photocurrents in GaAs"
D. Côté, J.M. Fraser, M. DeCamp, P.H. Bucksbaum and H.M. van Driel,
Applied Physics Letters 75, 3959-3961 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Subpicosecond spin relaxation in GaAsSb multiple quantum wells"
K.C. Hall, S.W. Leonard, H.M. van Driel, A.R. Kost, E. Selvig and D.H. Chow,
Applied Physics Letters 75, 3665-3667 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Quantum Interference in Electron-hole Generation in Noncentrosymmetric Semiconductors"
J.M. Fraser, A.I. Shkrebtii, J.E. Sipe and H.M. van Driel,
Physical Review Letters 83, 4192-4195 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Quantum interference control of currents in CdSe with a single optical beam"
N. Laman, A. I. Shkrebtii, J. E. Sipe and H. M. van Driel,
Applied Physics Letters 75, 2581-2583 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Coherence dynamics of excitons and continuum excitations in InP"
G. R. Allan and H. M. van Driel,
Physical Review B 59, 15740-15747 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Universal Mechanism for Gas Adsorption and Electron Trapping on Oxidized Silicon"
N. Shamir, J. G. Mihaychuk, and H. M. van Driel ,
Physical Review Letters 82, 359-361 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Three color coherent generation and control of current in low-temperature-grown GaAs"
J.M. Fraser, A. Haché, A.I. Shkrebtii, J.E. Sipe and H.M. van Driel,
Applied Physics Letters 74, 2014-2016 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Quantum interference control of electrical currents in GaAs"
A. Haché, J.E. Sipe and H.M. van Driel,
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 34, 1144 - 1154 (1998). [ PDF file ]

"Observation of Coherently Controlled Photocurrent in Unbiased, Bulk GaAs"
A. Haché, Y. Kostoulas, R. Atanasov, J. L. P. Hughes, J. E. Sipe, and H. M. van Driel,
Physical Review Letters 78, 306-309 (1997). [ PDF file ]

"Coherent control of photocurrent generation in bulk semiconductors"
R. Atanasov, A. Haché, J. L. P. Hughes, H. M. van Driel, and J. E. Sipe,
Physical Review Letters 76, 1703-1706 (1996). [ PDF file ]

"Electron Photoinjection from Silicon to Ultrathin SiO2 Films via Ambient Oxygen"
J. Bloch, J. G. Mihaychuk, and H. M. van Driel,
Physical Review Letters 77, 920-923 (1996). [ PDF file ]

Photonic Band-Gap Materials:

"Attenuation of optical transmission within the band gap of thin two-dimensional macroporous silicon photonic crystals"
S.W. Leonard, H.M. van Driel, K. Busch, S. John, A. Birner, A.-P. Li, F. Müller, U. Gösele and V. Lehmann,
Applied Physics Letters 75, 3063-3065 (1999). [ PDF file ]

Laser Physics:

"Passively Q-Switched 1.57-µm Intracavity Optical Parametric Oscillator "
Yuri Yashkir and H. M. van Driel,
Applied Optics 38, 2554-2559 (1999). [ PDF file ]

"Period doubling of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser by total mode locking"
D. Côté and H. M. van Driel,
Optics Letters 23, 715-717 (1998). [ PDF file ]

"Generation of high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses from 8 to 18 microns"
J.M. Fraser, D. Wang, A. Haché, G.R. Allan, and H.M. van Driel,
Applied Optics 36, 5044-5047 (1997). [ PDF file ]

"Kilohertz all-solid-state picosecond lithium triborate optical parametric generator"
D. R. Walker, C. J. Flood, and H. M. van Driel ,
Optics Letters 20, 145-147 (1995). text not available.

"Time-dependent Second Harmonic Generation from the Si/SiO2 Interface Induced by Charge Transfer"
J.G. Mihaychuk, J. Bloch, Y. Liu and H.M. van Driel,
Optics Letters 20, 2063-5 (1995). text not available.

"Polarization dependence of the temporal response of metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors"
J. J. Kuta, H. M. van Driel, D. Landheer and Y. Feng ,
Applied Physics Letters 65, 3146-3148 (1994). [ PDF file ]

"SiO2/Si interfacial structure on vicinal Si(100) studied with second-harmonic generation"
G. Lüpke, D.J. Bottomley and H.M. van Driel,
Physical Review B 47, 10389-94 (1993). [ PDF file ]

"High Power, 62 Fs Optical Parametric Oscillator Synchronously Pumped by a 76-MHz Ti-Sapphire Laser"
Q. Fu, G. Mak and H. M. van Driel,
Optics Letters 17, 1006-8 (1992). text not available.

Patents:

H.M. van Driel and J.E. Sipe,
Coherent Control of Photocurrents in Bulk Semiconductors,
(Canadian and U. S. Patents); US granted, June, 1997,
Canadian pending.

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