PYI: Chiral Materials and their Applications to Microwave and Integrated Optical Devices and Components

这项总统青年研究员补助金的重点是 电磁手性及其在集成光学中的应用 器件以及微波和毫米波元件。 手性 是指物体或介质的手性。 发挥了 在化学，光学， 粒子物理学和数学。 研究将针对 主要包括以下几个方面：（1）手握条形天线。 这些包括 以手性材料作为衬底的微带天线和/或 上层 他们的新特性和能力将是 研究了 (2)手性光波导。 了初步分析 揭示了有趣的和非传统的引导性能， 波导，具有光通信的潜在应用。 (3)微波与毫米波领域的手征材料。 等 利用聚合物的最新进展可以制造材料 化学. (4)手性材料在光学元件中的应用 器件，如光隔离器和调制器。

This Presidential Young Investigator grant is focused on electromagnetic chiralilty and its applications to integrated optical devices and microwave and millimeter-wave components. Chirality refers to the handedness of an object or a medium. It has played an important role in a variety of fields such as chemistry, optics, particle physics and mathematics. The research will be directed to the following projects: (1) chirostrip antennas. These consist of microstrip antennas with chiral materials as substrates and/or superstrates. Their novel properties and capabilities will be investigated. (2) Chiro optical waveguides. Preliminary analysis has revealed interesting and unconventional guiding properties for such waveguides, with potential applications to optical communications. (3) Chiral materials for microwave and millimeter wave regime. Such materials can be made with the benefit of recent advances in polymer chemistry. (4) Use of chiral materials in optical components and devices, such as optical isolators and modulators.