Tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) for characterization of nanophotonic materials and devices
Abstract
Abstract We request a tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) system to 1) add direct strain characterization capabilities to our studies of nonlinear optical properties of strained nonlinear metamaterials materials; 2) add a capability of strain characterization in nanofabricated (etched) micro- and metal-dielectric nanolasers and other nanophotonic devices; 3) improve understanding of SERS substrates and molecular binding to such structures; and 4) advance our capabilities of imaging brain and nerve cell structure and functional performance of brain activity. The requested instrumentation will support the DoD funded projects: “Near-Field Nanophotonics for Energy Efficient Computing and Communication (NECom),” and “Optical and Optoelectronic Computing,” ONR/UCSD and ONR/U of Arizona MURI programs, respectively. UCSD’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies (CalIT2) administration, are committed to Nanophotonics, Nanoplasmonics, Brain Imaging and Quantum Optics research. The equipment will be installed and shared between the Chip-scale Photonics Testing Facility (CPTF) at CaIT2 and the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Laboratory in the Department of ECE, enhancing the research capabilities on UCSD campus as a whole and benefiting other current and future DoD-funded efforts at UCSD. Graduate students will benefit from experimental skills in characterization tools of nanotechnology that they will develop by using the requested instrument.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512912
Entities
People
- Yeshaiahu Fainman
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego