Integrated Photonic Materials and Devices

该平台赠款将支持南安普顿大学光电子研究中心（ORC）在先进激光源，光子电路和传感器方面的集成光子学研究，利用最近在新蒙巴顿制造综合体中投资> 1亿英镑。光子材料和器件研究一直是电信、医疗保健、数据存储、显示和制造领域许多颠覆性进步的关键驱动力，此次平台资助将为该集团提供广阔的视野和稳定性，以巩固其国际地位，探索新的高风险、高回报的研究途径。未来的集成光子材料和器件将在下一代更便宜、更安全的电子产品中发挥巨大作用。基于二氧化硅和硅、玻璃、晶体和聚合物基质的更快、更环保、一次性、更灵活的系统，具有通道和平面几何形状。我们集团内广泛的专业知识和我们对无与伦比的全新平面制造设施的访问将使我们能够充分探索这一多样化的研究领域。影响将通过在紧凑型千瓦级波导激光器中的应用实现（新的制造技术），污染传感器（监测气候变化）、光放大器和开关（高速数据控制），早期威胁检测设备（国土安全）和快速普及的疾病筛查（即时医疗诊断）。光子材料的应用，在此平台赠款期间开发的工艺和设备将在社会感兴趣的领域发挥关键作用，工业以及基于大学的研究和开发，并将在方案期间与现有和新确定的伙伴合作开展。

This platform grant will underpin integrated photonics research in advanced laser sources, photonic circuits, and sensors, at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, leveraging the recent investment of >£100M in the new Mountbatten Fabrication Complex. Photonic materials and device research has been the key driver of many disruptive advances in telecommunications, healthcare, data storage, display and manufacturing, and this platform grant will provide the group with the horizon and stability to build upon its international standing to explore new high-risk, high-reward research avenues.Integrated photonic materials and devices of the future will play a huge role in the next generation of cheaper, faster, greener, disposable, miniaturised and more versatile systems based on silica and silicon, glasses, crystal and polymer hosts, in both channel and planar geometries. The broad range of expertise within our group and our access to the unequalled brand-new planar fabrication facilities will allow us to fully explore this diverse research area. Impact will be realised through applications in compact kW-class waveguide lasers (new manufacturing techniques), pollution sensors (monitoring climate change), optical amplifiers and switches (high-speed data control), early threat detection devices (homeland security), and fast universally accessible disease screening (point-of-care medical diagnostics).Applications for the photonic materials, processes and devices developed during this platform grant will play a key role in fields of interest to society, Industry as well as university-based research and development, and will be pursued in collaboration with both existing and newly-identified partners during the programme.