Case Studies
Case Study
Colour Centres in Gallium Nitride
Gallium nitride is very widely used in blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs).
An epitaxial technique, mostly used for III-V semiconductors, for the fabrication of a variety of nanostructures, such as nanoholes.
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A promising material for photonics and electronics, and we have developed an effective porosification process.
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The narrow optical band-gaps of antimonides play a key role in the development of next generation of infrared (IR) detectors
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High beam quality QCLs provide protection for airport terminals with eye-safe laser systems that can detect airborne chemical threats.
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The facility has developed high-performance semiconductor lasers monolithically grown on silicon, by exploiting unique properties of III-V quantum dots (August…
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Zero-dimensional structures which exhibit unique physical properties due to quantum mechanical effects.
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Research from the NEF and LDSD group (the University of Sheffield) has demonstrated InAs/GaAs quantum dots into waveguides.
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