Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100883

Funded Activity Summary

Innovating Smaller, Stronger, Faster Nanoscale Light Sources: SPASERs. The SPASER is a new type of nano-size amplifier which is analogous to a transistor in modern electronics but operates more like a laser. It will be possible to build ultrafast processors of information with SPASERs replacing transistors or can be used in nanosensing, nanoimaging and many other fields. This project will assemble a world-class team consisting of the pioneer of the concept of SPASER and others who developed design and analysis techniques in the context of semiconductor lasers and detectors to engineer SPASER design. The aim is to make robust, fast and efficient SPASERs which resembles the features of current lasers for use in circuits in the smallest possible size that consume lowest possible energy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 22-05-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $315,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nanophotonics | Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified | Nanotechnology | Numerical and Computational Mathematics not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified | Nanophotonics | Nanotechnology | Numerical and Computational Mathematics not elsewhere classified

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