OPTICS OF METAL AND METAL-OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS

“Ultrafast response of the surface plasmon resonance in vanadium dioxide nanorods,” M. Rini, A. Cavelleri, R. W. Schoenlein, R. Lopez, L. C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr., L. A. Boatner and T. E. Haynes, Optics Letters 30, 558 (2005).

“Comparison of optical nonlinearities in VO2 nanoparticles and thin films,” R. Lopez, L. C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr., T. E. Haynes and L. A. Boatner, Applied Physics Letters 85, 5191-15193 (2004).

“Size-dependent properties of VO2 nanoparticle arrays,” R. Lopez, L. C. Feldman and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Physical Review Letters 93, 117403 (2004).

“Semiconductor to metal phase transitions in the nucleation and growth of VO2 nanoparticles and thin films ,” J. Y. Suh, R. Lopez, L. C. Feldman and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Journal of Applied Physics 96, 1209 (2004).

“Fabrication of metallic quantum-dot arrays for nanoscale nonlinear optics,” A. B. Hmelo, M. D. McMahon, R. Lopez, R. H. Magruder III, R. A. Weller, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and L. C. Feldman, in Ceramic Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology II, eds. M. R. DeGuire, M. Hu, Y. Gogotsi and S. Lu, Ceramic Transactions 148, 68 (2003).

“Synthesis and characterization of size controlled vanadium dioxide nanoparticles in a fused silica matrix,” R. Lopez, L. A. Boatner, T. E. Haynes, L. C. Feldman and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Journal of Applied Physics 92, 4031-4037 (2002).

“Size Dependence of the Phase Transition in Vanadium Dioxide Nanocrystals,” R. Lopez, L. A. Boatner, L. C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and T. E. Haynes, Physical Review B 65, 224113 (2002).

“Switchable Surface Plasmon Resonance in VO2 Nanocrystals Embedded in Fused Silica,” R. Lopez, L. A. Boatner, T. E. Haynes, L. C. Feldman and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Optics Letters 27, 1327 (2002).

“Enhanced hysteresis in the semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of VO2 precipitates formed in fused silica by ion implantation,” R. Lopez, L. A. Boatner, L. C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and T. E. Haynes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3161-3163 (2001).

“Nanocomposite Materials formed by Ion Implantation,” A. Meldrum, R. F. Haglund, Jr., L. A. Boatner and C. W. White, invited review paper, Adv. Mater. 13 (19), 1-14, (2001).

“Laser-Induced Modification of the Nonlinear Optical Response of Laser-Deposited Cu:Al2O3 Nanocomposite Films,” R. Serna, J. M. Ballesteros, J. Solís, C. N. Afonso, D. H. Osborne, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and A. K. Petford-Long, Thin Solid Films 318, 96-99 (1998).

“Ion Implantation as a Tool in the Synthesis of Practical Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials,” R. F. Haglund, Jr., Mat. Sci. Eng. A253, 275-283 (1998).

“Laser-Induced Sign Reversal of the Nonlinear Refractive Index of Ag Nanoclusters in Glass,” D. H. Osborne, Jr., R. F. Haglund, Jr., F. Gonella and F. Garrido, Appl. Phys. B 66, 517-521 (1998) Rapid Communications.

“Pulsed Laser Deposition of Cu:Al2O3 Nanocrystal Thin Films with High Third-Order Optical Susceptibility,” J. M. Ballesteros, R. Serna, J. Solís, C. N. Afonso, A. K. Petford-Long, D. H. Osborne and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 2445-2447 (1997).

ORGANIC AND INORGANIC THIN-FILM PROCESSING

“Pulsed Laser Deposition of Polymers at High Vibrational Excitation Density: the Case of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene),” M. R. Papantonakis and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Applied Physics A: Materials and Processing 79, 1687-1694 (2004).

“Dislocation Arrangements in Pentacene Thin Films,” B. Nickel, R. Barabash, R. Ruiz, N. Koch, A. Kahn, L. C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and G. Scoles, Physical Review B 70, 125401 (2004)

“UV and RIR matrix-assisted pulsed laser deposition of MEH-PPV films,” B. Toftmann, M.R. Papantonakis, R.C.Y. Auyeung, W. Kim, S.M. O'Malley, D.M. Bubb, J.S. Horwitz, J. Schou, P.M. Johansen, R.F. Haglund, Jr., Thin Solid Films 453-454, 177-181 (2004).

“Dynamic Scaling, Island Size Distribution and Morphology in the Aggregation Regime of Sub-Monolayer Pentacene Films,” R. Ruiz, B. Nickel, N. Koch, L C. Feldman, R. F. Haglund, Jr., A. Kahn, F. Family and G. Scoles, Physical Review Letters 91, 136102 (2003).

“Deposition of thin biodegradable polymer films by resonant infrared pulsed laser deposition,” D. M. Bubb, B. Toftmann, R. F. Haglund, Jr., Jr., J. S. Horwitz, M. R. Papantonakis, R. A. McGill, P. W. Wu, and D. B. Chrisey, Applied Physics A 121, 123-125 (2002).

“Vapor Deposition of Polystyrene Thin Films by Intense Laser Excitation of Resonant Vibrational Modes,” D. M. Bubb, M. R. Papantonakis, R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. S. Horwitz, R. A. McGill and D. B. Chrisey, Chemical Physics Letters 352, 135-139 (2002).

“Mechanisms of oxygen incorporation in indium-tin-oxide films deposited by laser ablation at room temperature,” M. A. Morales-Paliza, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and L. C. Feldman, Applied Physics Letters 80, 3757-3759 (2002).

“Pulsed laser deposition of conductive metallo-dielectric optical filters,” R. Lopez, R. Ruiz, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and L. C. Feldman, Applied Physics A 74, 307-310 (2002).

“Resonant Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition of a Sorbent Chemoselective Polymer,” D. M. Bubb, D. B. Chrisey, M. R. Papantonakis, R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. S. Horwitz, R. A. McGill and B. Toftmann, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2847-2849 (2001).

“Pulsed Laser Deposition of Polymer Films Using a Resonantly Tunable Infrared Laser,” D. M. Bubb, J. H. Callahan, J. S. Horwitz, R. A. McGill, E. J. Houser, D. B. Chrisey, M. R. Papantonakis, R. F. Haglund, Jr., M. Galicia and A. Vertes, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A 19, 2698-2702 (2001). Rapid Communication.

“Resistivity and oxygen content of indium-tin-oxide film deposited at room temperature by pulsed laser ablation,” Y. Wu, C. H. M. Marée, R. A. Weller, R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. D. Hamilton, M. A. Morales Paliza, M. B. Huang and L. C. Feldman, J. Appl. Phys. 86, 991-994 (1999).

MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF LASER ABLATION

“Laser Mass Spectrometry at High Vibrational Excitation Density,” R. F. Haglund, Jr., M. Baltz-Knorr, D. R. Ermer, M. R. Papantonakis and K. E. Schriver, Spectrochimica Acta Part B 58, 1125-1146 (2003).

“Infrared Laser Desorption and Ionization of Polypeptides from a Polyacrylamide Gel,” M. L. Baltz-Knorr, D. R. Ermer, K. E. Schriver and R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. Mass Spectrometry 37, 254-258 (2002). Accelerated Communication.

“Infrared Laser Ablation and Ionization of Water Clusters and Biomolecules from Ice,” M. L. Baltz-Knorr, K. E. Schriver and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Applied Surface Science 197-198C, 127 (2002).

“Picosecond Infrared Matrix-Assisted Desorption and Ionization of Organic Molecules in Nitrate Crystals,” M. R. Papantonakis, D. R. Ermer and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Applied Surface Science 197-198C, 11-16 (2002)

“What do MALDI mass spectra reveal about ionization mechanisms?,” J. Kim, W. P. Hess, M. R. Papantonakis and R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. Mass Spectrom 37, 639-647 (2002).

“Intensity Dependence of Cation Kinetic Energies from 2,5 Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Near IR MALDI Threshold,” D. R. Ermer, M. Baltz-Knorr and R. F. Haglund, Jr., J. Mass Spectrom., 36 (5), 538-545 (2001).

“Laser Ablation of Dielectric Materials under Conditions of Strong Vibrational Excitation,” D. R. Ermer, M. R. Papantonakis, M. Baltz-Knorr, D. Nakazawa and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Phys. A. 70, 633 (2000).

“Explosive vaporization in fused silica initiated by a tunable infrared laser,” D. R. Ermer and R. F. Haglund Jr., Appl. Surf. Sci., 168, 258-262 (2000).

“Shock-Wave Generation During Rear- and Front-Side Ablation of Calcite,” O. Yavas, E. L. Maddocks, M. R. Papantonakis and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 1287-1289 (1997).

.“Planar and Spherical Shock-Wave Generation During Infrared Laser Ablation of Calcium Carbonate,” O. Yavas, E. L. Maddocks, M. R. Papantonakis and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Surf. Sci. 127-129, 26-32 (1998).

“IR-MALDI of Low Molecular Weight Compounds using a Free-Electron Laser,” W. P. Hess, H. K. Park, O. Yavas, and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Surf. Sci. 127-129, 235-241 (1998).

“Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption and Ionization in the O-H and C=O Absorption Bands of Aliphatic and Aromatic Matrices: Dependence on Laser Wavelength and Temporal Beam Profile,” R. Cramer, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and F. Hillenkamp, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc. 169/170, 51-67 (1997).

“Laser Ablation and Desorption from Calcite from Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared Wavelengths,” Hee K. Park and R. F. Haglund, Jr., Appl. Phys. A 64, 431-438 (1997).

DIVERSE AND CURIOUS STUDIES USING THE FREE-ELECTRON LASER

“Free-electron-laser-based biophysical and biomedical instrumentation,” G. S. Edwards, R. H. Austin, F. E. Carroll, M. L. Copeland, M. E. Couprie, W. E. Gabella, R. F. Haglund, B. A. Hooper, M. S. Hutson, E. D. Jansen, K. M. Joos, D. P. Kiehart, I. Lindau, J. Miao, H. S. Pratisto, J. H. Shen, Y. Tokutake, A. F. G. van der Meer and A. Xie, Review of Scientific Instruments 74, 3207-3245 (2003).

“Four-Wave-Mixing Phenomena Associated with 700-fs-Pumped Potassium Vapor,” W. R. Garrett, R. F. Haglund, Jr., D. R. Ermer, Lu Deng and M. G. Payne, Laser Physics 12, 1155-1160 (2002).

“Time-Resolved Studies of Electron-Phonon Relaxation in Metals using a Free-Electron Laser,” M. Satta, D. R. Ermer, M. R. Papantonakis, C. Flamini, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and A. Mele, Thin Solid Films 154-155, 172 (2000).

“Infrared absorption spectroscopy using a free-electron laser,” Z. C. Ying, A. S. Lahamer, O. Yavas, R. F. Haglund, Jr. and R. N. Compton, Chem. Phys. Lett. 282, 268-272 (1998).