U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Reconfigurable Waveguides Using Spatial Solitons in AIGaAs Semiconductor Slab Waveguides

9910033萨拉莫这项为期三年的美法合作奖由阿肯色大学的博士后研究员兼研究生格雷戈里·j·萨拉莫和弗朗什-孔德大学的马蒂厄·肖维特及其研究小组共同参与。研究人员建议在半导体材料中开发超快速、基于克尔孤子的光学互连阵列，该阵列可以集成到电子封装中。光空间孤子是在传播过程中保持恒定轮廓的光束。利用克尔效应在铝-镓-砷/镓-砷半导体平板波导中研究空间孤子。美国团队为此次合作带来了半导体材料增长和物理方面的专业知识。这与法国在制造复杂实用装置方面的优势相辅相成。他们是在器件结构中使用克尔调制的专家。该奖项代表了美国方面向美国国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）提交的联合提案。美国国家科学基金会将支付美国研究员、博士后研究员和研究生的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。此次合作将促进对光互连阵列及其在电信领域潜在应用的理解。

9910033SalamoThis three-year award for U.S.-France collaboration involves Gregory J. Salamo, a postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student from the University of Arkansas and Mathieu Chauvet and his research group at the University of Franche-Comte. The investigators propose to develop ultra-fast, Kerr soliton based, optical interconnect arrays in a semiconductor material that could be integrated into electronic packages. An optical spatial soliton is a beam that maintains a constant profile during propagation. Spatial solitons using the Kerr effect in an Aluminum-Gallium-Arsenic/Gallium-Arsenic semiconductor slab waveguide will be studied. The U.S. team brings to this collaboration expertise in semiconductor materials growth and physics. This is complemented by French strengths in the fabrication of complex practical devices. They are expert in the use of Kerr modulation in device construction. This award represents the U.S. side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the U.S. investigator, postdoctoral researcher and graduate student. The CNRS will support the visits of the French researchers to the United States. The collaboration will advance understanding of optical interconnect arrays and their potential applications in telecommunications.