SGER: Development of a Tunable Parametric Mid IR Source Using Silicon Photonic Crystal Fiber

SGER：基于硅光子晶体光纤的可调谐参数中红外光源的开发（ECCS-0742746）李桂芳佛罗里达中部大学知识优势：该项目将产生第一根硅光子晶体光纤。硅硅光子晶体光纤的制作方法是一种创新，它是一种转换工艺，而不是传统的拉伸工艺。它利用了最近建立的硅硅光子晶体光纤技术和新发现的镁还原工艺。在近红外中所做的一切都可以在红外中复制，特别是在硅光子晶体光纤的可用性下的中红外。更广泛的影响：硅硅光子晶体光纤和中红外产生与探测技术可以给科学界和社会带来广泛的效益。它带来了中红外的新功能，包括传输、线性和非线性光谱。这些新功能反过来将使许多商业和国防应用成为可能。例如，中红外传输可用于激光手术；中红外光谱可用于医学诊断和环境传感。高功率中红外产生和灵敏探测可用于激光雷达、传感器、安全通信和对抗。

SGER: Development of a Tunable Parametric Mid IR Source Using Silicon Photonic Crystal Fiber (ECCS-0742746)Guifang LiUniversity of Central FloridaIntellectual Merits:This project will results in the first silicon photonic crystal fiber. The method of fabricating silicon silicon photonic crystal fiber is innovative in that it is a conversion process, rather than the traditional drawing process. It leverages on the recently-established silica silicon photonic crystal fiber technology and newly discovered magnesiothemic reduction processes. Everything that has been done in the near IR can be replicated in the infrared, especially the mid-IR with the availability of the silicon photonic crystal fiber. Broader Impacts:The silicon silicon photonic crystal fiber and the Mid infrared generation and detection technology can bring extensive benefits to the scientific community and the society. It leads to new capabilities in Mid infrared including transport, linear and nonlinear spectroscopy. These new capabilities in turn will enable many commercial and defense applications. For example, Mid infrared transport can be used for laser surgery; Mid infrared spectroscopy can be used for medical diagnostics and environmental sensing. High power Mid infrared generation and sensitive detection can be used in lidar, sensor, secure communications and countermeasures.