Centers for Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPhER)
Abstract
The Centers for Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPhER) program explored and enhanced fundamental understanding in the development and application of integrated photonics, in which an entire photonic system is fabricated on a single chip. Much like integrated electronics, integrated photonics has the potential to enable photonics systems to reach revolutionary new levels of performance and functionality, but with a wide range of applications, including such areas as imaging, energy conversion, signal processing, and computing. The CIPhER program used a government/industrial cost-share funding model to foster the next generation of fundamental university-based photonics research. The CIPhER program was directed toward achieving this objective through the establishment of collaborative theme-based focus centers. Focus centers were comprised of university-led teams, with industrial partners, engaged in long-term basic research of photonic materials, devices, and microsystems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 81ed10dc83adf9d353468c3826f19c5f