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The Physics and Technology of Photonic Metadevices and Metasystems

光子元器件和元系统的物理和技术

基本信息

批准号：
EP/M009122/1
负责人：
Nikolay Zheludev
金额：
$ 565.01万
依托单位：
University of Southampton
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FM009122%2F1
关键词：
Physics Technology Photonic Metadevices Metasystems

项目摘要

The Programme on "The Physics and Technology of Photonic Metadevices and Metasystems" is constructed with Impact in Mind. It is united by the goal of finding new and radical solutions for today's society wherein photonics and advanced materials are now universally seen as enabling technologies of the 21st century. In recognition of this the United Nations has declared 2015 The "International Year of Light".Today photons, quanta of light, are the primary information carriers, delivering video, internet and telephone calls through global information networks. Displays, laser surgery and manufacturing, metrology and many security applications all depend upon our ability to master light. Progress in improving the performance of all light-enabled devices depends on, and is ultimately limited, by the functionality of available photonic materials.At the core of this Programme is the radical new idea that the properties of media in which light propagates do not have to be static, as traditionally assumed, but may be changed at will at any point in space and/or moment in time. Indeed, "optical properties on demand" can be achieved using emerging paradigms of reconfigurable and tuneable metamaterials - functional matter structured on the sub-wavelength scale, and by engaging new ideas of phase-change and coherent control.We envisage that by engaging this plethora of new ideas we will be able to open a path to several technological step changes that may enable increased information flow, while reducing power consumption to the ultimate quantum limit and achieving new levels of miniaturisation for photonic devices.We see our Programme as a major step forward in the global process of deriving true commercial and societal impact from fundamental research on metamaterials: a field in which the EPSRC has made substantial prior and continuing investment.Indeed, innovative materials are crucial for rebalancing the UK economy as they are, and will continue to be, a major component of UK export. They are internationally recognised as a key performance enabler in several economically significant areas including electronics, telecoms and energy.We have assembled a team of researchers at Southampton and Heriot-Watt Universities offering a perfect complementarity of skills across the entire translation spectrum, from fundamental physics to device and system engineering, and a healthy balance between proven, established expertise and new research talent.We will develop our Programme in close collaboration with the UK and international research community, including strategic partners at the National Taiwan University and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.To maximise impact we will work closely with Industrial Partners DSTL, BAE Systems plc, Ilika plc, and Oclaro Technology Ltd., all of whom will gain from exposure to early stage research and development in a new emerging technology, in return facilitating exploitation of results.In support of our programme, our Academic and Industrial Partners, and the host universities together commit in excess of 2 million pounds of their resources (cash and in kind).

“光子元器件和元系统的物理与技术”项目是在考虑影响的情况下建立的。它的目标是为当今社会寻找新的和激进的解决方案，其中光子学和先进材料现在被普遍视为21世纪的使能技术。有鉴于此，联合国宣布2015年为“国际光年”。今天，光子，光的量子，是主要的信息载体，通过全球信息网络传送视频、互联网和电话。显示、激光手术和制造、计量和许多安全应用都依赖于我们掌握光的能力。提高所有光能器件性能的进展取决于，并最终受到可用光子材料功能的限制。该计划的核心是一个激进的新想法，即光传播的介质的性质不必像传统认为的那样是静态的，而是可以在空间的任何一点和/或时间的任何时刻随意改变。事实上，“随需应变的光学特性”可以通过新兴的可重构和可调谐的超材料——在亚波长尺度上结构的功能物质，以及参与相变和相干控制的新思想来实现。我们设想，通过吸收这些过多的新想法，我们将能够为几个技术步骤的变化开辟一条道路，这些变化可能会增加信息流，同时将功耗降低到最终的量子极限，并实现光子器件的微型化新水平。我们认为我们的项目是在全球范围内从超材料的基础研究中获得真正的商业和社会影响的重要一步：EPSRC已经在这个领域进行了大量的前期和持续的投资。事实上，创新材料对于英国经济的再平衡至关重要，因为它们现在是，并将继续是英国出口的主要组成部分。他们在国际上被公认为是电子、电信和能源等几个经济领域的关键绩效推动者。我们在南安普顿大学和赫瑞瓦特大学组建了一支研究团队，为从基础物理到设备和系统工程的整个翻译领域提供了完美的技能互补，并在经过验证的成熟专业知识和新的研究人才之间取得了健康的平衡。我们将与英国和国际研究界密切合作，包括国立台湾大学和新加坡南洋理工大学的战略合作伙伴。为了最大限度地发挥影响，我们将与工业合作伙伴DSTL、BAE系统公司、Ilika公司和Oclaro技术有限公司密切合作，所有这些公司都将从新兴技术的早期研究和开发中获益，以促进成果的利用。为了支持我们的项目，我们的学术和工业合作伙伴以及主办大学共同承诺提供超过200万英镑的资源（现金和实物）。