CAREER: Nanoscale Opto-Mechanical Systems

这一职业计划的目标是在纳米尺度上了解和设计光-机械相互作用，实现能够将光能直接转换为机械运动的设备和系统，并开发将纳米光子学与NMS相结合的可重构光学器件。其智力优势包括开发新型可重构纳米级光机械系统，其光学特性可以通过使用电气或光学控制信号改变机械结构来控制。后者将使用光学结合/反结合和/或辐射压力来实现。这一职业计划范围内的发现将对不同学科产生影响，并在电信、生命科学和量子信息/通信领域找到应用。例如，可重构互连、可调谐激光器、频率上下变频器、将质量传感和光学光谱相结合的新型传感器等等。这项工作的更广泛影响在于教育和推广。这一职业计划的跨学科性质将为所有级别的学生提供强大而独特的教育机会。本科生，特别是代表不足的少数族裔，将通过PI的参与本科生研究经验计划参与其中。Pi将准备讲座，旨在通过在波士顿科学博物馆的演讲接触到大量公众观众。更多的观众将通过youtube.com获得参与，在那里将提供公共讲座和各种实验室实验的播客。PI还将把他的专业知识带到正在进行的哈佛外展计划中，并与面向商业的公众接触，如哈佛工业外展计划

The objectives of this CAREER program are to understand and engineer opto-mechanical interaction at the nano-scale, to realize devices and systems that are capable of directly converting optical energy into mechanical motion, and to develop reconfigurable optical devices that combine nanophotonics with NEMS.The intellectual merits include development of novel reconfigurable nanoscale opto-mechanical systems whose optical properties can be controlled by changing their mechanical configuration, using electrical or optical control signals. The latter will be achieved using the optical binding/anti-binding and/or radiation pressure. The discoveries made within the scope of this CAREER program will have an impact on different disciplines and find applications in telecom, life sciences and quantum information/communication. Examples include reconfigurable interconnects, tunable lasers, frequency up- and down- converters, novel sensors that combine mass sensing and optical spectroscopy, and so on.The broader impacts of the work lie in education and outreach. The interdisciplinary nature of this CAREER program will provide powerful and unique educational opportunities for students at all levels. Undergraduates, and under-represented minorities in particular, will be involved through PI's participation in Research Experience for Undergrads program. PI will prepare lectures designed to reach a large public audience through presentations at the Museum of Science at Boston. Much larger audience will be engaged via youtube.com where podcasts of public lectures and various laboratory experiments will be available. The PI will also bring his expertise to ongoing Harvard outreach programs and engage the business-oriented public such as the Harvard Industrial Outreach Program