Integrated Photonic Devices

拟议的研究计划建立在主持人优势的基础上，以扩大集成光子学在神经科学领域的应用。这项研究的目标是开发和展示一种铸造制造的光子平台，用于大规模并行、集成的纳米光子神经探测器。这些探针将用于大脑皮层神经元连接的功能图谱，它们可以成为脑活动图谱和光遗传学的新工具。这种探头克服了光学成像技术的散射限制的穿透深度，并实现了目前商用光电电极所不具备的集成密度。这个多学科的项目将涉及纳米机械、生物电子学、神经科学和神经外科的合作者。

The proposed research program builds on the strengths of the chairholder to expand the application of integrated photonics into the field of neuroscience. The goals of this research are to develop and demonstrate a foundry-manufactured photonic platform for massively parallel, integrated nanophotonic neural probes. The probes will be used for the functional mapping of neuronal connectivity in the cortex, and they can become a new tool in brain activity mapping and optogenetics. The probes overcome the scattering-limited penetration depth of optical imaging techniques and enable an integration density not presently available in commercial opto-electrodes. This multidisciplinary project will involve collaborators in nanomechanics, bioelectronics, neuroscience, and neurosurgery.