Photonic Crystal Signal Processing and Antenna Technologies

我们生活的信息社会对高带宽、低成本的通信提出了越来越高的要求。该项目涉及满足这些需求所需的两项至关重要的技术：信号处理设备和天线。这些器件将使用三维光子晶体进行设计，这为低成本、高度集成的光子电路提供了极好的可能性。工作样机将在微波频率下建立，但由于电磁理论的可扩展性，这些结果在光学领域也是有效的。该项目的成果将是满足信息社会未来需求的新技术的准确理论模型和经验测试。

The information society in which we live requires increasingly high bandwidth, low cost communications. This project addresses two critically important technologies needed to meet these demands: signal processing devices and antennas. These devices will be designed using three-dimensional photonic crystals, which provide excellent possibilities for low-cost, highly integrated photonic circuits. Working prototypes will be built at microwave frequencies, but due to the scalability of electromagnetic theory these results are also valid in the optical domain. The outcomes of this project will be accurate theoretical models and empirical tests for new technologies that satisfy the future needs of the information society.