You are here

RHEED ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF MBE GROWTH OF OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 17224
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
5523 Indigo
Houston, TX 77096
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 () -
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

CONVENTIONAL MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) GROWTH CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE EITHER OPERATED MANUALLY OR WITH SIMPLE LINEAR CONTROLLERS USING PREDEFINED RECIPES. WE WILL SUPPLEMENT A STANDARD CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A NEURAL NETWORK BASED CONTROLLER. THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE TAUGHT BY GROWING GAAS/ALGAAS SUPERLATTICES USING THE CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE GROWTH PROCESS. EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE BASED ON A COMPARISON OF SUPERLATTICES GROWN BY CONVENTIONAL AND NEURAL TECHNIQUES. A NEURAL NETWORK BASED MBE GROWTH CONTROL SYSTEM WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND REPEATABILITY OF III-V FILM CHARACTERISTICS. THIS WILL LOWER DEVICE COSTS AND IMPROVE DEVICE PERFORMANCE.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

US Flag An Official Website of the United States Government