REU Site: Engineering Applications of Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) Laser Light

该项目的更广泛意义：极紫外线工程研究中心（EUV ERC）是科罗拉多州立大学（CSU）、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校（CU Boulder）、加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）和20家公司附属机构之间的合作伙伴关系，将通过美国国家科学基金会（NSF）[工程教育部EEC-1461231]提供的3年本科生研究经验（REU）资助，为来自美国各地学院和大学的30名本科生提供暑期研究实习机会。被该计划录取的学生将参加为期10周的计划，其中包括在尖端工程项目中进行研究，参加科学研讨会和行业图尔斯参观，并展示他们的成果。该中心认识到学生在学术研究中能够互动和欣赏工业文化的重要性。因此，这笔赠款的目标是利用这些伙伴关系，使校友REU实习生被安置到行业实习。该中心还与少数民族服务机构建立了积极的伙伴关系，并致力于为代表性不足的少数民族学生提供机会。中心将通过与Morehouse学院的Willie罗克伍德教授的合作来扩大参与，Morehouse学院是一所历史悠久的黑人学院/大学（HBCU），他与中心合作已有10年的历史，是这项资助的共同PI。项目描述：光谱的EUV区域（波长约为5 - 50 nm）的光是对半导体工业和国民经济至关重要的关键技术。EUV ERC将提供夏季研究实习，涉及EUV科学和技术主题，如激光系统，纳米科学（量子点），电子（印刷电路板）电路设计，光子技术（椭圆偏振法、相移干涉法以及环境条件和低温真空光谱法）、光学设计（布鲁斯特的角板分束器）、光刻（对下一代计算机处理器制造至关重要）、化学和材料科学（光致抗蚀剂）以及高压系统。可能的项目名称包括：EUV激光烧蚀质谱法的纳米级分辨率质量显微镜;使用高谐波EUV光的光电子动力学;以及，设计和建造一个新的真空室测试床，用于表征纳米级磁性材料的超快时间分辨率。该中心与工业界建立了积极的合作伙伴关系，以开发来自该中心研究的EUV技术。该中心认识到学生在学术研究中能够互动和欣赏工业文化的重要性。因此，这笔赠款的目标是利用这些伙伴关系，使校友REU实习生被安置到行业实习。

BROADER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:The Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC), a partnership between Colorado State University (CSU), the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU Boulder), the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and 20 corporate affiliates, will provide summer research internships to 30 undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the United States through a 3-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) [Division of Engineering Education EEC-1461231]. Students who are accepted into the program will participate at one of the 3 campuses in a 10-week program that involves conducting research in a cutting-edge engineering project, attending scientific seminars and industry tours, and presenting their results. The Center recognizes the importance of students in academic research to be able to interact and appreciate the industrial culture. As a result, a goal of this grant is to leverage these partnerships to enable alumni REU interns to be placed into industry internships. The Center also has active partnerships with minority serving institutions and is committed to providing opportunities for students from underrepresented minority groups. The Center will broaden participation by joining efforts with, Professor Willie Rockwood of Morehouse College, a Historically Black College/Univ. (HBCU), who has a 10 year history of working with the Center and is co-PI of this grant.PROJECT DESCRIPTION:Light in the EUV region of the spectrum (wavelengths approximately 5 - 50 nm) is the key enabling technology of critical importance to the semiconductor industry and national economy. The EUV ERC will provide summer research internships that involve EUV science and technology topics such as laser systems, nanoscience (quantum dots), electronic (printed board) circuit design, photonic techniques (ellipsometry, phase shifting interferometry and both ambient condition and low-temperature vacuum spectroscopy), optics design (Brewster's Angle plate beam splitter), lithography (essential to next generation computer processor manufacturing), chemistry and material science (photo resists), and high voltage systems. Titles of possible projects include: Nanoscale resolution mass-microscope by EUV laser ablation mass spectrometry; Photoelectron dynamics using high harmonic EUV light; and, the Design and construction of a new vacuum chamber test bed for characterizing magnetic materials at the nano-scale with ultrafast time resolution. The Center has an active partnership with Industries in the development of EUV-technologies that derive from research conducted at the Center. The Center recognizes the importance of students in academic research to be able to interact and appreciate the industrial culture. As a result, a goal of this grant is to leverage these partnerships to enable alumni REU interns to be placed into industry internships.