Novel Photon-Electron Interaction Devices

长期目标：拟议的研究解决了光子和电子之间的光电相互作用效应的挑战性问题和潜在的应用。其目的是利用其独特的性质来建立基于光学增益和光学非线性相互作用的光子功能。长期目标是为具有内置光电增益和可能的存储能力的光子功能元件建立理论、实验和技术平台，以便以超高速控制和操纵光子。该战略是设计并长期实施一种功能优化的材料及其结构，用于内置光电放大的超快开关/处理元件。短期目标：这项研究将集中于了解和开发通过材料非线性和等离子体相互作用获得光子能量增益的方法，而不是已知的自发和受激发射效应。研究活动的中心将是了解光子在电子环境中的行为，以及如何使它们在材料内部和通过材料进行活跃的相互作用。我们将研究纳米尺度的光波导、等离子体、周期性和非线性光学纳米结构，以控制、操纵、放大和可能存储光子。*方法论：诸如硅、III/V和II/VI半导体、石墨烯或超导体等材料将被考虑用于相互作用研究和新结构的设计。具有周期性、非周期性、啁啾或随机元素分布的材料结构将被研究，目的是设计最适合所需功能的结构。材料性能和结构方面将得到最佳结合，以产生最佳的性能。导出了麦克斯韦方程的一种新的通解。开发了一种稳健的算法，用于计算具有独特性质的线性长函数。已开发了数学中高效而快速的程序来求解任何非线性非均匀结构的麦克斯韦方程，精确计算任意精度和阶数的线性拉长函数，并实施设计粒子群优化程序。*可行性：我们过去六年的高质量出版物证明了我们的工具和专业知识的能力和适宜性，以在本提案的期限内成功地解决拟议的研究课题。学生的参与至关重要，因为HQP的培训和发展对本研究计划的总体目标非常重要。*影响：本研究项目中研究的通用元素具有开创性，具有潜在的工程、通信、信号处理、生物医学和国防应用。

Long-term objectives: The proposed research addresses challenging issues and potential applications of optoelectronic interaction effects between photons and electrons. The goal is to utilize their unique properties for establishing photonic functionalities based on optical gain and optical nonlinear interactions. The long-term goal is to establish theoretical, experimental, and technological platforms for photon functional elements with built-in optoelectronic gain, and possibly storage capabilities, in order to control and manipulate photons at ultra-high speeds. The strategy is to design, and implement in a longer term, a functionality-optimized material and its structurality for ultra-fast switching/processing elements with built-in optoelectronic amplification.******Short-term objectives: The research will concentrate on understanding and exploitation of ways, via material nonlinear and plasmonic interactions, for obtaining photon energy gain other than known spontaneous and stimulated emission effects. The research activities will centre around understanding the behaviour of photons in electrons' environments and on how they can be brought into active interactions within and via the materials. Nanoscale waveguide, plasmonic, periodic and nonlinear optical nanostructures will be investigated for control, manipulation, amplification, and possible storage of photons.******Methodology: Materials such as silicon, III/V and II/VI semiconductors, graphene or superconductors will be considered for interaction studies, and for designs of novel structures. The material structuring with periodic, aperiodic, chirped or random elements distribution will be studied with a goal of designing configurations that accommodate best the desired functionality. Material properties and structural aspects will be optimally combined to yield the best possible performance. A new general solution to Maxwell's equations has been derived. A robust algorithm has been developed for evaluating linear prolate functions that possess unique properties. Efficient and fast programs in Mathematica have been developed to solve Maxwell's equations for any nonlinear inhomogeneous structures, to calculate accurately linear prolate functions to any precision and order, and to implement design particle swarm optimization procedures.******Feasibility: Our high-quality publications in the last six years testify to the ability and suitability of our tools and expertise for addressing proposed research subjects successfully over the term of this proposal. Student involvement is crucial as the training and development of HQP is important to the overall goals of this research program.******Impact: Generic elements investigated in this research project offer to possess a ground-breaking nature with potential applications in engineering, communications, signal processing, biomedicine, defence.