MRI: Development of an Opto-electronic Characterization Instrument

MRI：光电表征仪器的开发

• 批准号: 1040478
• 负责人: Naomi Halas
• 金额: $ 99.84万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1040478&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Opto; electronic; Characterization

Research Objectives and Approaches: The objective of this research is to develop an integrated instrument for the fabrication and characterization of plasmonic nanostructures and nanodevices. The approach combines a scanning electron microscope with imaging, localized etching and deposition, and lithography capabilities, with optical spectroscopies, cathodoluminescence, and electrical characterization.Intellectual Merit:The proposed platform integrates structural, optical, and electrical characterization to a level substantially above any current commercial or custom-built system. This system will allow the development of active plasmon-based structures and devices, with direct fabrication and characterization. The developmental challenge in this project is the integration of the variety of techniques into one platform and the leveraging of this combined capability to achieve new strategies for developing active plasmonic systems.Broader Impact:The availability of this platform will greatly enhance current experimental capabilities in plasmonics, nanoscale photonics and optoelectronics, advancing our understanding of the physical principles upon which their behavior is based. This will enable new applications of plasmonic systems currently limited by joint challenges in the fabrication and characterization of active plasmonic nanostructures.Rice currently supports an IGERT program in Nanophotonics, a professional master?s program in Nanoscale Physics and an undergraduate REU program ?Conjunto? aimed at underrepresented minority students. The availability of the proposed instrument would provide an unmatched opportunity for all students to participate in research in nanophotonics. The cathodoluminescence capability is not available even as a standalone instrument in the Houston area. This experimental system will be welcomed by the growing nanophotonics research community in southeast Texas.

研究目标和方法：本研究的目标是开发一种用于制造和表征等离子体纳米结构和纳米器件的集成仪器。该方法将扫描电子显微镜与成像、局部蚀刻和沉积、光刻功能以及光学光谱、阴极发光和电学表征相结合。 智力优点：所提出的平台将结构、光学和电学表征集成到远远高于任何当前水平的水平商业或定制系统。该系统将允许开发基于活性等离子激元的结构和器件，并进行直接制造和表征。该项目的开发挑战是将多种技术集成到一个平台中，并利用这种组合能力来实现开发活性等离子体系统的新策略。更广泛的影响：该平台的可用性将大大增强当前等离子体学的实验能力、纳米级光子学和光电子学，增进了我们对其行为所依据的物理原理的理解。这将使等离子体系统的新应用成为可能，该系统目前受到活性等离子体纳米结构制造和表征方面的共同挑战的限制。Rice 目前支持纳米光子学 IGERT 项目、纳米物理专业硕士项目和本科 REU 项目“Conjunto”。针对代表性不足的少数族裔学生。拟议仪器的可用性将为所有学生参与纳米光子学研究提供无与伦比的机会。即使作为休斯顿地区的独立仪器，阴极发光功能也不可用。该实验系统将受到德克萨斯州东南部不断发展的纳米光子学研究界的欢迎。