Meeting Support for the 2018 OSA Defects by Design: Quantum Nanophotonics in Emerging Materials Incubator, To Be Held October, 28-30, 2018, Washington, DC

该基金支持2018年OSA缺陷设计：新兴材料中的量子纳米光子学孵化器，该孵化器于2018年10月28日至30日在华盛顿特区举行。在这次会议上产生的想法可能有助于发现新的量子接口，这将有助于实现用于安全量子通信和计算的大规模网络的实际实现，从而改善国家安全和提高美国的经济竞争力。这可能会导致一些商业上重要的应用光子学领域，包括纳米光子器件、磁强计和生物传感，并将确保这些应用领域在美国的持续增长。孵化器的目标是建立新的研究方向，利用新兴材料提供的独特特性，研究光活性半导体缺陷。该孵化器将考虑预测、识别、隔离和利用有前途的新缺陷系统的机遇和挑战，特别是那些具有独特光学、电学和机械性能的材料。该计划包括半导体缺陷科学相关领域的专家（例如电子学，固态照明和激光物理），二维材料以及原子尺度制造和表征技术。组织者期望这些专家之间的讨论将产生预测、创建和识别缺陷的新想法，这将推动该领域在未来几年向前发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The grant supports the 2018 OSA Defects by Design: Quantum Nanophotonics in Emerging Materials Incubator, held on 28-30 October 2018 in Washington, DC. Ideas generated in this meeting could aid in the discovery of new quantum interfaces that would facilitate the practical realization of large-scale networks for secure quantum communication and computation, improving national security and increasing the economic competitiveness of the US. This may lead to a number of commercially important areas of applied photonics, including nanophotonic devices, magnetometry, and biosensing, and will assure the continued growth of those application areas in the US.The goal of the Incubator is to establish new directions for research with optically-active semiconductor defects that take advantage of the unique properties afforded by emerging materials. This Incubator will consider the opportunities and challenges for predicting, identifying, isolating, and utilizing promising new defect systems, particularly those in materials with unique optical, electrical, and mechanical properties. The program includes expertsin related areas of semiconductor defect science (e.g. for electronics, solid-state lighting, and laser physics), two-dimensional materials, and techniques for atomic-scale fabrication and characterization.The organizers expect that discussions between these experts will generate new ideas for predicting, creating, and identifying defects that will propel the field forward in coming years.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.