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

SGER：利用硅光子晶体光纤(ECCS-0742746)研制可调谐参数中红外光源(ECCS-0742746)中央佛罗里达大学李桂芳智力优势：该项目将产生第一根硅光子晶体光纤。制造硅硅光子晶体光纤的方法是创新的，因为它是一种转换过程，而不是传统的拉丝过程。它利用了最近建立的硅硅光子晶体光纤技术和新发现的磁热还原工艺。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可用的情况下，中红外可以复制。更广泛的影响：硅硅光子晶体光纤和中红外产生和探测技术可以为科学界和社会带来广泛的好处。它在中红外领域带来了新的能力，包括传输、线性和非线性光谱。这些新的能力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疗诊断和环境传感。高功率中红外产生和灵敏探测可用于激光雷达、传感器、保密通信和对抗。

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.