Air Force Research Laboratory
Basic Research Initiative
(BRI) & Related Programs
in
2D Materials Beyond
Graphene
23 Apr 2015
Integrity  Service  Excellence
Gernot S. Pomrenke
Ken Goretta
Program Managers
AFOSR
Air Force Research Laboratory
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Background
-AFOSR Supports basic research – sole manager of AF basic research (inc.
London, Tokyo, Santiago Offices)
-Small, light, and low-power-consumption communications, computing and
sensing components are critical to aerospace systems
-In 2012 it was observed that no US funding agency has programs on
heterostructures of 2D layers
-AFOSR-NSF joint workshop on 2D Materials and Devices Beyond Graphene
held 30-31 May 2012 with ~100 attendees
- AFOSR BRI on 2D was briefed on 6 Aug 2012 & funds were made available for
FY14 (1 Oct 2013) (main thrust 2D heterostructures)
-AFOSR BRI coordinated with NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and
Innovation (EFRI – 2DARE) (EFRI-2014/2015)
-AFOSR BRI grants in place late 2014
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BRI National Teams
2 interdisciplinary teams each at approx $1M/yr
Electronics & Materials Team: Science and Emerging
Technology of 2D Atomic Layered Materials and
Devices, with Prof Pulickel Ajayan of Rice Univ as the
lead, Co-PIs: (J. Lou, Rice) (J. Hone, Columbia) (T.
Heinz, Columbia) (J. Shan, Penn State) (J. Kono, Rice)
(K. Banerjee, UCSB) (P. Kim, Harvard) (PM Ken Goretta)
Optoelectronics Team: 2D Heterostructures for Integrated
Nano-Optoelectronics, with Prof Xiadong Xu, Univ of
Washington, as the lead, Co-PIs: David Cobden (U.
Washington), Fengnian Xia (Yale), Di Xiao (Carnegie
Mellon), Zhixun Shen (Stanford), Mo Li and Steven
Koester (Univ Minnesota) (PM Gernot Pomrenke)
Emails: [email protected] & [email protected]
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International Performers
AOARD PM - Ken Caster
- Bottom-up Syn, Reactivity, and Simulation of 2D TM Nanostructures;
Cheon, Jinwoo, Yensei University – Industry Academic Cooperation
Foundation
- Heterostructures from Monolayers - Electronic/Spintronic Properties,
B. Jonker – NRL
AOARD PM - Seng Hong
- P Synthesis of Large-Area 2D layered Materials and Their
Heterostacking - Li, Lain-Jong, Academia Sinica
AOARD PM - Misoon Mah (Director AOARD)
- Science & Emerging Technology of 2D Atomic Layered Materials and
Devices – Angel Rubio, UNIV. DEL PAIS VASCO - EUSKAL HERRIKO
UNIBERTSITTEA
- Science & Emerging Technology of 2D Atomic Layered Materials and
Devices - Tonouchi, Masayoshi, Osaka University
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Example BRI Project:
2D Materials & Devices Beyond Graphene
Project Awarded: FA9550-14-1-0277, start 9/15/14
Title: 2D Heterostructures for Integrated Nano
Optoelectronics
Prof Xiaodong Xu, Univ of Washington lead
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/muri14/optoelectronics/
Four Publication 2014:
Strong light–matter coupling in two-dimensional atomic crystals.
Ultra-low threshold monolayer semiconductor nanocavity lasers.
Single Quantum Emitters in Monolayer Semiconductors.
Two-dimensional material nanophotonics.
- Cavity quantum electrodynamics dictates that
the spontaneous emission rate of a nanoscale
light emitter can be significantly enhanced
through engineering its electromagnetic environment by a photonic nanocavity in Purcell regime.
- Observed such Purcell effect by integrating a
monolayer semiconductor WSe2 with a photonic
crystal cavity (PhCC)
Photonic nanocavity in Purcell regime 5
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Planar Photonics & Membranes
- 2D Materials Materials Beyond Graphene
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BRI – Prof Xu, Univ of Washington
Complex Nonperiodic Nanophotonics MURI – Prof Fan,
Stanford
VECSEL LRIR Program – Dr Bedford, AFRL/RY
- Metasurfaces: Controlling light in the 2D
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Metasurface MURI – Prof Capasso, Harvard
Nanoantennas For Engineering Waves on the Surface Prof Hossein Mosallaei, Northeastern
- Silicon Nanomembranes MURIs (2008-2013)
- Flexible Hybrid Electronics & Photonics
- AFOSR FY15 MURI-Membrane-Based Electronics:
Foldable & Adaptable Integrated Circuits
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Flat Photonics MURI: Active Metasurfaces for Advanced
Wavefront Engineering and Waveguiding
Objective: Explore new metasurfaces & their breakthrough applications in photonics, in particular active Metasurfaces that are reconfigurable and/or tunable in real time with external control of their optical characteristics
<http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/muri_metasurfaces/>
Federico Capasso
Marko Loncar
Mark
Brongersma
Nader
Engheta
Nanfang Yu
Alexandra Boltasseva
Vlad Shalaev
Lars Samuelson
Kristjan Leosson
Univ of Iceland
Nikolay Zheludev
23 April 2015
5 Dec 2014 Kick-Off
PI: Federico Capasso
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Conclusion
Opportunity for fundamental studies
(ex. exciton BE)
Understanding the numerous
heterostructure systems
Lateral structures
Planar Photonics
Tunneling Device possibilities
Scalability/Manufacturability
http://www.manufacturing.gov
23 April 2015
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