Optoelectronic devices utilizing materials having enhanced electronic transitions

Black, Marcie R.

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Title: Optoelectronic devices utilizing materials having enhanced electronic transitions

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An optoelectronic device that includes a material having enhanced electronic transitions. The electronic transitions are enhanced by mixing electronic states at an interface. The interface may be formed by a nano-well, a nano-dot, or a nano-wire.

Inventors:: Black, Marcie R.

Issue Date:: Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1083784

Patent Number(s):: 8415758

Application Number:: 13/032,076

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y10/00 - Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
B82Y30/00 - Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/028 - including, apart from doping material or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System
H01L31/035227 - {the quantum structure being quantum wires, or nanorods
H01L31/04 - adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
H01L31/101 - Devices sensitive to infra-red, visible or ultra-violet radiation

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/547 - Monocrystalline silicon PV cells

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y10S977/762 - Nanowire or quantum wire, i.e. axially elongated structure having two dimensions of 100 nm or less

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T428/298 - Physical dimension

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DOE Contract Number:: AC51-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

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