MRI: Acquisition of a III-Nitride MOCVD for Nanophotonics and Nanoelectronics

MRI：获取用于纳米光子学和纳米电子学的 III 族氮化物 MOCVD

• 批准号: 1429468
• 负责人: Mario Dagenais
• 金额: $ 112.92万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1429468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; III; Nitride; MOCVD; MRI; Acquisition; III; Nitride; MOCVD

This project involves the acquisition of a chemical vapor deposition system for the growth of semiconductor materials to advance the frontier of advanced photonic and electronics devices. This equipment will help to establish a new Laboratory at the University of Maryland (UMD) which will serve as a resource center for the broad community of researchers working in the field of semiconductor materials and devices. The strategic location in the National Capital Region will leverage the existing expertise at UMD and nearby institutions to provide many users and collaborators. The research enabled by this acquisition will lead to higher efficiency devices that will reduce power consumption in data centers and will ensure secure communication networks. Collaboration with nearby Norfolk State University will permit several of their professors and students to participate in the planned research. The PIs will involve students from local high schools to take part in research summer programs. Workshops will be organized in the Washington area to energize collaborations between local universities, government laboratories and local industry. The proposed work to establish a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system will serve as the center for preparation of III-nitride semiconductor materials and devices. The system will be used by researchers at UMD and nearby institutions to address many areas of nitride-based photonics and electronics devices. There will be five overlapping research thrust areas: Nitride Materials Design and Synthesis; Nitride Quantum Devices; Nitride Optical Devices; Nitride Devices for Energy Applications; and, Nitride Electronic and Sensor Devices. The acquisition will promote multidisciplinary efforts between researchers in materials science, chemical engineering, device physics and electrical engineering. The UMD research team, and their collaborators from across the US, will focus on a number of fundamental issues currently limiting the performance of nitride-based device structures, including quantum dots in nitrides for quantum information at room temperature and novel nanowire devices for solid state lighting. The MOCVD system will allow exploration of the unique properties of III-nitride materials leading to photovoltaic devices for highly-efficient solar energy collection, high power devices for smart grid applications, and efficient photonic detectors based on confined epitaxy. The PI and co-PIs have the necessary expertise required for this utilization of the MOCVD system and for the planned research activities.

该项目涉及获得半导体材料生长的化学蒸气沉积系统，以推动高级光子和电子设备的前沿。该设备将有助于在马里兰州大学（UMD）建立一个新的实验室，该实验室将作为在半导体材料和设备领域工作的广泛研究人员社区的资源中心。国家首都地区的战略位置将利用UMD和附近机构的现有专业知识为许多用户和合作者提供。通过此次收购实现的研究将导致更高的效率设备，从而减少数据中心的功耗，并确保安全的通信网络。与附近的诺福克州立大学合作将允许其几位教授和学生参加计划的研究。 PI将让当地高中的学生参与研究夏季计划。讲习班将在华盛顿地区举办，以激发当地大学，政府实验室和地方工业之间的合作。建立金属有机化学蒸气沉积（MOCVD）系统的拟议工作将作为准备III氮化物半导体材料和设备的中心。 UMD和附近机构的研究人员将使用该系统来解决基于氮化物的光子学和电子设备的许多领域。将有五个重叠的研究推力区域：氮化物材料设计和合成；氮化物量子设备；氮化学光学设备；氮化物设备用于能源应用；以及硝化电子和传感器设备。 此次收购将促进材料科学，化学工程，设备物理和电气工程研究人员之间的多学科工作。 UMD研究团队及其来自美国各地的合作者将重点关注许多目前限制基于硝酸盐的设备结构的基本问题，包括氮化物中的量子点在室温和新型纳米线设备上用于固态照明的量子信息。 MOCVD系统将允许探索为高效太阳能收集的光伏设备的III二氮化物材料的独特性能，用于智能电网应用的高功率设备以及基于密闭外观上X.的高效光子检测器。 PI和Co-PI具有这种使用MOCVD系统以及计划的研究活动所需的必要专业知识。