Expansion of a Molecular-Beam-Epitaxy Machine for Semiconductor Physics and Nonlinear Decisionmaking Research

光波技术领域以及材料领域和新的基本现象的研究都受到人工结构制造能力的显著影响。这种能力的核心是使其成为可能的设备。这种设备包括分子束外延。光学科学中心一直是研究由此类材料制成的设备及其在光波技术中的潜在应用的领先机构。目前的要求是这样一个分子束外延机，使他们能够获得这些研究所需的材料。

The area of lightwave technology as well as materials generally and the investigation of new fundamental phenomena have been significantly impacted by the ability to fabricate artificial structures. Central to this ability is the equipment which makes this possible. Such equipment includes molecular beam epitaxy. The Optical Sciences Center has been a leading institution in the investigation of devices made from such materials and their potential applications to lightwave technology. The present request is for such a molecular beam epitaxy machine to allow them to obtain the materials needed for these investigations.