Support of Infrared Terahertz Quantum Workshop (ITQW) 2019
Abstract
This proposal requests funding from the Army Research Office to support the Infrared Terahertz Quantum Workshop (ITQW 2019), which is to be held in Ojai, California, from September 15-20, 2019. ITQW is a workshop-style conference that aims to bring together academic, government, and industry scientists in an intimate venue to encourage close interaction and collaboration. Participation in ITQW is international. It is deliberately kept small Ð approximately 100-120 people to ensure a single track format. The conference will feature a mixture of oral presentations, poster sessions, invited and plenary presentations. Requested funding will support this conference in the form of participant support for the registration costs of student attendees in the form of a registration subsidy. The theme of the conference is broadly defined as the exploration of novel physical phenomena in quantum- and electromagnetically-engineered photonic materials in the infrared and terahertz frequency range and the exploitation of these phenomena to create novel optoelectronic devices and applications. The infrared and terahertz frequency range is particularly interesting for realizing practical devices based on these design principles owing to relaxed fabrication tolerances, low loss of metals, controllable plasmonic and nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors and 2D materials, and our ability to engineer intersubband transitions in semiconductor heterostructures. In addition there will be a half day Òfocused sessionsÓ where we will focus on the emerging topic of ÒPolaritionics and Strongly Coupled Phenomena.Ó Specifically, a major focus of ITQW is discussion of quantum-cascade lasers (QCLs) and interband cascade lasers (ICLs) in the mid-infrared and terahertz, and detectors such as quantum-well and quantum-dot infrared photodetectors (QWIPs and QDIPs), as well as type-II superlattices. The conference also covers such topics as QCL frequency combs, intersubband polaritonic physics and devices, integration with 2D materials, and THz and infrared metamaterials and metasurfaces. Many of these topics are directly relevant to Army and DoD interests. For example, one topic specified in the BAA is ÒOptoelectronicsÓ where semiconductor lasers in the Ò. . . 3-5, 8-12, and 18-24 microns regions for various applications, such as ladar, infrared countermeasures, and free space/integrated data linksÓ are of high interest. Hosting ITQW in the United States will bring benefit the many US-based students, academic, industry, and government researchers, as well as program managers to engage with the state of the art.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910168
Entities
People
- Benjamin S. Williams
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of California, Los Angeles