Equipment for Synthesis and Optical Characterization of co-designed integrated semiconductor quantum dot and dielectric nanoparticle based multifunctional optical metamaterial systems
Abstract
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. Universities to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in selected technical areas of importance to national defense. DURIP funding provides for the acquisition of research equipment and instrumentation for this purpose. This proposal is for the purchase of a tunable laser source and detector (with complementary optical and positioning components), as well as a vacuum pump and effusion cell sources for an existing MBE system. The P.I., ProfessorAnupam Madhukar at the University of Southern California, will use the equipment to augment and enhance research capabilities in the area of chip-integrated nano-photonic systems. The bulk of the equipment request will be used to characterize the optical performance of photonic systems composed of assemblies of quantum dots (light emitters) and dielectric nanoscale building b;locks (light steering elements). The effects of experimental variables (e.g. size and spacing variations) on light propagation within this well defined system are to be determined. This equipment upgrade will greatly improve the PI ability to perform these studies. The results will have long-term relevance to both nano-photonic circuit design and optical quantum information processing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610221
Entities
People
- A. Madhukar
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Southern California