Integrated 2D Nonlinear Nanophotonics
Abstract
The team aims to develop low-power nonlinear nanophotonic devices for optical information processing by integrating atomically thin monolayer 2D materials and their heterostructures with emerging nano-scale cavities with high quality factors and small mode-volumes. The essence of their approach is to utilize the unique properties of 2D materials, including strong light-matter interactions, engineering flexibility, scalability, high nonlinear optical properties, accessible to electrical control, and strong connection to helicity of the light; and enhance them further via temporal and spatial confinement using integrated nanophotonics. They will explore both offresonant material nonlinearity and nonlinearity originating from strongly coupled 2D exciton-polariton system. The resulting technology can potentially work at few photon level, leading to attojoule optoelectronics, and eventually quantum information processors and quantum simulators. These high-performance computing systems will play a critical role in national security and defense related applications. Successful completion of the research will significantly advance the optoelectronics and photonics program of AFOSR.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2018
- Source ID
- FA95501810104
Entities
People
- Arka Majumdar
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Washington