Silicon-germanium-carbon - a novel opto-mechanic material for optical micro-electromechanical systems

硅锗碳——一种用于光学微机电系统的新型光机材料

• 批准号: DP140101766
• 负责人: Prof Lorenzo Faraone
• 金额: $ 43.26万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140101766
• 关键词: Silicon; germanium; carbon; novel; opto

Evolving from past black-and-white images, through present red-green-blue multi-spectral capability, future remote imaging systems promise spectroscopic functionality across much broader wavelength ranges in a low-cost system. However, the high cost of multiple materials and technologies for each specific spectral band limits them to high-cost industry sectors. This project proposes a simple, low-cost, single material technology based on silicon-germanium-carbon thin films for mechanical and optical applications from ultraviolet to long-wave infrared, enabling widespread application of spectroscopic imaging to multiple fields extending from climate change research, through resource exploration, to cancer detection, and aerospace/defense.

从过去的黑白白色图像发展到现在的红-绿-蓝多光谱能力，未来的远程成像系统承诺在低成本系统中跨越宽得多的波长范围的光谱功能。然而，每个特定光谱波段的多种材料和技术的高成本将其限制在高成本的工业部门。该项目提出了一种基于硅锗碳薄膜的简单，低成本，单一材料技术，用于从紫外到长波红外的机械和光学应用，使光谱成像广泛应用于从气候变化研究，资源勘探，癌症检测和航空航天/国防等多个领域。