GOALI: Fast Single-Photon Infrared Detectors

GOALI：快速单光子红外探测器

• 批准号: 0622035
• 负责人: Daniel Prober
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0622035&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GOALI; Fast; Single; Photon; Infrared

Daniel Prober, Yale University0622035Intellectual Merits: This research program will develop fast, infrared light detectors. The detector element to be developed is a superconducting nanowire that is briefly heated up by a single photon of light, and then develops a pulse of voltage. The applications of this detector are in the area of (1) inspection of semiconductor microcircuits, which is important for all the manufacturers in the semiconductor industry; and (2) recording of the light emission by individual biological molecules when they bind to specified DNA or protein sequences. This capability will extend into the infrared range the ability to record these fast signals in both application areas. For the biological application, this should enable the use of molecular probes that emit light and can be seen from below the surface of the skin. This would allow the use of such probes for medical diagnostic applications.Broader Impacts: The broader impact of this work is to train graduate students and undergraduates in the use of advanced nanofabrication methods and microwave technology. This includes their exposure to leading-edge industrial research methods of the industrial partner. The PI will work closely with IBM colleagues on this project to produce and test these detector structures. The benefits to the semiconductor industry and to biological testing at the molecular level will open new research in those fields, with the detector as the tool having new capabilities. The research will be presented in local public schools by the Principal investigator as a model of how light is understood and how scientists conduct spectroscopy measurements.

丹尼尔Prober，耶鲁大学0622035智力优点：这项研究计划将开发快速，红外光探测器。 待开发的探测器元件是一个超导纳米线，它被一个光子短暂加热，然后产生一个电压脉冲。 该检测器的应用领域包括：（1）半导体微电路的检测，这对于半导体工业中的所有制造商都很重要;以及（2）当单个生物分子与特定的DNA或蛋白质序列结合时，记录它们的光发射。 这种能力将扩展到红外范围的能力，记录这些快速信号在这两个应用领域。对于生物学应用，这应该使得能够使用发射光并且可以从皮肤表面下方看到的分子探针。 更广泛的影响：这项工作的更广泛的影响是培训研究生和本科生使用先进的纳米制造方法和微波技术。这包括他们接触工业合作伙伴的领先工业研究方法。 PI将与IBM的同事密切合作，生产和测试这些探测器结构。对半导体工业和分子水平生物测试的好处将在这些领域开启新的研究，检测器作为具有新功能的工具。 这项研究将由首席研究员在当地公立学校进行，作为光如何被理解以及科学家如何进行光谱测量的模型。