Active surface plasmon devices

该建议致力于研究有源等离子体器件，特别是与表面等离子体激元一起工作的放大器和振荡器（激光器）。目标是：研究和演示低ASE（放大自发辐射）偏振无关表面等离子体放大器，研究和演示可调谐一阶布拉格光栅和二阶光栅耦合器，研究和演示可调谐表面等离子体激光器，以及制造表面等离子体放大器、光栅和激光器。进行本提案中描述的工作将导致等离子体和更广泛的光子学，电信和传感器社区感兴趣的重大进展。低ASE（噪声）放大器对于电信应用是非常重要的，并且高质量可调谐相干源对于与例如生物传感器集成是非常重要的，但是考虑到其预期的性能（强极化、低噪声、宽可调谐），也作为独立部件。在此期间，该计划，2博士。4名硕士研究生将完成学业，4名新生将开始。研究成果和产生的高素质人才将引起加拿大高技术产业部门的浓厚兴趣，特别是对加拿大创新议程具有战略重要性的电子和光子产业。

This proposal is devoted to the investigation of active plasmonic devices, particularly amplifiers and oscillators (lasers) operating with surface plasmons. The objectives are: to research and demonstrate low-ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) polarisation-independent surface plasmon amplifiers, to research and demonstrate tunable 1st order Bragg gratings and 2nd order grating couplers, to research and demonstrate tunable surface plasmon lasers, and to fabricate surface plasmon amplifiers, gratings and lasers. Conducting the work described in this proposal will result in significant advances, of interest to the plasmonics and the broader photonics, telecom and sensor communities. A low ASE (noise) amplifier is of significant interest for telecom applications, and a high quality tunable coherent source is of great interest for integration with e.g. biosensors, but also as an independent component given its expected performance (strongly polarised, low noise, broadly tunable). Over the duration of this program, 2 Ph.D. and 4 master's students will complete their studies, and 4 new students will begin. The research outcomes and the highly qualified personnel produced will be of strong interest to the Canadian high-technology industry sector, particularly to the electronics and photonics industries, which are of strategic importance to Canada's innovation agenda.