MRI: Development of an Opto-electronic Characterization Instrument

MRI：光电表征仪器的开发

• 批准号: 1040478
• 负责人: Naomi Halas
• 金额: $ 99.84万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1040478&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Opto; electronic; Characterization

Research Objectives and Approaches: The objective of this research is to develop an integrated instrument for the fabrication and characterization of plasmonic nanostructures and nanodevices. The approach combines a scanning electron microscope with imaging, localized etching and deposition, and lithography capabilities, with optical spectroscopies, cathodoluminescence, and electrical characterization.Intellectual Merit:The proposed platform integrates structural, optical, and electrical characterization to a level substantially above any current commercial or custom-built system. This system will allow the development of active plasmon-based structures and devices, with direct fabrication and characterization. The developmental challenge in this project is the integration of the variety of techniques into one platform and the leveraging of this combined capability to achieve new strategies for developing active plasmonic systems.Broader Impact:The availability of this platform will greatly enhance current experimental capabilities in plasmonics, nanoscale photonics and optoelectronics, advancing our understanding of the physical principles upon which their behavior is based. This will enable new applications of plasmonic systems currently limited by joint challenges in the fabrication and characterization of active plasmonic nanostructures.Rice currently supports an IGERT program in Nanophotonics, a professional master?s program in Nanoscale Physics and an undergraduate REU program ?Conjunto? aimed at underrepresented minority students. The availability of the proposed instrument would provide an unmatched opportunity for all students to participate in research in nanophotonics. The cathodoluminescence capability is not available even as a standalone instrument in the Houston area. This experimental system will be welcomed by the growing nanophotonics research community in southeast Texas.

研究目标和方法：这项研究的目的是开发一种综合仪器，用于制造和表征等离子纳米结构和纳米式问题。该方法将扫描电子显微镜与成像，局部蚀刻和沉积以及光刻功能，光谱，发光发光和电特性表征结合在一起。智能平台：拟议的平台将结构，光学和电气表征集成到基本上的任何当前商业或自定义系统。该系统将允许使用直接制造和表征开发基于等离子体的主动结构和设备。该项目中的发展挑战是将各种技术整合到一个平台中，并利用这种结合的能力来实现开发活跃的等离子系统的新策略。BRODER的影响：该平台的可用性将极大地增强血浆中的当前实验能力，Nanoscale Photics和Optoelectronics，对我们的理解，基于他们的行为是基于其行为原则的。这将使当前在活跃等离子体纳米结构的制造和表征中限制的等离子体系统的新应用程序。针对代表性不足的少数民族学生。提议的工具的可用性将为所有学生提供无与伦比的机会参加纳米光学研究。即使是休斯顿地区的独立仪器，阴极发光能力也无法使用。该实验系统将受到德克萨斯州东南部不断增长的纳米光子研究社区的欢迎。