Descripción del proyecto
Nuevas investigaciones sobre redes láser aleatorias
La industria europea fotónica crece con rapidez y los láseres han desempeñado una función tecnológica importante dando lugar a avances en ámbitos como las comunicaciones o la medicina. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos CORAL se propone abordar la necesidad de contar con profesionales capacitados en este campo a través de la formación de dos jóvenes investigadores en tecnología fotónica especializados en láseres aleatorios. Su labor establecerá lazos más estrechos en la cadena de valor al completo de la integración fotónica de los grupos III a V basada en enlaces y crecimiento monolítico directo para estableces un marco de redes de nanoláseres. El proyecto impulsará el campo emergente de las redes de láser aleatorias hacia un nivel nuevo de madurez basado en una plataforma III-V sobre silicio. De este modo se abre la posibilidad de integrar estos sistemas en circuitos de silicio y otras aplicaciones innovadoras.
Objetivo
The photonics industry in Europe is in rapid growth, lasers in particular have played a central role in several technological developments for many decades, from communications to medicine. As photonic devices shrink in both physical size and power consumption, integrated photonic devices will increasingly penetrate into consumer products such as smartphones and photonic sensors, for various applications from motion detection to navigation of autonomous vehicles.
The European Industrial doctorate program CORAL will address the increasing need for educated professionals in this field, by the training of two young researchers in photonics technology and in particular in the relatively new field of random lasers, which is at the cross-roads between nanophotonics and neuromorphic applications.
CORAL proposes a training programme between two world-class institutions, IBM and Imperial College London (ICL) each bringing in unique expertise and providing an appropriate balance of applied industrial research as well as in-depth understanding of the underlying physics.
CORAL will bridge the entire value chain in III-V photonics integration based on both bonding and direct monolithic growth to establishing a simulation framework for networks of nanolasers. Both ESRs will gain experience with hands-on laser fabrication in the IBM cleanroom facilities, combined with various optical characterization routines at both IBM and ICL, and they will gain a deep understanding of laser physics from the advanced simulation at ICL. In addition to providing them with a scientific training meeting the needs of the European photonics industry, this will also push the emerging field of random laser networks towards a new level of maturity based on a III-V on silicon platform. Thereby, opening up for potential integration with silicon CMOS, and an entirely new range of applications.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehicles
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynanophotonics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
SW7 2AZ LONDON
Reino Unido