IEEE SFBA Nanotechnology Council
An Overview of Nanotechnology Research at HP with Focus on Nanoscale Molecular Memories
Shih-Yuan Wang
Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Quantum Science Research
Abstract:
An overview of nanotechnology research at HP Labs/ Quantum Science Research will be given with focus on nanoscale molecular memories. Densities of 100 Gb/cm2 are within reach. QSR aim is to break away from the current "scaling" down approach and look for and/or invent innovative approaches that have the potential for high volume manufacturability to break through the ITRS Red Brick Wall and push the limit of the technology. Nanofabrication challenges and possible applications will also be discussed.
Biography:
Shih-Yuan (SY) Wang received his B.S. in Engineering Physics in 1969 and Ph.D. in EECS in 1977 both from UC Berkeley. As a graduate student he worked on High Speed Tunneling Devices in Nanostructures with a thin film junction area of 10-10 cm2 using 1 mm lithography. In 1977, he joined Hewlett-Packard Company in the Microwave Semiconductor Division working on low noise GaAs MESFETs and in 1980 he joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories where he initiated work on high speed photonic devices, beginning with 20 GHz and 100 GHz infrared photodiodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL), III-V traveling wave electro-optic modulators and finally blue GaN LED and lasers. From 1985 to 1987 he was also a visiting Gordon Mackay lecturer at the EECS department of UC Berkeley. In 2000, he co-founded Gazillion Bits, Inc. and worked on SOA and microstructured optical fibers. Currently he is a senior staff scientist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Quantum Science Research group working on nanotechnology, focusing on molecular memories with densities approaching 100 Gbits/cm2 ,sensors enhanced with nanostructures and nanophotonics. SY is a Fellow of IEEE and OSA.