Roberto Myers
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science Engineering
Assistant Professor,
Physics
Assistant Professor,
Electrical & Computer Engr.
476 Watts Hall Watts Hall
2041 College Rd
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-8439
Research Area:
Electronic, optical, and magnetic materials , Energy applications
Research Group
Honors
2012
- Lumley Research Award, College of Engineering
2011
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,, National Science Foundation
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
2004
- Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Chapters in Books
2008
- "Single Spin Coherence in Semiconductors" In Semiconductors and Semimetals. Amsterdam: Elsevier, Inc.. 2008.
2006
- "Spin Engineering in Quantum Well Structures" In Handbook of Magnetism and Advanced Magnetic Materials. Edited by Kronmüller, H.; Parkin, S.. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. 2006.
Journal Articles
2012
- "Giant spin Seebeck effect in a non-magnetic material." NATURE 487 7406 210-213
- "Polarization-induced pn-diodes in wide band gap nanowires with ultraviolet electroluminescence." NANO LETTERS 12 2 915-920
- "Exploiting piezoelectric charge for high performance graded InGaN nanowire solar cells." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 101 14
- "Coaxial nanowire resonant tunneling diodes from non-polar AlN/GaN on silicon." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 100 14
- "Deep traps in nonpolar m-plane GaN grown by ammonia-based molecular beam epitaxy." Applied Physics Letters 100
- "Spin-Heat Vision." PHYSICS 5
- "Epitaxial ferromagnetic nanoislands of cubic GdN in hexagonal GaN." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 100 15
2011
- "Spin-Seebeck Effect: A Phonon Driven Spin Distribution." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 106 18
- "Infrared probe of the insulator-to-metal transition in Ga1-xMnxAs and Ga1-xBexAs." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 84 8
- "Three-Dimensional GaN/AIN Nanowire Heterostructures by Separating Nucleation and Growth Processes." NANO LETTERS 11 2 866-871
2010
- "Interlayer and interfacial exchange coupling in ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 81 4
- "Observation of the spin-Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor." NATURE MATERIALS 9 11 898-903
2009
- "Polarized Emission From Twin Microdisk Photonic Molecules." IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 45 8 922-926
2008
- "Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors." NATURE MATERIALS 7 3 203-208
- "Stoichiometric growth of high Curie temperature heavily alloyed GaMnAs." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 19
2007
- "Dimensionally constrained D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation in n-InGaAs channels: transition from 2D to 1D." NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 9
- "Onset of ferromagnetism in low-doped Ga1-xMnxAs." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 99 22
- "Confinement engineering of s-d exchange interactions in Ga1-xMnxAs/AlyGa1-yAs quantum wells." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 75 4
2006
- "Enhancement of spin coherence using Q-factor engineering in semiconductor microdisc lasers." NATURE MATERIALS 5 4 261-264
- "Antisite effect on hole-mediated ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 74 15
- "Nuclear and ion spins in semiconductor nanostructures." Physica E 35 2 264-71
- "Tunneling through MnAs particles at a GaAs p+n+ junction." Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B (Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures) 24 3 1639-43
- "Room temperature electron spin coherence in telecom-wavelength quaternary quantum wells." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 89 14
- "Spatial imaging and mechanical control of spin coherence in strained GaAs epilayers." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 88 24
- "Suppression of spin relaxation in submicron InGaAs wires." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 97 3
- "Generating spin currents in semiconductors with the spin hall effect." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 97 9
2005
- "Electrical initialization and manipulation of electron spins in an L-shaped strained n-InGaAs channel." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 87 2
- "Spatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases." NATURE PHYSICS 1 1 31-35
- "Structural, electrical, and magneto-optical characterization of paramagnetic GaMnAs quantum wells." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72 23
- "Antiferromagnetic s-d exchange coupling in GaMnAs." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 95 1
- "Manipulating a domain wall in (Ga,Mn)As." Journal of Applied Physics 97 10 10D314-1
- "Electron spin interferometry using a semiconductor ring structure." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 86 16
- "Optoelectronic control of spin dynamics at near-terahertz frequencies in magnetically doped quantum wells." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72 4
2004
- "Coherent spin manipulation without magnetic fields in strained semiconductors." NATURE 427 6969 50-53
- "Current-induced spin polarization in strained semiconductors." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 93 17
- "Spin transfer and coherence in coupled quantum wells." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 70 12
- "Pinning a domain wall in (Ga,Mn)As with focused ion beam lithography." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 85 23 5622-5624
- "Observation of the spin hall effect in semiconductors." SCIENCE 306 5703 1910-1913
- "Tunable spin polarization in III-V quantum wells with a ferromagnetic barrier." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 69 16
- "Control of electron-spin coherence using Landau level quantization in a two-dimensional electron gas." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 70 16
2003
- "Highly enhanced Curie temperature in low-temperature annealed [Ga,Mn]As epilayers." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 82 14 2302-2304
- "Local manipulation of nuclear spin in a semiconductor quantum well." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 91 20
- "Gigahertz electron spin manipulation using voltage-controlled g-tensor modulation." SCIENCE 299 5610 1201-1204
- "Independent electronic and magnetic doping in (Ga,Mn)As based digital ferromagnetic heterostructures." PHYSICAL REVIEW B 68 16
Papers in Proceedings
2012
- "Record low tunnel junction specific resistivity (." IEEE Device Research Conference 2012.
- "Graded nanowire ultraviolet LEDs by polarization engineering." SPIE Optics+Photonics 2012.
2011
- "Gadolinium Doped Superlattice GaN Schottky Diode for Neutron Detection." TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY 2011.
2006
- "Nuclear and ion spins in semiconductor nanostructures." PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 2006.
- "Tunneling through MnAs particles at a GaAs p(+)n(+) junction." JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 2006.
2005
- "Manipulating a domain wall in (Ga,Mn)As." JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 2005.
Presentations
2013
- "Polarization-induced pn-junctions in wide band gap nanowires." Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-40). Waikoloa. 2013.
- "Experimental aspects of Spin Caloritronics." 12th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference. Chicago. 2013.
2012
- "Spin-Seebeck Effect in III-V Based Semiconductors." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Boston. 2012.
- "Electronic transport in individual, vertical, catalyst free GaN/AlN nanowires." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. 2012.
- "Polarization-induced pn-diodes in wide band gap nanowires with ultraviolet electroluminescence." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "Giant spin-Seebeck effect in a non-magnetic semiconductor, InSb." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "Giant spin-Seebeck effect in InSb in the ultra-quantum limit." Physics and Applications of Spin-related Phenomena in Semiconductors (PASPS-7 confererence). Eindhoven. 2012.
- "Polarization-induced pn-junctions in wide band gap nanowires with ultraviolet electroluminescence." Energy Materials Nanotechnology Meeting. Orlando. 2012.
- "Spin-Seebeck Power Generation." Materials Research Society Spring Meeting. San Francisco. 2012.
- "Using asymmetric crystals for new functionality: moving spins with heat using spin-orbit coupling and dopant-less diodes using polarization charge." Department of Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 2012.
- "Using asymmetric crystals for new functionality: moving spins with heat using spin-orbit coupling and dopant-less diodes using polarization charge." Institute for Energy Efficiency Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara. 2012.
- "Embedded Ferromagnetic GdN Nano-Islands in GaN by Molecular Beam Epitaxy." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Boston. 2012.
- "Investigation of Deep Levels in M-plane GaN Grown by Ammoniabased Molecular Beam Epitaxy with Different V/III Ratios." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "Epitaxial Growth and Ferromagnetism of GdN Nano-islands Embedded in GaN." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "GdN Nano-islands Enabled Inter-band Tunneling in III-Nitrides." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "GaN/AlN Coaxial Nanowire Resonant Tunneling Diode on Silicon." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
- "Polarization-Induced pn-Diodes in Wide Band Gap Nanowires with Tunable Deep Ultraviolet Electroluminescence." 39th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors. Santa Barbara. 2012.
- "Graded nanowire LEDs without impurity doping by polarization engineering." SPIE Optics and Photonics. San Diego. 2012.
- "Using asymmetric crystals for new functionality: moving spins with heat using spin-orbit coupling and dopant-less diodes using polarization charge." Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin. Austin. 2012.
- "Moving spin with heat without magnetic atoms." CAMP Seminar, Physics Department, Penn State University. State College. 2012.
- "MBE growth and characterization of graded InGaN nanowires for broadband photodetectors." Electronic Materials Conference. State College. 2012.
2011
- "A Gadolinium Doped Superlattice GaN Schottky Diode for Neutron Detection." American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting. Hollywood. 2011.
- "Phonon-driven spin currents due to the spin-Seebeck effect in GaMnAs." International Workshop on Spin Currents. Sendai. 2011.
- "Control of growth kinetics for three-dimensional III-nitride nano-heterostructures towards nanowire devices." Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. Boston. 2011.
- "Growth study of GdN in GaN by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy." Embedded Nanoparticle Workshop. Santa Barbara. 2011.
- "Control of growth kinetics for three-dimensional III-nitride nano-heterostructures towards nanowire devices." Electronic Materials Conference. Santa Barbara. 2011.
- "3D nanowire heterostructure from III-Nitrides and Ferromagnetic Gd:GaN." Physics Department, University of Basel. Basel. 2011.
- "Phonon-driven spin distribution in GaMnAs: spin-Seebeck effect." 6th International School and Conference on Spintronics and Quantum Information Technology (SPINTECH6). Matsue. 2011.
- "Controlling Nanostructure Self-assembly for Design of Three-dimensional Semiconductor Heterostructures." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "Spin Seebeck effect: Local nature of phonon-driven spin currents in GaMnAs." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "Spin Seebeck effect: Local nature of phonon-driven spin currents in GaMnAs." March Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG). Dresden. 2011.
- "Control of growth kinetics for three-dimensional III-nitride nano-heterostructures towards nanowire devices." AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition. Nashville. 2011.
- "Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in GaN-AlN Quantum Confined Heterostructures." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "Effect of growth kinetics on intersubband transitions in GaN/AlN multiple quantum wells." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "The spin-Seebeck effect in a GaMnAs/MnAs bilayer." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "On magnetism and the insulator-to-metal transition in p-doped GaAs." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Dallas. 2011.
- "Observation of the spin-Seebeck effect in a semiconductor." IEEE International Magnetics Conference. Taipei. 2011.
- "Phonon driven spin-Seebeck in GaMnAs, MnAs, and MnAs/GaMnAs." Spin Caloritronics III Workshop, Lorentz Center, University of Leiden. Leiden. 2011.
- "Exploring semiconductor functionality at extreme length scales: macroscopic thermal spintronics and 3D nanowire heterostructures." Walter Schottky Institute, Technical University of Munich. Munich. 2011.
- "Moving spins with heat: spin-Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor." IMR Materials Week, The Ohio State University. Columbus. 2011.
- "Moving spins with heat: spin-Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor and Polarization-induced pn-junctions in wide band gap semiconductor nanowires." Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland. 2011.
2010
- "Wide band gap nanostructures toward room temperature semiconductor spintronics." Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame. South Bend. 2010.
- "The Spin-Seebeck effect in a semiconductor." Thermoelectric Transport Fundamentals Workshop. Hangzhou. 2010.
- "Infrared probe of charge density modification in GaMnAs films." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Portland. 2010.
- "Epitaxial growth of GaN/AlN supperlattices for intersubband transitions." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2010.
- "Self-assembled GaN/AlN nanowire superlattices on Si toward non-polar intersubband photonics." Electronic Materials Conference. South Bend. 2010.
- "Precise design of GaN nanowire heterostructures by separating nucleation and growth processes." International Workshop on Nitride semiconductors. Tampa. 2010.
- "Precise design of GaN nanowire heterostructures by separating nucleation and growth processes." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2010.
- "Wide band gap nanostructures for magneto-electronics." Department of Physics, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. 2010.
- "Wide bandgap AlN/GaN heterostructures for room temperature semiconductor spintronics and ferromagnetism." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2010.
- "Observation of the spin Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2010.
- "Spin dynamics of magnetic ions in semiconductor optical cavities." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Portland. 2010.
- "Engineering ferromagnetism in Gd-doped GaN two-dimensional electron gases." Electronic Materials Conference. South Bend. 2010.
2009
- "Dynamic polarization of Mn spins coupled to vertical optical cavities." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh. 2009.
- "III-Nitride self-assembled nanowire heterostructures: growth kinetics and optical properties." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2009.
- "Infrared probe of Ga1-xMnxAs films with controlled disorder and compensation." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh. 2009.
- "Observation of the spin Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor." IMR Materials Week. Columbus. 2009.
- "Engineering the interlayer exchange coupling in hybrid ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh. 2009.
- "Epitaxial growth of Nitride heterostructures for photonics, electronics, and spintronics." IMR Materials Week, The Ohio State University. Columbus. 2009.
2008
- "Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Heterostructures: Highly Confined Quantum Structure for Devices." IMR Materials Week, The Ohio State University. Columbus. 2008.
- "Recent developments in single spin manipulation in semiconductors." IEEE International Magnetics Conference. Madrid. 2008.
- "Engineering Spin Landscapes in Semiconductors: From Bulk Ferromagnetism to Single Moments." Materials Science and Engineering Department, The Ohio State University. Columbus. 2008.
- "Photonic manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors." SPIE Optics+Photonics. San Diego. 2008.
- "Engineering Spin Landscapes in Semiconductors: From Bulk Ferromagnetism to Single Moments." Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis. 2008.
- "Engineering Spin Landscapes in Semiconductors: From Bulk Ferromagnetism to Single Moments." Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Texas. Austin. 2008.
- "Semiconductor heterostructures for spintronics and wide band gap optoelectronics." ENCOMM, The Ohio State University. Columbus. 2008.
- "Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. New Orleans. 2008.
2007
- "Mn ion spin dynamics in GaMnAs quantum wells." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Denver. 2007.
- "Zero field manipulation of few magnetic spins in semiconductor quantum wells." 52nd Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference. Tampa. 2007.
- "Zero-field Optical Manipulation of Magnetic Ions in Semiconductors." DARPA Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense Review. Los Angeles. 2007.
- "Photonic control of magnetic ions in semiconductors without magnetic fields." Western Institute of Nanoelectronics. Los Angeles. 2007.
2006
- "Controlling ferromagnetism in GaMnAs by arsenic defect engineering." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Baltimore. 2006.
- "Optoelectonic control of spin exchange interactions in magnetic semiconductor heterostructures." Gordon Research Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems. Buellton. 2006.
2005
- "Engineering spin-polarization and coherence in magnetic semiconductor quantum wells." Spintech III School and Conference. Awaji Island. 2005.
- "Current-Induced Polarization and the Spin-Hall effect in Semiconductors." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Los Angeles. 2005.
- "Antiferromagnetic s-d exchange coupling in GaMnAs." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Los Angeles. 2005.
- "Growth of paramagnetic GaMnAs and InGaMnAs quantum wells for optical spin spectroscopies." 23rd North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Santa Barbara. 2005.
- "Current-induced polarization and the spin Hall effect." California NanoSystems Institute conference. Santa Barbara. 2005.
2004
- "Electrically tunable spin polarization in III-V quantum wells with a ferromagnetic barrier." March Meeting of the American Physical Society. Montreal. 2004.
- "Voltage Controlled Spin-Polarization in III-V Quantum-Wells with Ferromagnetic Barriers." The 3rd International Conference on Physics and Applications of Spin-Related Phenomena in Semiconductors (PASPS III). Santa Barbara. 2004.
- "Spin engineering with Mn ions in II-VI parabolic quantum wells." The 3rd International Conference on Physics and Applications of Spin-Related Phenomena in Semiconductors (PASPS III). Santa Barbara. 2004.
- "Terahertz spin dynamics in magnetic parabolic quantum wells." DARPA Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense Review. Los Angeles. 2004.
- "Voltage Controlled Spin-Polarization in III-V Quantum-Wells with Ferromagnetic Barriers." MARCO program review. Cambridge. 2004.
- "Electric and Magnetic Control of Nuclear Spins in Nanostructure." MARCO program review. Cambridge. 2004.
2003
- "Voltage controlled spin-polarization in a III-V quantum-well with a ferromagnetic barrier." 21st North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Keystone. 2003.
- "Voltage controlled spin-polarization in a III-V quantum-well with a ferromagnetic barrier." DARPA Spins/Spintronics Review. Santa Monica. 2003.
2001
- "Substrate and Thickness Effects in Pr1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films." Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society. Indianapolis. 2001.
Patents
2011
- Nanoscale Emitters With Polarization Grading. Filed Jul 2011
