Nano- and Micro-scale Integration of Glass-on-Semiconductor for Photonic Components Engineering

拟议的基础技术项目旨在通过开发和使用一系列微米和纳米级的工程工具来实现光子器件集成技术的量子飞跃，这些工具用于化学上不同的光子材料，例如含有无机半导体的玻璃基材料。我们预计，新的工具将对现有的和新兴的从紫外线到中红外的光子组件空间产生重大影响。我们打算展示的潜在应用包括电信信号处理、中红外源和化学和生物传感器技术、生物光子学和成像、空间探索和环境监测、数据存储、安全和军事。基础技术联盟由4个主题领域/材料工程和无源波导器件、光电泵源、有源器件和应用组成。这四个领域的互补研究汇聚了一个多学科的团队，包括材料、光学和激光物理、光电子和光子器件以及医学科学和化学技术。来自利兹大学(IMR，IMP)、谢菲尔德大学(EE)、剑桥大学(Photonic Systems)、赫里奥特-瓦特大学(Heriot-Watt)和圣安德鲁斯大学(St.Andrews)的国际知名学术专家将展示玻璃和无机半导体材料的光子集成所衍生的关键目标。基础技术计划由利兹大学领导，并得到来自行业的合作伙伴的支持，这些合作伙伴包括英国石油化工公司、雷尼绍公司、斯特朗公司、葛兰素史克公司、QinetiQ公司和美国国家航空航天局兰利公司(弗吉尼亚州)。

The proposed Basic Technology project aims to achieve a quantum leap in integration techniques for photonic devices by developing and using a range of micro- and nano-scale engineering tools for chemically dissimilar photonic materials; e.g. the glass-based materials with inorganic semiconductors. We anticipate that new tools will have a major impact on existing and emerging photonic components space used from ultra-violet to mid-IR. Potential applications, which we aim to demonstrate, are in signal processing for telecommunications, mid-IR sources and chemical and biological sensor technology, bio-photonics and imaging, space exploration and environment monitoring, data storage, security and military. The Basic Technology consortium comprises of 4 thematic areas / Materials Engineering and passive waveguide devices, Optoelectronic pump sources, Active Devices, and Applications. Complementary research for these 4 areas brings together a multi-disciplinary team encompassing Materials, Optics and Laser Physics, Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices, and the Medical Science and Chemicals Technology. Internationally well-known academic expertise from Leeds (IMR, IMP), Sheffield (EE), Cambridge (Photonic Systems), Heriot-Watt (Nonlinear Optics) and St.Andrews (Physics and Bute Medical School) Universities will demonstrate the key objectives, derived from the photonic integration of glass and inorganic semiconductor materials. The Basic Technology Programme is led by the University of Leeds and is supported by partners from industry, namely BP Chemicals, Renishaw,Intense, GlaxoSmithKline, QinetiQ, and NASA Langley (VA, USA).