National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Laboratories (NIST Boulder)
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Facility
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- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NIST Boulder
Description
Fully automated dual-chamber MBE system in NIST's Applied Physics Division for growing GaAs-, InP- and GaN-based compound semiconductor heterostructures with sub-nanometer thickness control, used for quantum dots, nanowires, lasers, single-photon detectors and LEDs for optoelectronic metrology.
Official page
https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/molecular-beam-epitaxy-mbe-facility
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- Contact
- Richard Mirin <richard.mirin@nist.gov> (303) 497-7955; Kris A. Bertness <kris.bertness@nist.gov> (303) 497-5069
Details
- Keywords
- compound semiconductor heterostructures, quantum dots, single photon detectors, optoelectronic metrology, quantum cryptography, gan nanowires
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Associated entity
- NIST Headquarters ; Laboratory Programs ; Physical Measurement Laboratory ; Applied Physics Division ; Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization Group