Active surface plasmon devices

这项建议致力于研究有源等离子体激元器件，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)。其目标是：研究和演示低ASE(放大自发辐射)偏振无关的表面等离子激元放大器，研究和演示可调谐的一阶布拉格光栅和二阶光栅耦合器，研究和演示可调谐的表面等离子激元激光器，以及制作表面等离子体激元放大器、光栅和激光器。开展这项提议中描述的工作将带来重大进展，这对等离子体激子以及更广泛的光子学、电信和传感器社区来说都是有意义的。低ASE(噪声)放大器在电信应用中具有重要意义，而高质量的可调谐相干信号源不仅可与生物传感器集成，而且由于其预期的性能(强极化、低噪声、宽可调)，也可作为独立组件使用。在这个项目期间，2名博士和4名硕士研究生将完成学业，4名新学生将开始学习。研究成果和产生的高素质人才将引起加拿大高科技行业的强烈兴趣，特别是对加拿大创新议程具有战略重要性的电子和光电子行业。

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.