CAREER: Active Integrated Nanostructure Devices for Infrared Photonics and Femtosecond Pulse Generation

Belyanin 0547019摘要这个职业奖的重点是发展一类新的光子器件的基础上单片集成的半导体激光器与谐振光学非线性。半导体纳米结构是独特的量子系统，其光学跃迁可以被设计为对入射光表现出巨大的非线性和期望的光学响应。大量的非线性和量子光学现象已经被预测和观察到这种人工“原子”。智力优势：拟议的研究增加了一个关键的创新方面：单片集成注入激光器。它将这种纳米结构转变为注入泵浦的有源非线性器件，将非线性光学系统的多功能性与注入激光器的无与伦比的效率和紧凑性相结合。它们将实现独特的功能，包括在以前服务不足的波长下工作，宽调谐性，飞秒脉冲操作和量子纠缠光的产生。更广泛的影响：拟议的来源将成为许多新兴技术的核心，从痕量气体光谱学和遥感到红外成像，自由空间通信和量子密码学。该教育计划将加强研究和教育的机会，在现代科学和技术在TAMU和当地社区，特别是包括来自得克萨斯州农村地区的代表性不足的群体。一系列的三个跨学科的研究生课程“信息物理学”的存储，处理和传输信息的物理原理将被开发。一系列广泛的活动旨在提高本科生，初中和高中学生的科学和技术教学质量，并选择和指导愿意和能够从事科学职业的学生。

Belyanin 0547019AbstractThis CAREER award focuses on the development of a new class of photonic devices based on monolithic integration of semiconductor lasers with resonant optical nonlinearities. Semiconductor nanostructures are unique quantum systems whose optical transitions can be engineered to exhibit giant nonlinearities and desired optical response to incident light. A plethora of nonlinear and quantum optical phenomena has been predicted and observed in such artificial "atoms". Intellectual Merit:The proposed research adds a key innovative aspect: monolithic integration with injection lasers. It transforms such nanostructures into the injection-pumped active nonlinear devices that combine the versatility of nonlinear optical systems with unmatched efficiency and compactness of injection lasers. They will enable unique functionalities including operation at previously underserved wavelengths, wide tunability, femtosecond pulse operation, and generation of quantum entangled light. Broader Impact:The proposed sources will be at the heart of many emerging technologies ranging from trace gas spectroscopy and remote sensing to infrared imaging, free-space communications and quantum cryptography. The educational plan will enhance research and education opportunities in modern science and technology at TAMU and in the local community, especially including underrepresented groups from rural areas of Texas. A series of three cross-disciplinary graduate courses "The Physics of Information" on physical principles of storage, processing, and transmission of information will be developed. A broad array of activities is designed to improve the quality of science and technology instruction for undergraduate, middle- and high-school students, and to select and mentor students who are willing and able to pursue careers in science.