CAREER: Nanoscale Opto-Mechanical Systems

这个职业计划的目标是理解和工程师在纳米尺度上的光机械相互作用，实现能够直接将光能转化为机械运动的设备和系统，以及发展联合收割机奈米光子学与奈米机电系统的可组态光学元件。其智慧上的优点包括发展新颖的可组态奈米光电子元件，机械系统，其光学特性可以通过使用电或光学控制信号改变其机械配置来控制。后者将使用光学结合/抗结合和/或辐射压力来实现。在该职业计划范围内取得的发现将对不同学科产生影响，并在电信，生命科学和量子信息/通信中找到应用。例子包括可重新配置的互连、可调谐激光器、上变频器和下变频器、结合了联合收割机质量传感和光谱学的新型传感器等等。这项工作更广泛的影响在于教育和推广。该职业计划的跨学科性质将为各级学生提供强大而独特的教育机会。本科生，特别是代表性不足的少数民族，将通过PI参与本科生研究经验计划。PI将准备讲座，旨在通过在波士顿科学博物馆的演示达到广大公众观众。更多的观众将通过youtube.com参与，其中将提供公共讲座和各种实验室实验的播客。PI还将把他的专业知识带到正在进行的哈佛外展计划中，并吸引以商业为导向的公众，如哈佛工业外展计划

The objectives of this CAREER program are to understand and engineer opto-mechanical interaction at the nano-scale, to realize devices and systems that are capable of directly converting optical energy into mechanical motion, and to develop reconfigurable optical devices that combine nanophotonics with NEMS.The intellectual merits include development of novel reconfigurable nanoscale opto-mechanical systems whose optical properties can be controlled by changing their mechanical configuration, using electrical or optical control signals. The latter will be achieved using the optical binding/anti-binding and/or radiation pressure. The discoveries made within the scope of this CAREER program will have an impact on different disciplines and find applications in telecom, life sciences and quantum information/communication. Examples include reconfigurable interconnects, tunable lasers, frequency up- and down- converters, novel sensors that combine mass sensing and optical spectroscopy, and so on.The broader impacts of the work lie in education and outreach. The interdisciplinary nature of this CAREER program will provide powerful and unique educational opportunities for students at all levels. Undergraduates, and under-represented minorities in particular, will be involved through PI's participation in Research Experience for Undergrads program. PI will prepare lectures designed to reach a large public audience through presentations at the Museum of Science at Boston. Much larger audience will be engaged via youtube.com where podcasts of public lectures and various laboratory experiments will be available. The PI will also bring his expertise to ongoing Harvard outreach programs and engage the business-oriented public such as the Harvard Industrial Outreach Program