Ultra-Fast Electronic-Photonic Materials and Devices

9705038萨拉莫信息技术已经成为我们这个世界的定义技术。预计在不久的将来，信息将以超快的速度传递给任何地方的任何人。这种技术必须依赖于超高速微电子和信息通道的发展。光纤路径已经展示了传输能力，其特征是在最长的非重复距离上具有极高的比特率。尽管已经取得了令人印象深刻的能力，但今天的系统只利用了通过光纤可用的潜在传输能力的一小部分。主要原因是光纤路径输入和输出端的电子-光子组件不能以与光纤的潜在带宽相称的超快速度运行。需要新一代超高速电子-光子材料和器件。这一研究努力是提案的重点。在对新的超高速设备的需求的同时，一扇相应的创业企业的机会之窗已经打开。受更小、更快、更低功率的光子电子产品新想法的启发，大学衍生公司可以在任何需要视力、人才和支持的地方涌现出来。鉴于小公司在这一领域的种子和发展潜力，毫无疑问，未来几年将见证一个蓬勃发展的微电子经济，它可以位于美国的任何地方。阿肯色大学决定抓住这一领域的研究和创业机会。这一方法的基础是：(I)具有超快表现潜力的新材料的前沿研究和开发；(Ii)形成和发展一支由科学家、工程师和学生组成的具有竞争力的跨学科团队，他们拥有打造成就所需的人才；(Iii)成立一个组织，该组织将搭建通往行业的桥梁，并为教职员工和学生提供创业机会；(Iv)成立一个超快电子-光子材料和器件中心；以及(V)一个为学生提供更多职业机会的创新教育计划。该技术方法基于磷化铟、磷化铟、立方氮化硼、立方氮化硼和聚合物的开发，以生产能够提高进出高带宽路径的信息处理速度的超高速电子-光子组件。这项工作是围绕独特的分子束外延扫描隧道显微镜设施而建立的，使阿肯色大学有可能在推进超高速电子-光子材料和设备的前沿并激励阿肯色州相应的衍生公司的全球竞赛中获得战略立足点。

9705038 Salamo Information technology has become the defining technology for our world. Ultra-fast delivery of information to anyone anywhere is to be expected in the near future. Such technology must rely on the development of ultra-fast microelectronics and information pathways. Fiber optic pathways have demonstrated transmission capacity characterized by extremely high bit rates over the longest non-repeated distances. Though impressive capacities have been achieved, today's systems utilize only a small fraction of the potential transmission capacity available through optical fibers. The main reason is that electronic-photonic components at the input and output ends of the fiber pathways are not capable of operating at the ultra-fast speeds which would be commensurate with the fiber's potential band width. A new generation of ultra-faster electronic-photonic materials and devices is needed. This research endeavor is the focus of the proposal. Parallel to the need for new ultra-fast devices, a window of opportunity for corresponding entrepreneurial ventures has opened. University spin-off companies, inspired by new ideas for smaller, faster, lower power photonic-electronics can emerge wherever the needed mix of vision, talent and support resides. Given the potential for small companies to seed and grow in this area, there is little doubt that the next few years will be witness to a burgeoning microelectronics economy which can be located anywhere in the United States. The University of Arkansas has decided to seize the opportunity for research and entrepreneurial ventures in this area. The approach is based on: (i) frontier research and development of new materials with the potential for ultra-fast performance; (ii) formation and development of a competitive interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and students with the talents needed to forge achievements; (iii) initiation of an organization which will build bridges to industry and entre preneurial opportunities for faculty and students, (iv) formation of a Center for Ultra-Fast Electronic-Photonic Materials and Devices, and (v) an innovative educational program which provides enhanced career opportunities for students. The technical approach is based on the development of indium phosphide, InP, cubic boron nitride, cBN, and polymers to produce ultra-fast electronic-photonic components capable of advancing the rate of processing of information to and from high bandwidth pathways. This effort is built around a unique Molecular Beam Epitaxy - Scanning Tunneling Microscope facility, making it possible for the University of Arkansas to gain a strategic foothold in the global race to advance the frontier of ultra-fast electronic-photonic materials and devices and inspire corresponding spin-off companies in Arkansas.