NIRT: Nanoscale Metalic Photonic Crystals; Fabrication, Physical Properties, and Applications

NIRT：纳米级金属光子晶体；

• 批准号: 0102964
• 负责人: Alexei Efros
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0102964&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NIRT; Nanoscale; Metalic; Photonic; Crystals

This proposal was submitted in response to the solicitation "Nanoscale Science and Engineering" (NSF 00-119). The goals of the project are the fabrication, study of physical properties, theory and applications of nanoscale metallic photonic crystals (NMPC). These are structures in which metals are periodically embedded into dielectrics with nanometer size periods. NMPC may carry substantial electrical current but at the same time have transmission bands in the visible/infrared ranges. Some NMPC are also magnetic with important collective spin properties, while others may be superconductors at low temperature with non-linear transport properties. It is planned to fabricate two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) NMPC structures, and study their linear and nonlinear optical properties, as well as their transport properties. The surface of low-defect molecular single crystals from the acenes family (such as anthracene, pentacene, etc.) will be patterned into 2D structures, where carrier injection from evaporated metal electrodes will control the resulting device conductivity, metal-insulator transition, plasma frequency and superconductivity properties at low temperature. Theoretical work will guide the experimental research studies. The project is an interdisciplinary collaborative effort among researchers in Physics, Electrical Engineering and Materials Science with collaborators from Honeywell Inc.%%% The project addresses basic research issues in a topical area of materials science, physics, and electrical engineering with high technological relevance. An important feature of the program is the integration of research and education through the training of students in a fundamentally and technologically significant area. The wide range of fabrication, experimental and theoretical physics methods and applications employed throughout the project will enhance the educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. ***

该提案是为了响应“纳米级科学与工程”（NSF 00-119）提交的。该项目的目标是对纳米级金属光子晶体（NMPC）的物理特性，理论和应用的制造，研究。这些是将金属定期嵌入具有纳米尺寸周期的介电的结构。 NMPC可能携带大量的电流，但同时在可见/红外范围内具有传输带。一些NMPC也具有重要的集体自旋特性，而其他NMPC则可能是具有非线性传输特性的低温下的超导体。它计划制造二维（2D和3D）NMPC结构，研究其线性和非线性光学特性及其传输性能。来自acenes家族的低缺陷分子单晶（例如蒽，五苯等）的表面将被模式化为2D结构，在该结构中，从蒸发金属电极中注入载体将控制所得的设备电导率，金属绝缘体过渡，等离子体频率，等离子体频率和高温下的超导电性。理论工作将指导实验研究。该项目是与Honeywell Inc的合作者在物理，电气工程和材料科学领域的研究人员之间的跨学科合作，%% %%该项目在材料科学，物理学和电气工程领域的基础研究问题上，具有高技术相关性。该计划的一个重要特征是通过培训学生在根本和技术意义上的领域中培训研究和教育。整个项目中采用的广泛制造，实验和理论物理方法和应用将增强研究生和本科生的教育机会。 ***