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Thanks Spooks!!! Mickelson NSF Grant

Award Detail
Awardee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE
Doing Business As Name: University of Colorado at Boulder
PD/PI: Alan R Mickelson
Award Date: 06/25/2013
Estimated Total Award Amount: $ 50,000
Funds Obligated to Date: $ 50,000
Award Start Date: 07/01/2013
Award Expiration Date: 12/31/2013
Award Title or Description: I-Corps: Miltiwavelength Integrated Nanphotonic Transceivers

Abstract at Time of Award

This proposed device research incorporates material research and nanofabrication technology with new system approaches to enhance current fiber optic networking capabilities. The work is based on research results from a grant made by the previous NSF CISE EMTNano program that involved silicon phontonics, nano fabrication and nonlinear optical polymer research. The device research involves miniaturizing optical components to the nano-scale, thereby extending the reach of optics to ever shorter distances. The miniaturization permits enhancement of bandwidth through the use of on-chip dense wavelength division multiplexing allowed by silicon photonics components. The miniaturized system with reduced power consumption permits use of broadband sources instead of a multitude of stabilized lasers. This new system approach promises not only breakthroughs in size and cost but an epiphany in the approach to control of process and thermal variations. The material research involves high temperature electro-optic chromophores that exhibit high electro-optic coefficients when guested in polymeric hosts. The nanotechnology includes infiltration and poling of these novel composite polymers in slotted silicon nano-waveguide structures.

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I-Corps:
NSF Innovation Corps

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a set of activities and programs that prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects.

While knowledge gained from NSF-supported basic research frequently advances a particular field of science or engineering, some results also show immediate potential for broader applicability and impact in the commercial world. Such results may be translated through I-Corps into technologies with near-term benefits for the economy and society.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/