Applied Physics Letters (APL) features concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics. Emphasizing rapid dissemination of key data and new physical insights, APL offers prompt publication of new experimental and theoretical papers reporting applications of physics phenomena to all branches of science, engineering, and modern technology.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors (e.g., SiC and GaN) promise high tolerance to extreme environments, such as: ionizing radiation, energetic particles, high and low temperatures. Ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors, e.g., Ga2O3, B-Al-Ga-N, and diamond, are…
Plasma sources are essential tools for advanced semiconductor and computation technologies. Laser-produced plasma powers state-of-the-art nanolithography by generating the required extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light. Remarkable reduction of feature-sizes in modern semiconductors…
Magnonics, as an emergent interdisciplinary field, covers at least four disciplines: condensed matter physics, optics, spintronics, and microelectronics, where the quasiparticles of spin waves, i.e., magnons, serve as the information…
Interest in high-entropy materials continues its upward trajectory, with broad cross-discipline interest from physics, materials science, chemistry, and engineering. From compositionally complex to high-entropy alloys and ceramics, the breadth of…
The Special Topic issue will highlight recent developments in the experimental and theoretical physics of topological and chiral materials, emphasizing their possible practical applications. Topology – a mathematical concept –…
Especially in the most recent decade, thermal management in semiconductors and thermoelectrics have attracted attention as important technologies to support the realization of carbon neutrality. A deep understanding of the…