First Annual Review Meeting
The project First Annual Review is scheduled on 10/05 (Monday)and will be hosted on Zoom in an invite only conference. Please contact Prof. Shui-Qing (Fisher) Yu, the PI of the project for more detailed information.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Virtual Annual Review Meeting, hosted through Zoom (By invitation only). A meeting invitation will be sent directly through email to all attendees.
All schedules are on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
11:00AM-11:10AM
Welcome from University of Arkansas (UA), John English, Dean of College of Engineering and Incoming Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation of UA
11:10AM-11:30AM
Opening Remark and DoD/AFOSR Perspective for the Project, Gernot S. Pomrenke and Kenneth Goretta, Program managers and Topic Chief, AFOSR
11:30AM-12:00PM
Project Overview and Year One Progress Highlights for “Understanding and Breaking the Material Barriers of SiGeSn Alloys for Infrared Devices”, Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu, University of Arkansas
12:00PM-12:30PM
Short-range Order in Si-Ge-Sn Alloy System, Tianshu Li, George Washington University
12:30PM-01:00PM
Understanding the Phase Stability of GeSn Thin Films and Nanostructure in the Composition-Strain Space, Jifeng Liu, Dartmouth College
01:00PM-01:15PM
First Session break and optional discussion
01:15PM-01:45PM
Ab Initio Thermodynamics Studies of {H,Cl,Ge,Sn} Molecular Precursors and Si-Ge-Sn alloys, Andrew Chizmeshya, Arizona State University
01:45PM-02:15PM
UHV-CVD Growth of SiGeSn and Advanced Optical Property Study, Shui-Qing “Fisher”, University of Arkansas
02:15PM-02:45PM
Growth and Stability of GeSn, Gregory Salamo, University of Arkansas
02:45PM-03:00PM
Second Session break and optional discussion
03:00PM-03:30PM
MBE grown of Sn rich SnGe alloys on InSb substrates and application of SiGeSnPb alloys for IR detectors, Yong-Hang Zhang, Arizona State University
03:30PM-04:00PM
Calculation of GeSn material properties and photodetector performance, Greg Sun, University of University of Massachusetts Boston
04:00PM-04:10PM
MURI team wrap-up, Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu, University of Arkansas
04:10PM-05:00PM
Program manager and government participants comment
05:00PM
Adjourn
Note: Since this is a government oriented meeting to determine the team working progress and hear about challenges and highlights, priority of asking questions and providing comments will be given to program managers and government participants. Other participants might submit questions through the online chat function and they will be answered if there is time available. The team might follow it up after the meeting to answer those questions.






