Photonics Technology Access Program - PTAP

光子学技术访问计划(PTAP)，光电子行业发展协会Michael Lebby智慧价值：该奖项将光子学技术访问计划(PTAP)再延长两年。PTAP是在NSF和DARPA的支持下于2002年7月成立的。该计划的目标是提高学术研究人员获得新型光子学原型的可能性，这些研究人员可以使用这些原型来促进对光子学的发现和理解，并向行业提供反馈。PTAP使用政府资金，在竞争性的征集和评估过程中，从行业中为合格的研究人员采购商业前、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在购买设备时平均分担25%的成本，使该计划走上自给自足的道路。PTAP计划每年两次征求学术界的评估建议，每年完成50至75项设备交易。PTAP预计，学术研究人员平均每笔设备交易至少会发表一篇文章。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。获得商业化前的原型可能很困难，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的学科的研究人员，他们想在工作中使用光子设备。如果研究人员只有在商业上可以获得设备时才能获得设备，那么当他们完成研究时，他们的工作和出版物已经落后于尖端技术一两代人。教学是PTAP的一个重要方面。学生们接受了最先进的技术培训，当他们进入劳动力大军时，他们的装备会更好。教职员工还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.