CAREER: MESO-SCOPIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION WITH VLSI

提出的研究是设计，构造和表征合适的衍射光学元件（DOE），用作单片集成在VLSL电路中的光互连，从而显着提高系统性能的高级计算系统。 该项目具有实验和理论两个方面。 设计并制作实验性的介观衍射光学元件和超大规模集成电路。 将使用边界元法（BEM）和时域有限差分法（FDTD）进行理论模拟。 该提案的教育部分是将研究纳入本科课程，这将要求学生参与研究并介绍结果。

The proposed research is to design, construct and characterized suitable diffractive optical elements (DOE) for use as optical interconnects monolithically integrated in VLSL circuits and hence significantly improve system performance of high level computing systems. The project has both experimental and theoretical aspects. Experimentaly meso-scopic diffractive optical elements and VLSI circuits will be designed and fabricated. Theoretical simulation using both boundary elements methods (BEM) and finite difference-time domain method (FDTD) will be performed. The educational component of the proposal is to integrate research into undergraduate courses which will require research participation and presentation of results by students.