NIRT: 3D Hierarchical Nanomanufacturing for Active Photonics-on-chip

NIRT：用于主动片上光子学的 3D 分层纳米制造

• 批准号: 0609345
• 负责人: Yuankun Lin
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0609345&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NIRT; 3D; Hierarchical; Nanomanufacturing; Active

The objective of this Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research (NIRT) project is to establish an interdisciplinary research and education program in the area of nanomanufacturing for the fabrication of active photonics-on-chip where optical properties can be controlled either optically, magnetically or electro-optically. Several approaches will be combined to enable fabrication of photonic bandgap crystals and active photonic devices. Imprint lithography will be employed to create two-dimensional photonic crystals containing point defects for creation of the cavity of laser sources and line defects for planar waveguides. Three-dimensional photonic crystals will be fabricated through multi-beam holographic lithographic techniques in which all beams come from the same half-space. Two-photon stereolithography will then be used to fabricate defects inside the three-dimensional photonic crystal for optical processing. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional photonic bandgap crystals will be hybridized to form a photonic band gap heterostructure containing engineered defects, which enables active control of light generation, photon propagation, and photon signal processing in optical circuits.If these technologies are successful, the economies and scaling of today's silicon electronics can be carried forward into tomorrow's silicon photonics. Overall, these technologies can make optical circuit manufacturing commercially feasible and contribute to the United States' global competitiveness in photonics technology. University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) is a minority university which is second in the nation in the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanics. Through this collaborative project, UTPA professors and students can access the unique facilities at the University of Texas at Austin, one of the top-ranked and best-equipped Universities in Texas. The research will offer an excellent opportunity for Hispanic students to engage in multi-disciplinary research and to pursue advanced degrees, increasing the number of under-represented scientists.

该纳米级跨学科研究（NIRT）项目的目标是在纳米制造领域建立一个跨学科研究和教育计划，用于制造有源片上光子学，其中光学特性可以通过光学、磁力或电光方式控制。将结合多种方法来制造光子带隙晶体和有源光子器件。压印光刻将用于创建包含点缺陷的二维光子晶体，用于创建激光源的腔体和用于平面波导的线缺陷。三维光子晶体将通过多光束全息光刻技术制造，其中所有光束都来自同一半空间。然后，将使用双光子立体光刻技术在三维光子晶体内部制造缺陷，以进行光学处理。二维和三维光子带隙晶体将混合形成包含工程缺陷的光子带隙异质结构，从而能够主动控制光电路中的光产生、光子传播和光子信号处理。如果这些技术成功，当今硅电子学的经济性和规模化可以延续到明天的硅光子学。总体而言，这些技术可以使光电路制造商业化，并有助于美国在光子技术方面的全球竞争力。德克萨斯大学泛美分校 (UTPA) 是一所少数族裔大学，授予西班牙裔学士学位的数量位居全国第二。通过这个合作项目，UTPA 的教授和学生可以使用德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的独特设施，该大学是德克萨斯州排名最高、设备最好的大学之一。该研究将为西班牙裔学生提供参与多学科研究和攻读高级学位的绝佳机会，从而增加代表性不足的科学家的数量。