Publications

Submitted

Invited Review Articles:
1. R. D. Averitt, “Nonlinear Optics: Quasiparticles Undressed ", Nature Physics 4, 14 (2008).

2. R. A. Kaindl, R. D. Averitt, \Time-resolved THz studies of carrier dynamics in semiconductors, superconductors, and correlated electron materials ", book chapter, for “THz Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications ", edited by Susan Dexheimer, Taylor and Francis, (2007).

3. D. J. Hilton, R. P. Prasankumar, S. A. Trugman, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “On Photo-Induced Phenomena in Complex Materials: Probing Quasiparticle Dynamics using Infrared and Far-Infrared Pulses ", invited research article, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 75, 011006-1 (2006).

4. R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, “Ultrafast optical and far-infrared quasiparticle dynamics in correlated electron materials", invited review article, J. Phys: Cond. Matt 14, R1357-R1390 (2002).

Journal Publications 2005 -2009

A. C. Strikwerda, K. Fan, H. Tao, D. V. Pilon, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt,”Comparison of birefringent electric split-ring resonator and meanderline structures as quarter-wave plates at terahertz frequencies,” Opt. Express 17, 136 (2009).

V. K. Thorsmølle, R. D. Averitt, J. Demsar, D. L. Smith, S. Tretiak, R. L. Martin, X. Chi, B. K. Crone, A. P. Ramirez, A. J. Taylor, “Morphology Effectively Controls Singlet-Triplet Exciton Relaxation and Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 017401 (2009).

D. Talbayev, A. D. LaForge,  S. A. Trugman, N. Hur, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, D. N. Basov, “Magnetic Exchange Interaction between Rare-Earth and Mn Ions in Multiferroic Hexagonal Manganites,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 247601 (2008).

H. Tao, C. M. Bingham, A. C. Strikwerda, D. Pilon, D. Shrekenhamer, N. I. Landy, K. Fan, X. Zhang,   W. J. Padilla, R. D. Averitt, “Highly-flexible wide angle of incidence terahertz metamaterial absorber,” Phys. Rev. B 78, 241103(R) (2008).

H. Tao, A. C. Strikwerda, K. Fan, C. M. Bingham, W. J. Padilla, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt, “Terahertz metamaterials on free-standing highly-flexible substrates,” J. Physics D: Appl. Phys. 41, 232004 (2008).

C. M. Bingham, H. Tao, X. Liu, R. D. Averitt, X. Zhang, W. J. Padilla, “Planar wallpaper group metamaterial for novel terahertz applications,” Opt. Express 16, 18565 (2008).

D. Talbayev, S. A. Trugman, A. V. Balatsky, T. Kimura, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Detection of coherent magnons via ultrafast pump-probe ref. spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 097603 (2008).

H. Tao, N. I. Landy, C. M. Bingham, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt, W. J. Padilla, “A metamaterial absorber for the terahertz regime: Design, fabrication, and characterization,” Opt. Exp. 16, 7182 (2008).

H.-T. Chen, H. Lu, A. K. Azad, R. D. Averitt, A. C. Gossard,  S. A. Trugman, J. F. O’Hara, A. J. Taylor, “Electronics control of extraordinary transmission through subwavelength hole arrays,” Opt. Exp. 16, 7641 (2008).

H. T. Chen, J. F. O'Hara, A. Azad, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, D. B. Shrekenhamer, W. J. Padilla “Experimental Demonstration of Frequency Agile Terahertz Metamaterials," Nature. Photonics 2, 295 (2008).

B. Yellampalle, E.E.M. Chia, K. Kim, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Three envelope approach for ultrafast pulse characterization in a pump-probe experiment," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 061111 (2008).

R. P. Prasankumar, R. S. Attaluri, R. D. Averitt, J. Urayama, N. Weisse-Bernstein, P. Rotella, A. D. Stintz, S. Krishna, A. J. Taylor, “Ultrafast carrier dynamics in an InAs/InGaAs quantum dots-in-a-well heterostructure," Optics Express 16, 1165 (2008).

K. S. Burch, E.E.M. Chia, D. Talbayev, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Coupling between and optical phonon and the Kondo effect," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 026409 (2008).

E.E.M. Chia, J.-X. Zhu, D. Talbayev, R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, K.-H. Oh, I.-S. Jo, S.-I. Lee, “Observation of Competing Order in a High-Tc Superconductor Using Femtosecond Optical Pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 147008 (2007).

R. P. Prasnakumar, S. Zvaagin, K. V. Kamenev, G. Balakrishnan, D. Mck. Paul, A. J. Taylor, R.D. Averitt, “Phase inhomogeneities in the charge-orbital-ordered manganite NSMO revealed through polaron dynamics," Phys. Rev. B. 76, 020402(R) (2007).

D. J. Hilton, R. P. Prasankumar, , S. Fourmaux, A. Cavalleri, D. Brassard, M. A. El Khakani, J.C. Keiffer, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Enhanced photosusceptibility near TC for the light-induced insulator-to-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide", Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 262401 (2007).

H. T. Chen, W. J. Padilla, J. M. O. Zide, S. R. Bank, A. C. Gossard, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Ultrafast optical switching of terahertz metamaterials fabricated on ErA/GaAs nanoisland superlattices," Opt. Lett. 32, 1620 (2007).

H.-T. Chen, J. F. O'Hara, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, W. J. Padilla, “Complementary planar terahertz metamaterials", Opt. Exp. 15, 1084 (2007).

J. F. O'Hara, E. Smirnova, H. T. Chen, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, W. J. Padilla, “Properties of Planar Electric Metamaterials for Novel THz Applications," J. Nano & Opto.  2, 1 (2007).

W. Padilla, M. T. Aronsson, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Electrically resonant terahertz metamaterials: Theoretical and exp. investigations", Phys. Rev. B Rapid 75, 041102(R) (2007).

H. -T. Chen, W. J. Padilla, J. M. O. Zide, A. C. Gossard, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Active Terahertz Metamaterial Devices", Nature 444, 597 (2006).

V. K. Thorsmolle, R. D. Averitt, T. Shibauchi, M. F. Hundley, A. J. Taylor, “Dynamic coupling-decoupling crossover in the current-driven vortex state in Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 probed by the Josephson plasma resonance",Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 237001 (2006).

E. E. M. Chia, Jian-Xin Zhu, H. J. Lee, N. Hur, N. O. Moreno, E. D. Bauer, T. Durakiewicz, R. D. Averitt, J. L. Sarrao, A. J. Taylor, \Quasiparticle relaxation across a spin gap in the itinerant antiferromagnet UNiGa5", Phys. Rev. B Rapid 74 140409(R) (2006).

J. F. O'Hara, A. J. Taylor, J. M. Zide, A. C. Gossard, R. D. Averitt, “Enhanced terahertz detection via ErAs:GaAs nanoisland superlattices", Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 251119 (2006).

W. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical Electric and Magnetic Metamaterial Response at Terahertz Frequencies", Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).

L. G. Jacobsohn, D. F. Franceschini, I. V. Afanasyev-Charkin, D. W. Cooke, R. D. Averitt, M. Nastasi, “Structural and optical characterization of fluorinated hydrogenated silicon carbide deposited by pulsed glow discharge ", Surf. Coating Tech. 200, 6079 (2006).

B. Yellampalle, R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, “Ambiguities in chirp characterization using modified-spectrum auto-interferometric correlation", Optics Express 14, 8890 (2006).

K. Y. Kim, B. Yellampalle, G. Rodriguez, R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, J. H. Glownia, “A single-shot, interferometric, probe pulse bandwidth limited, terahertz field diagnostic technique", Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 041123 (2006).

R. P. Prasankumar, H. Okamura, H. Imai, Y. Shimakawa, Y. Kubo, S. A. Trugman, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, “Coupled Charge-Spin Dynamics in the Magnetoresistive Pyrochlore Tl2Mn2O7 Probed Using Time-Resolved Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 267404 (2005).

K. R. Maskaly, W. C. Carter, R. D. Averitt, J. L. Maxwell, “Application of the homogenization approximation to roughened one-dimensional photonic crystals ", Opt. Lett. 30, 2930 (2005).

R. P. Prasankumar, A. Scopatz, D. J. Hilton, A. J. Taylor, R. D. Averitt, J. M. Zide, A.C. Gossard, ”Carrier dynamics in self-assembled ErAs Nanoislands embedded in GaAs measured by optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 201107 (2005).

J. Barber, D. E. Hooks, D. J. Funk, R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, D. Babikov,”Temperature Dependent Far-Infrared Spectra of Single Crystals of High Explosives Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy ", J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 3501 (2005).

D. Lim, V. K. Thorsmolle, R. D. Averitt, Q. X. Jia, K. H. Ahn, M. J. Graf, S. A. Trugman, A. J. Taylor, “Coherent optical and acoustic phonon generation correlated with the charge-ordering phase transition in La1-xCaxMnO3 ", Phys. Rev. B 71, 134403 (2005).

J. F. O'Hara, R. D. Averitt, A. J. Taylor, “Prism coupling to terahertz surface plasmon polaritons," Optics Express 13, 6117 (2005).

B. Yellampalle, R. D. Averitt, A. Efimov, A. J. Taylor, “Spectral Interferometric Co-
herent Raman Imaging, " Optics Express 13, 7672 (2005).

K. R. Maskaly, W. C. Carter, R. D. Averitt, J. L. Maxwell, “The effect of interfacial roughness on the normal incidence bandgap of one-dimensional photonic crystals ," Optics Express 13, 8380 (2005).