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About Us

Research:

Our research is currently focused on the physics and applications of semiconductor nanostructures and quantum device structures. We use state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques to study charge, spin, and vibrational dynamics in a variety of nanostructures. The impact of our research includes: increased understanding of the quantum states and dynamics of interacting, confined, or strongly driven electrons in nanostructures; new spectroscopy techniques; novel device concepts and implementations (especially towards all-optical switches and spin-based devices); establishment of the quantum nature of semiconductor-light interaction; progress towards the solid-state realization of quantum information processing, computation and communications; and provision of a controlled environment in which to address unanswered questions in many-body physics.

Equipment:

· Two 150 fs, 1.3 mJ and 1 kHz regenerative amplifiers (Clark-MXR, CPA-2010)
· A 25 fs mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser (Kapteyn-Murnane)
· A 150 fs optical parametric amplifier with difference frequency generation (Quantronix, TOPAS)
· A 5 W diode-pumped frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser (Spectra-Physics, Millenia)
· A 5 W diode-pumped frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser (Coherent, Verdi)
· A 100 fs mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser (Coherent, Mira)
· A 10 tesla superconducting magnet with optical windows (Oxford Instruments, SpectroMag)
· A 9 tesla superconducting magnet with optical windows (Oxford Instruments, SpectroMag)
· A Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer, 50 - 15000 cm-1 (JASCO, Model 660+)
· Five 300 mm monochromators/spectrographs (Acton, SpectraPro 308)
· A 150 mm monochromator/spectrograph (Acton, SpectraPro 150)
· A 300 mm spectrometer (Instruments S.A., Triax-320)
· Two 500 MHz 4-channel color digital oscilloscopes (Tektronix, TDS654C)
· A FROG (frequency-resolved optical gating) (Swamp Optics)

Sponsors:

U.S. Department of Energy

The Welch Foundation

National Science Foundation

External Collaborators (past 48 months):

Alexey A. Belyanin, Texas A&M University

Jonathan P. Bird, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Scott A. Crooker, Stephen A. McGill, Charles H. Mielke & Dmitry Smirnov, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Stephen K. Doorn, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jeffery A. Fagan & Ming Zheng, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Manfred Helm, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany

Yong-Sik Lim, Konkuk University, Korea

Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratory

Riichiro Saito, Tohoku University

Christopher J. Stanton, University of Florida

Masayoshi Tonouchi, Osaka University

Ki-Ju Yee, Chungnam National University, Korea

 

Contact Us:

Mailing Address:
Rice University MS-378
PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892

Shipping Address:
Abercrombie Lab A-146
6100 Main
Houston, Texas 77005
Attention: Dr. Kono

Email: "kono"@rice.edu

Kono Office Phone: (713)-348-2209
Administrative Assistant Phone: (713) 348-6313
ECE Department Fax: (713)-348-5686

Directions:
We are located on the first floor of Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory in Rooms A159-A164 at Rice University (map) in Houston, TX (map).

Directions to Rice University from airport (IAH , Hobby).

Website Questions/Comments: "kamb"@rice.edu

 

Relevant Links:

NSF PIRE TeraNano Center & NanoJapan IREU Program