Support of Nanophotonics Incubator: Beyond Classical Limits Incubator Meeting from May 14-16th, 2014 in Washington, DC.

该项目的目标是支持一个会议题为纳米光子器件：超越经典的限制从5月14日至16日，2014年在OSA在华盛顿，DC。USA.这种支持将使顶尖的纳米光子学专家能够就最近的进展和未来的研究方向进行全体会议。这次会议将使研究人员，工程师和商界领袖有一个宝贵的机会，以满足和讨论有关纳米光子技术研究的挑战和机遇。会议的结果将影响光子计算解决方案、灵敏的床旁诊断和下一代太阳能电池的革命。在过去的十年中，片上集成光子电路在大数据带宽应用中显示出巨大的潜力。然而，虽然光子器件的性能在稳步提高，但固有的弱光-物质相互作用对集成密度、带宽和驱动功耗设置了根本限制。本次会议的目标是确定通信和光学计算光子技术的下一个革命性步骤。新兴的纳米光子学材料，光学限制的选择，和集成方案将进行讨论，分析和规划。

The objective of this project is to support a meeting titled Nanophotonic Device: Beyond Classical Limits from May 14-16th, 2014 at the OSA in Washington, DC. USA. This support will permit top-notch experts in nanophotonics to deliver plenary talks on recent advances and future research directions. This meeting will allow researchers, engineers and business leaders a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss challenges and opportunities regarding research in nanophotonics technology. Results of the meeting will impact photonic computing solutions, sensitive point-of-care diagnostics, and revolutions in next generation solar cells.Over the last decade, on-chip integrated photonic circuits have shown great potential for big-data bandwidth applications. However, while the photonic device performance is steadily increasing, the inherently weak light-matter-interactions set fundamental limits to integration density, bandwidth, and drive power consumption. The goal of this meeting is to determine the next revolutionary steps of photonics technologies for communication and optical computing. Emerging nanophotonics materials, optical confinement options, and integration schemes will be discussed, analyzed, and planned.