Descripción del proyecto
Los cristales proporcionan una armadura para los sensores nanofotónicos de alta sensibilidad
La electrónica que aprovecha el movimiento de los electrones cada vez se está viendo más integrada, e incluso sustituida, por dispositivos fotónicos que aprovechan las propiedades de los paquetes de luz o fotones. La nanofotónica se centra en las interacciones de los fotones con estructuras de tamaño nanométrico, lo que ofrece oportunidades para controlar la luz en el régimen de sublongitud de onda para lograr capacidades mejoradas de detección y adquisición de imágenes. El equipo del proyecto GRAIL, que cuenta con el respaldo de las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, está desarrollando un proceso de nanofabricación tridimensional para integrar sensores nanofotónicos de alta sensibilidad en cristales que puedan soportar condiciones ambientales duras. Los láseres nanofotónicos de frecuencia única se integrarán dentro de cristales resistentes para su funcionamiento en entornos extremos, incluidos los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos asociados con el cambio climático o los futuros reactores de fusión nuclear.
Objetivo
At a time when the climate emergency and an ever growing energy-demanding population are major issues facing the world, it is clearer than ever that new integrated sensing technologies are needed to: (1) locally adapt to climate change (by monitoring and preventing environmental catastrophes) and (2) globally mitigate it (by developing the future greener technologies which will require from advanced self-monitoring system integrated sensors).
State-of-the-art heterogeneous silicon photonics or plasmonics cannot withstand real-world environments and must be carefully protected; this leading to the question: Will it be possible to foresee a nanophotonic technology capable of withstanding extreme environments?
GRAIL will explore a new 3D nanofabrication approach for embedding monolithic nanophotonic sensors inside harsh-environment resistant crystals, such as for example in the protective layer of a smart watch or on unmanned vehicles and remote monitoring systems.
GRAIL is meant to develop novel single-frequency nanophotonic lasers (SFL) for future extreme-environment resistant sensors. This new type of laser will merge for the 1st time concepts from so far disconnected optical fields: photonic crystal fibers, semiconductor lasers, and rare-earth doped solid-state lasers. This leap will be enabled by the 3D-laser nanofabrication process recently discovered by the Host Supervisor, as well as by the expertise of the ER in SFLs for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors. GRAIL will also tackle the transfer of this technology to an award-winning EU-company on ultrafast laser fabrication.
GRAIL will provide a high-quality training to the ER in nanophotonics, 3D-laser nanolithography, IPR & technology transfer whereas the Host will greatly benefit from the creation of a new international research field. The EU Industrial Partner will benefit from acquiring first-hand knowledge on the innovative SFL nanophotonic technology, an its mass-produccion studies.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibers
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-processes
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsultrafast lasers
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynanophotonics
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