Nano- and Micro-scale Integration of Glass-on-Semiconductor for Photonic Components Engineering

提出的基础技术项目旨在通过开发和使用一系列化学上不同的光子材料的微纳米工程工具，实现光子器件集成技术的量子飞跃；例如用无机半导体的玻璃基材料。我们预计新工具将对现有和新兴的光子元件空间产生重大影响，从紫外线到中红外。我们的目标是展示潜在的应用，包括电信信号处理、中红外源、化学和生物传感器技术、生物光子学和成像、空间探索和环境监测、数据存储、安全和军事。基础技术联盟包括4个专题领域：材料工程和无源波导器件、光电泵源、有源器件和应用。这四个领域的互补研究汇集了一个多学科团队，包括材料，光学和激光物理，光电子和光子器件以及医学科学和化学技术。来自利兹大学（IMR， IMP）、谢菲尔德大学（EE）、剑桥大学（光子系统）、赫瑞瓦特大学（非线性光学）和圣安德鲁斯大学（物理和布特医学院）的国际知名学术专家将展示玻璃和无机半导体材料光子集成的关键目标。基础技术项目由利兹大学领导，并得到了工业界合作伙伴的支持，这些合作伙伴包括BP化学、雷尼绍、葛兰素史克、QinetiQ和美国宇航局兰利（VA， USA）。

The proposed Basic Technology project aims to achieve a quantum leap in integration techniques for photonic devices by developing and using a range of micro- and nano-scale engineering tools for chemically dissimilar photonic materials; e.g. the glass-based materials with inorganic semiconductors. We anticipate that new tools will have a major impact on existing and emerging photonic components space used from ultra-violet to mid-IR. Potential applications, which we aim to demonstrate, are in signal processing for telecommunications, mid-IR sources and chemical and biological sensor technology, bio-photonics and imaging, space exploration and environment monitoring, data storage, security and military. The Basic Technology consortium comprises of 4 thematic areas / Materials Engineering and passive waveguide devices, Optoelectronic pump sources, Active Devices, and Applications. Complementary research for these 4 areas brings together a multi-disciplinary team encompassing Materials, Optics and Laser Physics, Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices, and the Medical Science and Chemicals Technology. Internationally well-known academic expertise from Leeds (IMR, IMP), Sheffield (EE), Cambridge (Photonic Systems), Heriot-Watt (Nonlinear Optics) and St.Andrews (Physics and Bute Medical School) Universities will demonstrate the key objectives, derived from the photonic integration of glass and inorganic semiconductor materials. The Basic Technology Programme is led by the University of Leeds and is supported by partners from industry, namely BP Chemicals, Renishaw, GlaxoSmithKline, QinetiQ, and NASA Langley (VA, USA).