FuSe-TG: STAMPEDE: Scalable Technology And Manufacturing of Photonics for Extreme information-Density

经典和量子光子集成电路（PICs）的集成将彻底改变信息通信技术、计算和传感系统。这些进步是通过将异质材料集成到集成电路中以引入光产生、信息编码以及信号传输和转导的新颖制造工艺实现的。这些功能对于在数据中心和封装半导体集成电路中实现提供前所未有的数据传输速度的大信息容量是必要的。STAMPEDE已经组建了一个材料、光子学、制造和教育方面的专家团队，以快速推进与新兴一代集成光子系统相关的研究和熟练的STEM劳动力培训。它将提供低成本可扩展的纳米制造解决方案，具有防伪功能的高密度信息的光子芯片设计以及针对网络物理攻击的嵌入式硬件安全。同时，该项目将加强教育，并为包括社区学院、本科生和研究生在内的广大受众提供最先进的光子学科学和技术，重点是材料加工、半导体制造和可持续技术。这些进步有望通过高效的光子集成平台使电子产品的消费者受益，该平台将提供快速，可靠和节能的计算和通信，同时为美国工业提供教育和劳动力管道，以引领全球半导体工业的前沿。STAMPEDE将展示(i)通过III-V纳米线阵列发光二极管的选择性面积生长方法及其在硅衬底上的微转移印刷，将III-V半导体异质集成到硅上，（ii）通过电化学纳米压印，将红外光学微尺度元件进行可扩展的3D纳米图案化，从而提高光耦合效率。（iii）用于处理信息密集任务的硬件系统，这些任务由物理不可克隆功能（puf）保护，可以防止网络攻击；（iv）机器学习模型，可以在波导结构中实现puf的逆向设计，同时允许与标准代工制造进行可扩展的工艺集成。STAMPEDE的教育和劳动力发展计划包括：(1)通过提供新的光子学项目、训练营、课程创新和跨机构学习来加强本科和研究生教育；(2)通过开发大规模开放在线课程和虚拟学习机会来提高劳动力水平；(3)增加面对面的光子学训练营，并建立与电子材料会议一起组织的年度STAMPEDE研讨会。STAMPEDE与合作伙伴少数族裔服务机构（即桥水州立大学）和社区学院（即科德角社区学院，马萨索伊特社区学院，门罗社区学院）密切合作，旨在为代表性不足的群体提供攻读研究生教育的机会，加强STEM职业培训，并增加在本科阶段接触半导体制造概念的机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The integration of both classical and quantum photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is poised to revolutionize information communications technology, computing, and sensing systems. These advances are made possible through novel manufacturing processes that integrate heterogeneous materials onto integrated circuits to introduce light generation, information encoding, and signal transmission and transduction. These functions are necessary to achieve large information capacity that deliver unprecedented data transfer speeds within data centers and packaged semiconductor integrated circuits. STAMPEDE has assembled a team of experts in materials, photonics, manufacturing, and education to rapidly advance research and skilled STEM workforce training pertaining to this emerging generation of integrated photonic systems. It will provide low-cost scalable nanomanufacturing solutions, photonic chip designs for high-density information with anti-counterfeiting features and embedded hardware security against cyber physical attacks. Concomitantly, this project will enhance education and access to state-of-the-art photonics science and technology for broad audiences including community colleges, undergraduate and graduate students with a strong emphasis in material processing, semiconductor manufacturing and sustainable technologies. These advances are expected to benefit consumers of electronic products with an efficient photonic integrated platform that will provide fast, reliable and energy-efficient computing and communications, and, at the same time, provide an educational and workforce pipeline for the US-industry to lead the forefront of the global semiconductor industry. STAMPEDE will demonstrate (i) III-V semiconductor heterogeneous integration onto silicon via selective-area growth method of III-V nanowire array light-emitting diodes and its micro-transfer printing onto silicon substrates, (ii) scalable 3D nanopatterning of infrared optical microscale elements via electrochemical nanoimprinting that improve light coupling efficiency, (iii) hardware systems for handling information dense tasks secured with physical unclonable functions (PUFs) that can prevent cyberattacks, and (iv) machine learning models to enable inverse design of PUFs in waveguide structures, while allowing scalable process integration with standard foundry manufacturing. STAMPEDE’s educational and workforce development plan include: (1) strengthening undergraduate and graduate education through new photonics program offerings, bootcamps, course innovations, and cross-institutional learning, (2) workforce advancement through the development of massive open online courses and virtual learning opportunities, and (3) growth of face-to-face photonics bootcamps and establishment of an annual STAMPEDE workshop organized in conjunction with the Electronic Materials Conference. In close collaboration with partner minority serving institution (i.e., Bridgewater State University) and community colleges (i.e., Cape Cod Community College, Massasoit Community College, Monroe Community College), STAMPEDE seeks to advance opportunities for underrepresented groups in pursuing graduate education, enhance STEM career training, and increase exposure to semiconductor manufacturing concepts at the undergraduate level.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.