Dr Benedict N. Murdin

Publications

Invited talks

[6] "Key issues for mid infrared emission"
The Royal Society of London, London, UK (19-20/7/2000)
[5] "Free electron laser study of Intersublevel resonance in magnetic quasidots and real self-assembled quantum dots"
The 9th Int. Conf. on Narrow Gap Semiconductors, Berlin, Germany (26/9- 1/10/1999)
[4] "Suppression of LO phonon scattering in `quasi' quantum wires and dots"
THz Spectroscopy and Applications, Laser 99, Munich, Germany (16-18/6/99).
[3] "Intersubband lifetimes below the optical phonon energy for single and coupled quantum well systems"
Int. Free Electron Laser Users Workshop, Rome, Italy (29-31/8/96)
[2] "Coherent transient grating effects and Auger inhibition in InAsSb and HgCdTe systems",
2nt Int. Free Electron Laser User's Workshop, New York, N.Y., USA (21-25/8/1995).
[1] 'Time resolved studies of intersubband lifetimes using a free electron laser',
Int. Conf. on Hot Carriers in Semiconductors, Chicago, IL, USA (31/7-4/8/1995).

Recent papers

(publications and refereed conference proceedings since 1996)

[53] G J Nott, P D Findlay, J G Crowder, C R Pidgeon, C T Elliot, T Ashley, A D Johnson, J-P R Wells, I V Bradley, B N Murdin and A M White,
Direct determination of Shockley-Read-Hall trap density in InSb/InAlSb detectors.
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, L731-L734 (18 December 2000)

[52] P C Findlay, J-P R Wells, I V Bradley, C R  Pidgeon, B N Murdin, M J Yang, I Virgaftman and J R Meyer,
Suppression of Auger recombination in long wavelength quantum well "W" lasers.
Phys. Rev. B 62, 10297-300 (15 Oct 2000).

[51] B.N. Murdin, A.R. Hollingworth, J.A. Barker, DG Clarke, P.C. Findlay, C.R. Pidgeon, J.-P.R. Wells, I.V. Bradley, S. Malik and R. Murray.
Double resonance spectroscopy of InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
Phys Rev B 62, R7755-8 (Rapid Communications) (15 Sep 2000)

[50] P. C. Findlay, C. R. Pidgeon, H. Pellemans, R. Kotitschke, B.N. Murdin, T. Ashley, A. D. Johnson, A. M. White, C. T. Elliott
Auger and radiative recombination dynamics of InxGa1-xSb
Semicond. Sci. Technol. 14(12), 1026-30 (Dec 1999)

[49] B.N.Murdin, C.M.Cielsa, PC Findlay, C.J.G.M.Langerak, C.R.Pidgeon, J.Oswald, G. Springholtz and G.Bauer.
Electron cooling times in PbTe “quasi” quantum wires and dots.
Semicond. Sci. Technol. 14(9), 809-16 (Sep 1999)

[48] CD Bezant, JM Chamberlain, HPM Pellemans, BN Murdin, W Batty, M Henini
Intersubband relaxation lifetimes in p-GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells below the LO-phonon energy measured in a free electron laser
Semicond. Sci. Technol, 14(8), L25-8 (Aug 1999)

[47] B. N. Murdin, A. R. Hollingworth, J. Barker, P.C. Findlay, C. R. Pidgeon, J-P. Wells, I.V. Bradley, G. Knippels and R. Murray
optically detected intersublevel resonance in InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Non-Equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semicond., Kyoto, Japan
Physica B 272, 5-7 (19-23 July 1999)

[46] B. N. Murdin,
Suppression of LO phonon scattering in `quasi' quantum wires and dots
THz Spectroscopy and Applications, Laser 99, Munich, Germany.
Proceedings of SPIE 3828, Ed: Martyn Chamberlain, 177-179 (16-18 June 1999)

[45] C. R. Pidgeon, J. -P. Wells, I. V. Bradley, and B. N. Murdin,
Free electron laser studies of carrier lifetime and lifetime design in semiconductors and ionic crystals
THz Spectroscopy and Applications, Laser 99, Munich, Germany.
Proceedings of SPIE 3828, Ed: Martyn Chamberlain, 162-170 (16-18 June 1999)

[44] B Murdin, AR Hollingworth, M Kamal-Saadi, RT Kotitschke, C M Ciesla, C R Pidgeon, PC Findlay, HPM Pellemans, C J G M Langerak, AC Rowe, R A Stradling and E Gornik,
Suppression of LO phonon emission in Landau quantized quantum dots.
Phys. Rev. B59(12), R7817-20 (Rapid Communications) (15 Mar 1999)

[43] CR Pidgeon, CM Ciesla, BN Murdin
Supression of the non-radiative processes in semiconductors
Invited long review article, Progress in Quantum Electronics, 21(5), 361-419 (1999)

[42] P Findlay, C R Pidgeon, B N Murdin, C J G M Langerak, C M Ciesla, J Oswald, A Homer, G Springholz and G Bauer,
Auger recombination dynamics of lead salts under ps free electron laser excitation.
Phys. Rev. B58(19) 12908-15 (15 Nov 1998)

[41] R.Kotitschke A.Hollingworth, E.O’Reilly, A.R.Adams, B.N.Murdin, C.T.Elliot, C.J.G.M. Langerak, P.Findlay, C.R. Pidgeon, T.Ashley, G. Pryce,
Influence of Auger and LO phonon scattering on bulk and ‘quasi’-quantum wire mid-IR laser diodes,
Semiconductor Integrated Optoelectronics (SIOE) Conference, Cardiff, U.K., 6-8/4/98,
IEE Proc. Optoelectronics, 145(5) 281-6 (Oct 1998).

[40] BE Cole, CJGM Langerak, BN Murdin, CD Bezant, JM Chamberlain, CR Pidgeon, M Henini, V Nakov
Saturation absorption studies of intersubband relaxation rates in a p-GaAs/AlGaAs QW using a free electron laser
Proc. Int. Conf. on Modulated Semicond. Structures, 14/7/97, Santa Barbara, USA
Physica E, 2(1-4), 181-5 (15 Jul 1998)

[39] CJGM Langerak, BN Murdin, CM Ciesla, J Oswald, A Homer, G Springholz, G Bauer, RA Stradling, M Kamal-Saadi, E Gornik, CR Pidgeon
Landau-level lifetimes in PbTe nipi superlattices, PbTe/PbEuTe and InAs/AlSb quantum wells
Proc. Int. Conf. on Modulated Semicond. Structures, 14/7/97, Santa Barbara, USA,
Physica E, 2(1-4), 121-5 (15 Jul 1998)

[38] CM Ciesla, BN Murdin, TJ Phillips AM White, AR Beattie, CJGM Langerak, CT Elliott, CR Pidgeon
Auger Recombination in Highly excited HgCdTe
Proc. Int. Conf. on Non-Equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semicond., 28/7/97 Berlin, Germany
Phys. Stat. Sol. b 204(1), 121-4 (November 1997)

[37] BN Murdin, CM Ciesla, CJGM Langerak, RA Stradling, M Kamal-Saadi, E Gornik, CR Pidgeon
Landau level lifetimes in an InAs/AlSb quantum well determined by a far infrared pump-probe technique
Proc. Int. Conf. on Non-Equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semicond., 28/7/97 Berlin, Germany
Phys. Stat. Sol. b 204(1), 155-8 (November 1997)

[36] BN Murdin, CJGM Langerak, W Heiss, SC Lee, I Galbraith, M Helm, G Strasser, E Gornik, CR Pidgeon.
Intersubband dynamics below the optical phonon energy for single and coupled quantum well systems.
Proc. Int. Conf. on Non-Equilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semicond., 28/7/97 Berlin, Germany
Phys. Stat. Sol. b 204(1), 208-11 (November 1997)

[35] C M Ciesla, B N Murdin, C R Pidgeon, R A Stradling, C C Phillips, Donna Bain, I Galbraith and C J G M Langerak,
Picosecond free electron laser studies of Auger suppression in arsenic-rich InAs1-xSbx strained layer superlattices at 300K
Int. Conf. on Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics: Materials and Devices, Lancaster , UK, 17-18 Sep 96.
IEE Proc. Optoelectronics, 144(5), 331-5 (Oct 1997).

[34] CM Ciesla, BN Murdin, TJ Phillips, AM White, AR Beattie, CJGM Langerak, CT Elliott, CR Pidgeon and S.Sivananthan.
Auger recombination dynamics of Hg0.795Cd0.205Te in the highly excited regime
Applied Physics Letters 71(4), 491-3 (28 Jul 1997)

[33] B.N. Murdin,  W. Heiss, C.J.G.M. Langerak, S-C Lee, I. Galbraith, M. Helm, E. Gornik, C.R. Pidgeon
“Direct observation of the LO-phonon bottleneck in wide GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells.”
Phys. Rev. B55(8), R5171-6 (15 Feb 1997).

[32] Stradling RA, Chung SJ, Ciesla CM, Langerak CJM, Li YB, Malik TA, Murdin BN, Norman AG, Phillips CC, Pidgeon CR, Pullin MJ, Tang PJP, Yuen WT
The evaluation and control of quantum wells and superlattices of III-V narrow gap semiconductors
Materials Science And Engineering B-Solid State Materials For Advanced Technology, 44(1-3), pp.260-5  (1997)

[31] C.M.Ciesla, B.N.Murdin, C.R.Pidgeon, R.A.Stradling, C.C.Phillips, M.Livingstone, I.Galbraith, D.A.Jaroszynski, C.J.G.M.Langerak, P.J.P.Tang and M.J.Pullin,
'Suppression of Auger recombination in arsenic-rich InAs1-xSbx strained layer superlattices' ,
J. Appl. Phys., 80, 2994-7 (1 Sep 1996)

[30] T.A.Vaughan, R.J.Nicholas, C.J.G.M.Langerak, B.N.Murdin, C.R.Pidgeon,
‘Direct observation of magnetophonon resonance in Landau level lifetimes of a semiconductor heterostructure’,
Phys. Rev. B53 16,481-4 (15 Jun 1996)

[29] J.N.Heyman, K.Unterrainer, K.Craig, J.Williams, M.S.Sherwin, K.Campman, P.F.Hopkins, A.C.Gossard, B.N.Murdin and C.J.G.M.Langerak,
'Far-infrared pump-probe measurements of the intersubband lifetime in an AlGaAs/GaAs coupled quantum well',
Appl. Phys. Lett., 68 3019-21 (20 May 1996).

[28] B.N. Murdin,  M. Helm, W. Heiss, V. Rosskopf, G. Strasser,  E. Gornik, M. Dur, S.M. Goodnick,  C.J.G.M. Langerak,  S-C Lee,I. Galbraith and  C.R. Pidgeon,
‘Time resolved studies of intersubband relaxation in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells below the optical phonon energy using the Free Electron Laser’
Superlattices and Microstructures 19, 17-24 (1996).

[27] W.Heiss, E. Gornik, C.R.Pidgeon, S-C Lee, I Galbraith, B.N.Murdin, C.J.G.M.Langerak, M. Helm, H.Hertle, and  F.Schaffler
Intersubband lifetimes in Si/SiGe quantum wells,
Solid State Electronics 40, 59-62  (1996).
 


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