August 5, 2008
Seth R. Bank, electrical engineering assistant professor, received the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) Young Investigator Award for his work on devices made from semiconductor nanostructures. Bank’s research helped develop a class of semiconductor materials used to make lasers replacing fiber optic communications. His group also hopes to cover critical portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with laser sources for gassensing, as well as find the eventual replacement for silicon-based complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistors. This is a particularly urgent need because the power consumption of these transistors increases dramatically as they make them faster.
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