The CHIME Center

Nano Solutions On-Chip (NSOC)

NSOC focuses on deploying nanoscale semiconductors, such as quantum dots, in devices that use photons and electrons as information carriers. In contrast with conventional semiconductors used to build integrated circuits, nano-semiconductors can be processed into devices using ultra-low energy techniques that allow for easy stacking of electronic and photonic components into complex 3D structures, solving key energy-efficiency and manufacturing challenges. They may also be inherently more tolerant of radiation effects.

An additional aim of the project — combining experimentation, theory and modeling — will lay the groundwork for understanding and mitigating radiation effects to meet rigorous requirements for space, defense and nuclear-security applications.

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Hollingsworth