Program

 

Friday September 20


Evening

19:00 –  Opening Remarks and Dinner


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September 21 (Saturday)


Morning

Session 1:      Dilute magnetic semiconductors and their properties

08:00 – 10:00 1 keynote (40min). +4 talks (20min each)

Coffee Break

10:00 – 10:30

Session 2:    Transition metal doping of semiconductors

10:30-12:30 (40min). +4 talks (20min each)

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Buffet Lunch 12:30 – 13:30

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Afternoon

Session 3:     Rare earth doping of semiconductors (Part 1)

13:30-15:50:  1 keynote (40min). +5 talks (20min each)

Coffee Break

13:50 – 16:20

Session 4:    Magneto and photonic device design & fabrication

16:20 -18:20 1 keynote (40min). +4 talks (20min each)

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Evening

19:00-21:00  Reception and Dinner

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September 22 (Sunday)


Morning

Session 5:      Theoretical studies (of room temperature DMS)

8:30 – 10:00:  1 Keynote (40min + 2 Talks (20min each)

Coffee break

9:50 – 10:20

Session 6:     Rare earth doping of semiconductors (Part 2)

10:20-12:40 7 talks (20 min each)

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Buffet Lunch 12:40 – 13:40pm

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Afternoon:

13:40-17:00 Walking Tour of Nara. in Nara National Park

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Evening

19:00 - 20:00     Dinner


20:00-21:30       Panel Discussion Lead by Keynote Speakers

                    What are the most pressing questions?

                    What should be the next steps ?

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September 23 (Monday)


Morning

8:30-11:00     Wrap -Up Session





Session 1 Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) and their properties

September 21, 8am-10pm


Keynote


Gd-doped III-Nitride Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors for Circular-Polarized Semiconductor Lasers

H. Asahi, S. Hasegawa, Y.K. Zhou, and S. Emura

The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University


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ESR Studies of Magnetic Semiconductors

H. Ohta1,2, F. Elmasry2, S. Okubo1, T. Shimokawa3, Y. Fujiwara4, and T. Kita5

1Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, 2Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 3Center for Collaborative Research and Technology Development, Kobe University, 4Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 5Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University


The Influence of Strain Induced Electric Fields on Magnetization in Erbium doped GaN thin films

N. T. Woodward, B. Mitchell1, I. W. Feng2, J. Li2, H. X. Jiang2, J. Y. Lin2, J. M. Zavada3, and V. Dierolf

Lehigh University, 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 3National Science Foundation


Room Temperature Magneto-optical Properties and Atomic Layer Epitaxy of III-Nitrides

N. Nepal1*, C.R. Eddy, Jr.1, N. El-Masry2, H.X. Jiang3, J.Y. Lin3, and J. M. Zavada4

1U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2North Carolina State University, 3Texas Tech University,

4National Science Foundation


Induced Magnetic Moment of Eu3+ Ions in GaN

Vyacheslav Kachkanov1, Kevin O’Donnell2, Gerrit van der Laan1, and Yasufumi Fujiwara3

1Diamond Light Source Ltd, 2Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 3Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University


Session  2: Transition metal doping of semiconductors

September 21, 10:30am-12:30pm

Keynote


Magnetoresistance in InMnAs/ InAs Heterojunctions

J. A. Peters1, C. Garcia1, and B. W. Wessels1,2

1Materials Research Center, 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University


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Control of Ferromagnetic Behavior in TM/RE-doped GaN Thin Films

J. M. Zavada1, N. Nepal2, N. El-Masry3, H. X. Jiang4 , and J.Y. Lin4

1National Science Foundation, 2Currently at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 3North Carolina State University, 4Texas Tech University


Electron-spin Dynamics in GaAs Quantum Wells Coupled with II-VI Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

A. Murayama

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University


Magnetic and Magneto-optical Properties of Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Transition Metal Ion Substituted Metal Oxides

L. Bi1, J. Hu2, P. Jiang3, H. S. Kim3, D. H. Kim3, G. F. Dionne3, C. A. Ross3, J. L. Xie1,

and L. J. Deng1

1University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware, 3Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Ultrafast Optical Manipulation of Magnetization of Ferrimagnet by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser

A. Tsukamoto,

College of Science and Technology Nihon University



Session 3 Rare Earth Doping of Semiconductors (Part 1)

September 21, 13:30-15:50


Keynote


Growth and optoelectronic properties of erbium doped GaN

Hongxing Jiang,1 I-Wen Feng,1 Jing Li,1 Jingyu Lin,1 and John Zavada2

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University


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Local-structure Dependent Energy Transfer from the Host to Eu Ions in Eu-doped GaN

Y. Fujiwara1, R. Wakamatsu1, D. Lee1, V. Dierolf2, and A. Koizum1

1Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2Department f Physics, Lehigh University



Correlation of Mg and Eu Concentrations on the Luminescence Capability in Eu and Mg Co-doped GaN

A. Wakahara, H. Sekiguchi, R. Matsumura, T. Otani, and H. Okada

Toyohashi University of Technology


Inclusive and Exclusive Analyses of Non-radiative Sites/Processes in Rare-Earth Doped Semiconductors: Unignorable Quenching Factors Behind Luminescence

Masashi Ishii

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)


Gd Doping in AlN and Bright Ultraviolet Light Emission

Takashi Kita

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kobe University


Study on Upconversion Properties of NaYF4:Er Nanocrystals by Off-Resonant Excitation

K. Akimoto, Xianjia Luo, and T. Sakurai 

Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba


Session 4: Magneto and photonic device design & fabrication

September 21,16:20-18:20


Keynote


Spin-Photonics with Semiconductors and Metallic Thin Films

H. Munekata

Imaging Sci. & Engin. Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology


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Monolithically Integratable Optical Isolators with Semiconductor / Ferromagnetic Metal Hybrid Waveguide

H. Shimizu

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology


Magneto-switching: From Spin Transfer Torque to Plasmonic-enhanced Ultrafast Opto-Magnetism

Kang L. Wang

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles


Is GaN:Gd a Viable Route for Spin Polarized Emitters?

A. G. Melton1, B. Kucukgok1, Z. Liu1,2, N. Dietz3, N. Lu1,4 and I. T. Ferguson1,3

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNC Charlotte, 2 R&D Center for Semiconductor Lighting, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, 4Department of Engineering Technology, UNC Charlotte


Room Temperature Circularly Polarized Lasing in (110) Spin-VCSELs

K. Ikeda and H. Kawaguchi

Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology


Session 5: Theoretical studies (of room temperature DMS)

September 22 8:30 -9:50


Keynote


Magnetism in Eu Doped GaN bulk and nanoparticles: Effects of Si codoping

Vijay Kumar

Dr. Vijay Kumar Foundation, India and Center for Informatics, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University


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First-principle Investigation on Electron Induced Hydrogen Migration in Eu/Mg Co-doped GaN

Donghwa Lee1, Brandon Mitchell2, and V. Dierolf 2

1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2Physics Department, Lehigh University,


Computational Nano-materials Design and Realization for Semiconductor Nano-spintronics

H. Katayama-Yoshida1, T. Fukushima1, M. Seike1, H. Fujii1 and K. Sato2

1Graduate School of Engineering Science, 2Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University



Session 6: Rare earth doping of semiconductors (Part 2)

Sunday 22 8:30am -10am

Er doping of Si and Si-based media

S. Saeed and T. Gregorkiewicz

University of Amsterdam


Growth of Eu-doped GaN using an oxygen-free liquid Eu source bis(n-propyltetramethylcyclopentadienyl)europium by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy and its luminescence properties

A. Koizumi1, R. Wakamatsu1, D. Lee1, Y. Saitoh1, Y. Kuboshima2, Y. Mogi2, S. Higashi2,

K. Kikukawa2, H. Ofuchi3, T. Honma3, and Y. Fujiwara1

1Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd., 3Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8)


Discrepancies in the Optical and Magneto-Optical Spectra of Eu:GaN: What is the Nature of the Majority Site?

B. Mitchell1, Y. Fujiwara2, and V. Dierolf1

1Lehigh University, 2Osaka University


Mutual Energy Transfer between Eu Luminescent Sites in GaN under Resonant Excitation

R. Wakamatsu, D. Lee, A. Koizumi, and Y. Fujiwara

Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University


Coherent optical control of a single erbium center in GaN

N. Q. Vinh

Department of Physics, Virginia Tech


Rare earth doping of transparent ceramics for high energy laser applications

Y. Kodera, E. H. Penilla, A.T. Wieg, C. Hardin, and J. E. Garay

Advanced Materials Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California Riverside


Luminescence of ErxY2-xSiO5 in Si Slot Waveguide Structures

Hideo Isshiki, Zul Izwan Bin Zulkefli, Takayuki Nakajima, Yuichi Terada,

and Tadamasa Kimura

Dept. of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications