U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation in Quadratic Parametric Nonlinear Optical Caviti

该奖项支持PI William Torruellas和两名来自华盛顿州立大学的博士后，他们与德国耶拿大学固态理论与理论光学研究所的Falk Lederer以及法国利莫日大学光学与微波通信研究所的Alain Barthelemy合作。研究重点是微腔聚合物薄膜的制备，这将使非线性光学模式和孤立波的实验证明成为可能。这种独特的多边合作汇集了美国团队在聚合物基设备方面的专业知识，法国实验室在空间孤子生成方面的开创性工作，以及德国团队的理论专业知识。此次合作包括三所大学学生的广泛参与，预计合作将扩大到三所大学的其他院系。

9815361TorruellasThis award supports the PI, William Torruellas, and two postdoctoral students from Washington State University in a collaboration with Falk Lederer of the Institute for Solid State Theory and Theoretical Optics at the University of Jena, Germany, and with Alain Barthelemy of the Institute for Optical and Microwave Communications at the University of Limoges, France. The research focus is on fabrication of micro-cavity polymer thin films that will make possible the experimental demonstration of nonlinear optical patterns and solitary waves. This unique multilateral collaboration brings together the expertise of the U.S. group in polymer-based devices, the pioneering work of the French lab in spatial soliton generation, and the theoretical expertise of the German group. The collaboration includes extensive participation by students from all three universities, and it is expected that the collaboration will expand to include other departments within all three instituions.