Acquisition of Instrumentation for an Optical Materials Shared Facility

小行星9512396 将建立一个共享设备设施，以支持光学材料和器件的研究计划。该设施有五个主要组成部分：紫外光刻实验室;由反应离子蚀刻机，热蒸发器和溅射系统组成的设备处理实验室;具有锯切和抛光工具的材料制备部分;显示单元制造实验室;以及用于电气和热测量的设备和材料表征实验室。光学材料的三个核心项目共享基础设施需求和研究兴趣。其中一个项目将使用该设备制造和电特性的半导体结构的减少维度与应用在线性和非线性光学。第二个程序研究有机和聚合物非线性光学材料，并需要在光学聚合物的玻璃化转变的表征以及设备和基板的制造设施。第三个项目强调液晶和复杂流体的光学研究，并需要显示制造和表征设施。仪器将被安置在中央设施，并将提供给其他研究人员都在校园和合作机构。 共享设备设施将有利于三个主要项目，这些项目构成了该部门内光学材料集中的核心。这些计划，研究减少维数，液晶和聚合物材料的半导体材料，包括在线性和非线性光学器件中具有重要应用的材料。 ***

9512396 Kash A shared equipment facility will be established in support of research programs in optical materials and devices. There are five major components to the facility: an ultraviolet photolithography laboratory; a device processing laboratory consisting of a reactive ion etcher, thermal evaporator, and sputtering system; a materials preparation section with tools for sawing and polishing; a display cell fabrication laboratory; and a device and materials characterization laboratory for electrical and thermal measurements. Three core programs in optical materials share the infrastructure needs and research interests. One program will use the facility for fabrication and electrical characterization of semiconductor structures of reduced dimensionality with applications in linear and nonlinear optics. A second program studies organic and polymeric nonlinear optical materials, and requires the facility for characterization of the glass transition in optical polymers as well as for fabrication of devices and substrates. A third program emphasizes optical studies of liquid crystals and complex fluids, and requires the display fabrication and characterization facilities. The instrumentation will be housed in central facilities and will be available to other researchers both on-campus and at collaborating institutions. %%% The shared equipment facility will benefit three major programs which form the core of an optical materials concentration within the department. These programs, studying semiconductor materials of reduced dimensionality, liquid crystals, and polymeric materials, encompass materials with important applications in linear and nonlinear optical devices. ***