Integrated Photonic Materials and Devices

这笔平台赠款将支持南安普顿大学光电子研究中心(ORC)在先进激光光源、光子电路和传感器方面的集成光子学研究，利用&gt；GB 1亿英镑最近对新的蒙巴顿制造综合体的投资。光子材料和器件研究一直是电信、医疗保健、数据存储、显示器和制造领域许多颠覆性进步的关键驱动力，这项平台资助将为该集团提供视野和稳定性，以建立其国际地位，探索新的高风险、高回报的研究途径。未来的集成光子材料和器件将在基于二氧化硅和硅、玻璃、晶体和聚合物主机的下一代更便宜、更快、更绿色、一次性、微型化和更多功能的系统中发挥巨大作用，无论是在通道还是平面几何形状。我们集团拥有广泛的专业知识，我们拥有无与伦比的全新平面制造设施，这将使我们能够充分探索这一多样化的研究领域。影响将通过应用紧凑型千瓦级波导激光器(新制造技术)、污染传感器(监测气候变化)、光学放大器和开关(高速数据控制)、早期威胁检测设备(国土安全)和快速普遍可用的疾病筛查(医疗诊断)来实现。在此次平台资助期间开发的光子材料、工艺和设备的应用将在社会、行业以及基于大学的研发领域发挥关键作用，并将在计划期间与现有和新确定的合作伙伴合作。

This platform grant will underpin integrated photonics research in advanced laser sources, photonic circuits, and sensors, at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, leveraging the recent investment of >£100M in the new Mountbatten Fabrication Complex. Photonic materials and device research has been the key driver of many disruptive advances in telecommunications, healthcare, data storage, display and manufacturing, and this platform grant will provide the group with the horizon and stability to build upon its international standing to explore new high-risk, high-reward research avenues.Integrated photonic materials and devices of the future will play a huge role in the next generation of cheaper, faster, greener, disposable, miniaturised and more versatile systems based on silica and silicon, glasses, crystal and polymer hosts, in both channel and planar geometries. The broad range of expertise within our group and our access to the unequalled brand-new planar fabrication facilities will allow us to fully explore this diverse research area. Impact will be realised through applications in compact kW-class waveguide lasers (new manufacturing techniques), pollution sensors (monitoring climate change), optical amplifiers and switches (high-speed data control), early threat detection devices (homeland security), and fast universally accessible disease screening (point-of-care medical diagnostics).Applications for the photonic materials, processes and devices developed during this platform grant will play a key role in fields of interest to society, Industry as well as university-based research and development, and will be pursued in collaboration with both existing and newly-identified partners during the programme.