Photonics Technology Access Program - PTAP

光子学技术准入计划（PTAP）Michael Lebby，光电子工业发展协会0630553知识产权：该奖项将光子学技术准入计划（PTAP）再延长两年。PTAP于2002年7月在NSF和DARPA的支持下成立。该项目的目标是为学术研究人员提供新型光子学原型的可用性，这些研究人员可以使用这些原型来推进光子学的发现和理解，并向业界提供反馈。PTAP利用政府资金从工业界为合格的研究人员在竞争性招标和评估过程中采购商业前、实验或研究原型。这些原型可以包括新材料、材料结构、器件和器件阵列、电路和模块。通过提供最先进的原型，PTAP交易将继续影响由各种资助机构赞助的新项目。该计划将努力使研究人员平均分担25%的设备购买费用，使该计划走上自我维持的道路。PTAP计划每年向学术界申请两次评估提案，每年完成50到75个设备交易。PTAP希望学术研究人员平均每个设备交易至少发表一篇文章。更广泛的影响：新技术正在以越来越快的速度发展，工业界正在将各种新产品商业化。进入预商用原型可能很困难，特别是对于年轻的，不太知名的教师，或者来自电气工程以外学科的研究人员，他们想在他们的工作中使用光子器件。如果研究人员只有在商业上可用时才能获得设备，那么当他们完成研究时，他们的工作和出版物就会落后于领先技术一两代。教学是PTAP的一个重要方面。学生们接受最先进的技术培训，并在进入劳动力市场时得到更好的装备。教师也可以在课堂演示和教学实验室中使用原型来加强教学、培训和学习。

Photonics Technology Access Program (PTAP)Michael Lebby, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association0630553Intellectual Merit: This award renews the Photonics Technology Access Program (PTAP) for an additional two years. PTAP was established in July 2002 under NSF and DARPA support. The goal of the program is to improve the availability of novel photonics prototypes to academic researchers who can use the prototypes to advance discovery and understanding in photonics and provide feedback to the industry. PTAP uses government funds to procure pre-commercial, experimental, or research prototypes from industry for qualified researchers in a competitive solicitation and evaluation process. These prototypes may comprise novel materials, material structures, devices and device arrays, circuits, and modules. By making state-of-the-art prototypes available, PTAP transactions will continue to influence new programs sponsored by various funding agencies. The program will strive to reach an average of 25% cost sharing by researchers for device purchase to place the program on a path to becoming self-sustaining. PTAP plans to request proposals from academia for evaluation twice per program year and to fulfill between 50 and 75 device transactions per year. PTAP expects academic researchers to average at least one publication per device transaction. Broader Impacts: New technology is evolving at an increasing rate and industry is commercializing a wide range of new products. Access to pre-commercial prototypes may be difficult, especially for young, lesser-known faculty, or researchers from disciplines other than Electrical Engineering who want to use photonic devices in their work. If researchers can obtain devices only when they are available commercially, by the time they complete their research, their work and publications are one or two generations behind leading-edge technology. Teaching is an important aspect of PTAP. Students get training on the most advanced state-of-the-art technology, and are better equipped when they enter the workforce. Faculty may also use the prototypes to enhance teaching, training and learning in class demonstrations and teaching laboratories.