CAREER: Nonlinear and nonclassical optics in ultrahigh-Q/V mesoscopic cavities: Science, Education and Applications

提案编号：ECCS-0747787提案标题：职业：超高Q/V介观腔中的非线性和非经典光学：科学，教育和应用PI姓名：黄，Chee Wei PI机构：哥伦比亚大学职业：超高Q/V介观腔中的非线性和非经典光学：科学，教育和应用本研究的目的是研究合成光学纳米结构中介观尺度的光-物质相互作用。方法是：（1）进一步展示具有超高Q/V比的最先进光子晶体腔，（2）基于这些具有长光子寿命的强局域光学腔检查非线性纳米光子学，以及（3）检查我们的纳米腔量子点系统可用的相干原子场相互作用。智力优点：最近在纳米制造设备方面的成功使光-物质相互作用的控制成为可能。PI将研究光在波长级光学纳米腔中的局部化，具有长光子寿命，仅受固有材料吸收的限制。耦合腔将被检查，使提出的数字调谐方法匹配芯片级谐振和过渡与纳米级发射器。其次，PI将检查这些纳米腔中用于频率转换和光学逻辑元件的超低阈值非线性。第三，PI检查量子点的方法？更广泛的影响：这些研究对超高Q/V光学腔提供的非线性和非经典光学提出了一种方法来检查和从根本上控制纳米尺度下的光-物质相互作用，以及固态物理学和光学纳米科学的融合。跨学科科学和工程培训和教育还将涉及与代表性不足社区的少数民族、妇女和高中学生合作。PI参与技术推广计划，并将进一步改善研究生和本科生课程。

Proposal Number: ECCS-0747787Proposal Title: CAREER: Nonlinear and nonclassical optics in ultrahigh-Q/V mesoscopic cavities: Science, Education and Applications PI Name: Wong, Chee WeiPI Institution: Columbia UniversityCAREER: Nonlinear and nonclassical optics in ultrahigh-Q/V mesoscopic cavities: Science, Education and ApplicationsThe objective of this research is to examine light-matter interactions at the mesoscopic scale in synthetic optical nanostructures. The approach is: (1) further demonstrate state-of-the-art photonic crystal cavities with ultrahigh-Q/V ratios, (2) examine nonlinear nanophotonics based on these strongly localized optical cavities with long photon lifetimes, and (3) examine the coherent atom-field interactions available with our nanocavity-quantum dot system. Intellectual Merit: Recent successes in device nanofabrication enable the control of light-matter interactions from first principles. The PI will examine the localization of light in wavelength-scale optical nanocavities with long photon lifetimes, limited only by intrinsic material absorption. Coupled cavities will be examined, enabled by a proposed digital tuning approach for matching chip-scale resonance and transitions with nanoscale emitters. Second, the PI will examine ultralow threshold nonlinearities in these nanocavities for frequency conversion and optical logic elements. Third, the PI examines an approach towards quantum dot ? nanocavity interactions in the silicon CMOS infrastructure and in the near-infrared, with coupled coherent interactions.Broader Impact: These studies on nonlinear and nonclassical optics afforded by the ultrahigh-Q/V optical cavities present an approach to examine and fundamentally control light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, as well as a confluence of solid-state physics and optical nanosciences. The interdisciplinary science and engineering training and education will also involve working with minority, women and high-school students in under-represented communities. The PI participates in a technology outreach program, and will further improve the graduate and undergraduate curriculum.