U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Reconfigurable Waveguides Using Spatial Solitons in AIGaAs Semiconductor Slab Waveguides

9910033Salamo美国-法国合作涉及格雷戈里J.萨拉莫，博士后研究员和研究生从阿肯色州和马蒂厄Chauvet和他的研究小组在弗朗什孔德大学的大学。 研究人员建议在半导体材料中开发超快、基于克尔孤子的光学互连阵列，这种阵列可以集成到电子封装中。 空间光孤子是在传播过程中保持恒定轮廓的光束。 研究了铝镓砷/镓砷半导体平板波导中克尔效应引起的空间孤子。 美国团队为此次合作带来了半导体材料生长和物理方面的专业知识。 法国在制造复杂的实用设备方面的优势对此进行了补充。 他们是在设备建设中使用克尔调制的专家。 该奖项代表了美国方面向NSF和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）提出的联合提案。 NSF将为美国研究员、博士后研究员和研究生提供旅费和生活费。 CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。该合作将促进对光学互连阵列及其在电信中的潜在应用的理解。

9910033SalamoThis three-year award for U.S.-France collaboration involves Gregory J. Salamo, a postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student from the University of Arkansas and Mathieu Chauvet and his research group at the University of Franche-Comte. The investigators propose to develop ultra-fast, Kerr soliton based, optical interconnect arrays in a semiconductor material that could be integrated into electronic packages. An optical spatial soliton is a beam that maintains a constant profile during propagation. Spatial solitons using the Kerr effect in an Aluminum-Gallium-Arsenic/Gallium-Arsenic semiconductor slab waveguide will be studied. The U.S. team brings to this collaboration expertise in semiconductor materials growth and physics. This is complemented by French strengths in the fabrication of complex practical devices. They are expert in the use of Kerr modulation in device construction. This award represents the U.S. side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the U.S. investigator, postdoctoral researcher and graduate student. The CNRS will support the visits of the French researchers to the United States. The collaboration will advance understanding of optical interconnect arrays and their potential applications in telecommunications.