Workshop on Silicon Photonic Integrated Devices Open-Access Foundry / Fabrication Facility. To be held at the OSA Headquarters in Washington DC September, 2013.

目标：拟议的项目将于2013年9月在华盛顿特区的OSA总部举行为期一天的硅光子集成器件开放接入铸造/制造设施研讨会，寻求资金支持。知识价值：研讨会将讨论美国对光子集成电路开放存取制造设施的需求。研讨会上的讨论将对材料、工艺范围和集成提供进一步的具体指导。工作坊包括一系列受邀的讲座和公开讨论，最后是只向政府受邀者开放的闭门会议。将讨论在美国建立晶圆厂的可能模式，以及相应的资金/运营需求。更广泛的影响：研讨会将汇集光电子领域的领先专家，讨论小批量但可扩展的最先进光子器件的制造，包括那些对通信基础设施、大数据网络、计量、传感器和成像至关重要的光子器件。主讲人将与来自政府实验室、工业和资助机构的决策者一起介绍尖端的硅光子技术。思想交流和合作的可能性有望促进共识，满足硅光子学社区的研究需求，并在该领域培训美国劳动力。本次研讨会产生的倡议将有利于全国各地正在进行的研究生研究和培训、小企业的努力以及该研究领域最大的工业关注。

Objective: The proposed project seeks financial support for a one-day Workshop on Silicon Photonic Integrated Devices Open-Access Foundry / Fabrication Facility to be held at the OSA Headquarters in Washington DC in September 2013. Intellectual Merit: The Workshop is to discuss the needs for a U.S. based open-access fabrication facility for photonic integrated circuits. Discussion at the workshop will provide further specific guidance on materials, the range of processes, and integration. The Workshop involves a sequence of invited talks and open discussions concluding with a closed session for government invitees only. Possible models for a U.S. based fab facility, and corresponding funding / operating requirements will be discussed.Broader Impacts: The Workshop will bring together leading experts in optoelectronics to discuss the low-volume, but scalable, manufacturing of state-of-the-art photonic devices, including those critical to communications infrastructure, large-data networks, metrology, sensors, and imaging. Key speakers are to describe cutting-edge silicon photonic technology with decision makers from government laboratories, industry and funding agencies. The exchange of ideas and collaboration possibilities are expected to facilitate consensus and serve the research needs of the silicon photonics community and training of a US workforce in this area. Initiatives generated a result of this Workshop will benefit the ongoing research and training of graduate students across the country, the efforts of small businesses, as well as the largest industrial concerns in this research area.