The proposed project will dramatically expand our fundamental understanding of designer photonic materials and will bring forward a paradigm

该计划将极大地扩展我们对设计光子材料的基本理解，并将在光子器件领域提出一个范例：使用相关无序作为资源来实现对电磁辐射发射，吸收和传播的最终光子管理控制。它将侧重于探索光子和等离子体应用的超均匀和局部自均匀材料。在实际应用方面，将探索新型太阳辐射吸收器、光纤和新型激光器的应用，提高制造公差、布局灵活性、各向同性和宽带操作。

The proposed project will dramatically expand our fundamental understanding of designer photonic materials and will bring forward a paradigm in the field of photonic devices: use of correlated disorder as a resource for achieving an ultimate photon-management control over the emission, absorption and propagation of electromagnetic radiation. It will focus on the exploration of hyperuniform and local-self uniform materials for both photonic and plasmonic applicaitons. On the practical side, it will explore applications to novel solar radiation absorbers, optical fibers and novel types of laserswith improved fabrication tolerance, layout flexibility, isotropy and broad-band operation.