CQD Director Proff. Razeghi

Since its founding in 1991, the Center for Quantum Devices at Northwestern University has evolved from only a mere vision into a concrete world-class research laboratory, with the mission to pursue academic excellence and high-level research in compound semiconductor science and nanotechnology.

The Center for Quantum Devices has put together a comprehensive facility for solid state research. This Includes semiconductor thin film epitaxial growth, material characterization, material processing and device fabrication, thin film deposition, and device packaging and measurement. The facility occupies a total of 8,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. 3,000 square feet of this total are clean room space in Cook Hall, specifically designed by Proffessor Razeghi.

The Center for Quantum Devices has established a proven research track record covering areas such as: high-power quantum cascade lasers, type-II superlattice infrared photodetectors, quantum dot photodetectors, UV and visible lasers, LEDs, photodetectors, and avalance diodes, quantum well infrared photodetectors, uncooled InAsSb photodetectors, InTlAsBiSb detector technology, aluminum-free high power lasers, and antimony based 3 to 5 μm lasers.

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(above) Inauguration of the Center for Quantum Devices on June 6, 1993, in the presence of Dean Jerry Cohen, Provost David Cohen, Director Manijeh Razeghi, Venky Narayanamurti, Richard Shealy, Abraham Haddad, Leo Esaki (Nobel Laureate), Lester Eastman, Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Laureate), Gail Brown, and Erwan Bigan.




Center for Quantum Devices
2220 Campus Drive, Room 4051
Evanston, IL 60208
TEL:(847) 491-7251
FAX:(847) 467-1817
http://cqd.eecs.northwestern.edu
High-performance, continuous-wave operation of λ ~ 4.6 μm quantum-cascade lasers above room temperature
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 44, No. 8, p. 747-754
August 1, 2008

The effect of doping the M-barrier in very long-wave type-II InAs/GaSb heterodiodes
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 3, p. 031107-1
July 21, 2008   [visit journal]

The Quantum Cascade Laser: A versatile and Powerful Tool
Optics and Photonics News
July 30, 2008   [read article]

Nanostructured Sensors
SPIE Professional
July 1, 2008   [read article]

Technical Organizing Committee
NanoScience and NanoEngineering Conference, SPIE Optics and Photonics Symposium
San Diego, CA
August 10, 2008

Conference Co-Chair
Conference on Carbon Nanotubes and Associated Devices, SPIE Optics and Photonics Symposium
San Diego, CA
August 10, 2008

Scanning Electron Microscope
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Hitachi 4500 cold field emission SEM used in the characterization of epitaxial films and the processing of semiconductor devices.

Last Updated 07/18/2007

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