Presidential Young Investigator Award

总统青年研究员奖

• 批准号: 8858228
• 负责人: Kerry Vahala
• 金额: $ 31.2万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 1994-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8858228&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Presidential; Young; Investigator; Award

Dr. Vahala has been selected as a Presidential Young Investigator. He is active in fundamental research on the application of nanostructure physics to solid state devices - either to create novel devices or to improve existing devices. In the research program for the National Science Foundation he will pursue studies to include the following: (1) to create entirely new optical material properties by nanometric patterning of substrates in two dimensions (or three dimensions if a multiquantum well substrate is patterned), (2) to use individual nanometer scale structures such as quantum boxes to study scaling limitations in solid state devices. These new properties result from the onset of carrier quantum confinement effects in two or three dimensions (at room temperature onset requires structures on the order of 100-200 angstrom units in size. The research in this grant will have impact on optical communications and signal processing technology. The interactions with industry which are inherent with Presidential Young Investigator grants will have implications for national competitiveness in the opto-electronics field.

Vahala博士被选为总统青年研究员。他积极从事纳米结构物理在固态器件应用方面的基础研究——要么创造新的器件，要么改进现有的器件。在国家科学基金的研究项目中，他将进行以下研究：(1)通过在二维（或三维，如果多量子阱衬底被图像化）中对衬底进行纳米图像化来创造全新的光学材料特性；(2)使用单个纳米尺度结构，如量子盒，来研究固态器件的缩放限制。这些新性质是由载流子量子限制效应在二维或三维空间的开始产生的（在室温下开始需要100-200埃单位大小的结构）。这项拨款的研究将对光通信和信号处理技术产生影响。总统青年研究员补助金所固有的与工业界的互动将对光电领域的国家竞争力产生影响。