Life-mimetic nano-photonics

近年来，能源管理、可持续性和自发现象一直是我们研究的主要领域。我们研究了光子学中的自然过程如何激发新的可持续解决方案。在一个扩展的愿景中，我们将从生活和进化中学习更多，为我们的社区发现新的资源、新的市场和新的解决方案。拟议的研究计划将专注于生物启发和自组织的非线性和纳米光子技术。在目前研究的基础上，我们将遵循三个平行目标： 1.研究两束远距离光束在光敏二维材料中通过激发扩散相互作用的非局域光学过程。该概念将解锁快速低功率信号处理功能，以建立一个模拟生活的模拟处理器。我们的最终目标是开发和实验人工智能的光学范例。这是一种我们可以在实验室里训练和使用的工具，以便更多地了解决策、大脑紊乱和疾病、教学/学习，并完善我们对人类思维的理解。它将弥合神经科学和物理学之间的差距，造福于我们国家的所有公民。 2.探索基于先进整流天线的探测器和传感器的新的天线设计和整流概念(电子的不对称发射)。我们将开发光催化自组装纳米天线，在特定的光条件下最大化光收集。我们的长期目标是最大限度地利用自然自组织来实现光与物质的相互作用，以开发特定的机器视觉和传感设备。自组织探测器有望弥合光子学、动物视觉和进化之间的差距。 3.金属的光催化生长构建纳米雕塑薄膜。我们将研究手性光学布局、光学干涉和相干控制对电子发射和金属生长过程的影响。我们的最终目标是开发在表面定向和定向合成材料以及手性合成的新方法。光控制的光催化有望为地球上同种手性生命的起源提供一种替代方案。它还将指导我们了解系外行星上生命的惯用手。 我们将聘用22名高素质的人员，秉承我们公平、多样化和包容的悠久传统。他们将在研究方面进行合作，并在基础学科和应用学科的边界上提高自己的技能。

Energy management, sustainability and spontaneous phenomena have been our primary areas of investigation in recent years. We have studied how natural processes in photonics can stimulate new sustainable solutions. In an expanded vision, we will learn more from life and evolution to discover new resources, new markets and new solutions for our communities. The proposed research program will focus on bioinspired and self-organized nonlinear and nanophotonic technologies. Building on our current research, we will follow three parallel objectives: 1. The study of non-local optical processes in which two distant light beams interact through the diffusion of excitations in photosensitive two-dimensional materials. The concept will unlock fast low-power signal processing functions in order to build a life-mimetic analog processor. Our ultimate aim is to develop and experiment on an optical paradigm of artificial intelligence. A tool that we can train and trick in a lab in order to learn more about decision making, brain disorder and diseases, teaching/learning, and refine our understanding of human thinking. It will bridge gaps between neurosciences and physics, for the benefit of all the citizen of our country. 2. The exploration of new antenna-designs and rectification concepts (the asymmetric emission of electrons) for advanced rectifying antenna-based detectors and sensors. We will develop photo-catalytically self-assembled nano-antennas that maximize light harvesting under specific light conditions. Our long-term objective is to maximize light-matter interaction using natural self-organization for the development of specific machine vision and sensing devices. Self-organized detectors are expected to bridge gaps between photonics, animal vision and evolution. 3. The light-controlled photocatalytic growth of metals to build nano-sculptured thin-films. We will study the effects of chiral optical layouts, optical interferences and coherent control on the electron emission and metal growth process. Our ultimate objective is to develop new methods for the directed and oriented synthesis of materials at surfaces and for chiral synthesis. Light-controlled photocatalysis is expected to provide an alternative scenario to the origin of the homo-chirality of life on Earth. It will also instruct us about the handedness of life on exoplanets. Twenty-two highly qualified personnel will be hired with our long tradition of equity, diversity and inclusivity. They will collaborate on the research and enhance their skills at the boundaries of fundamental and applied disciplines.