Energy-Efficient Optoelectronics Enabled by Novel Nanophotonic Resonances
Abstract
Energy-Efficient Optoelectronics Enabled by Novel Nanophotonic Resonances Bo Zhen University of Pennsylvania In addressing current large-scale societal challenges in energy, communication, and healthcare, light-based technology will continue to play an essential role due to their unique advantages of high speed, low energy loss, and large bandwidth. The key to future advances lies in the ability to control light in any way desired Ð this is exactly what nanophotonic structures provide. Here, we propose to significantly reduce energy losses in several important optoelectronic applications by replacing the ordinary resonances with novel nanophotonic resonances. Through a combination of theoretical, numerical, and experimental projects, we will demonstrate completely new or fundamentally improve devices that are important in photonic integrated circuits (for example, grating couplers and lidar antennas) with significantly improved energy efficiencies. Overall, these proposed research projects will advance our fundamental understanding of extremely energy efficient optoelectronics in nanophotonic settings. Meanwhile, the combination of low insertion-loss, ultra-wide bandwidth and low energy consumption in these devices can translate to new functionalities and better performance figures beyond current limits.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 13, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910087
Entities
People
- Bo Zhen
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Pennsylvania