REU Site: Nanophotonics at the University of New Mexico

REU Site计划的知识重点是纳米光子学，或纳米光子结构的物理学和应用。REU项目旨在为导师的前沿研究项目做出贡献。新墨西哥州大学（UNM）为期三年的REU纳米光子学项目旨在每年夏季支持8名具有不同技术背景的本科生，并在整个学年（AY）支持9名当地学生，为学生提供独特的跨学科研究和教育体验。该计划的目标是：1）在纳米光子学提供有意义的研究经验; 2）促进学生在工程和科学职业生涯的重要领域的个人和专业发展;和3）为本科生提供指导团队实验室经验，与他们可以认同的积极榜样。该计划将在UNM的主要研究中心高科技材料中心进行，该中心将为学生提供一个肥沃的世界级合作研究环境。纳米光子学有可能彻底改变广泛的应用。例如，它可以通过提供低功耗、高带宽、超小、无干扰的器件（如电光和全光芯片开关）来改变电信行业。纳米尺度上的光-物质相互作用可以增强几个数量级，从而导致可以减慢、增强和操纵光的光限制结构。纳米晶体具有小尺寸和高效率的发光特性，在生物学和医学领域有着广泛的应用前景。首席研究员有一个积极的招聘计划，强调机构承诺培训代表性不足的群体。

The intellectual focus of the REU Site program is nanophotonics, or the physics and applications of nanoscale photonic structures. The REU projects will be designed to contribute to cutting-edge research programs of faculty mentors.This three-year REU Site program on Nanophotonics at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is intended to support 8 undergraduate students with diverse technical backgrounds each summer, and 9 local students throughout the academic year (AY), giving the students a unique interdisciplinary research and educational experience. The objectives of this program are to: 1) provide meaningful research experience in nanophotonics; 2) facilitate personal and professional development of the students in areas important for careers in engineering and science; and 3) to provide the undergraduate students with mentored team laboratory experience, with positive role models that they can identify with. The proposed program will be carried out at the Center for High Technology Materials, a major research center at UNM, which will offer the students a fertile world-class collaborative research environment.Nanophotonics has the potential to revolutionize a wide range of applications. For example, it can transform the telecommunications industry by providing low power, high bandwidth, ultra-small, interference-free devices such as electrooptic and all-optical switches on a chip. Light-matter interactions on the nanoscale can be enhanced by orders of magnitude, leading to light con-fining structures that can slow down, enhance, and manipulate light. Numerous novel applications in biology and medicine are enabled by the combination of small size and high efficiency of optical emis-sion offered by nanocrystals. The Principal Investigator has an aggressive recruitment program, emphasizing institutional commitment to training of underrepresented groups.