SBIR Phase I: Efficient Si-based Light Emitting Diodes and Lasers via Wafer-bonded Quantum Dot Arrays

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将提供一种廉价、高度可扩展的工艺技术，以制造高亮度、短波长、硅基LED（发光二极管）和激光二极管。 我们将利用科罗拉多大学开发的生物模板技术，结合Astralux专有的专业知识，制备一系列能发射可见光的硅纳米颗粒（量子点）。 在第一阶段，我们将证明创建设备结构的可行性。该器件具有与片上硅处理兼容的优点。 这些器件可用于光学存储（例如读/写光盘）、打印应用（激光打印机）、全色显示器（膝上型计算机屏幕）和指示器（交通灯）、医疗应用以及用于替代白炽灯泡的白色发光二极管。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will provide an inexpensive, highly-scaleable process technology to create high-brightness, short wavelength, silicon-based LEDs (light emitting diodes) and laser diodes. We will utilize a biological template technology, developed at the University of Colorado, combined with proprietary Astralux expertise to prepare an array of silicon nanoparticles (quantum dots) that will emit visible light. In Phase I, we will demonstrate the feasibility of creating the device structure . This device will have the advantage of being compatible with on-chip silicon processing. These devices can be used in optical storage (such as read/write compact disks), printing applications (laser printers), full-color displays (laptop computer screens) and indicators (traffic lights), medical applications, and white light emitting diodes for replacing incandescent light bulbs.