Objective SLIPPRY combines two very exciting topics in contemporary photonics research - slow light and photonic crystals - with the goal of designing compact and efficient slow light structures for all-optical data processing applications.Slow light will be the key to a new generation of all-optical processing devices including optical delay lines and buffers as well as ultra-compact, low power switches and modulators.To be of practical use, these devices must be broadband, and therefore require precise dispersion control in order to process high data rates and short pulses without signal degradation. Photonic crystals are thus the ideal platform for slow light structures, as they exhibit strong and highly adjustable dispersion behaviour as well as being able to operate over a wide bandwidth.One of the major shortcomings of this promising field is the lack of mature designs; while an ad hoc slow light design has recently been demonstrated in a photonic crystal modulator [Vlasov et al. Nature 438, pp.65-68 Nov 200 5], there is much to do in terms of bandwidth, suppression of higher order dispersion terms and tunability of the slowdown factor.SLIPPRY aims to address these issues through the following objectives,- comparative analysis of slow-light mechanisms in photonic crystals;- design and optimization of novel slow light structures;- optimization of an injector for broadband coupling to slow light modes;- design of active slow light devices in photonic crystals.We will achieve these objectives with the implementation of a numerical design and optimization program running in parallel with a world-class experimental research program.The design approach will incorporate semi-analytic methods, two- and three- dimensional numerical simulations and state-of-the-art numerical optimization tools. Refinement of designs will be undertaken in close collaboration with experimentalists to ensure designs are feasible and optimized for experimental conditions. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksoptical networksnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Keywords All-optical processing Numerical Optimisation Photonic crystals Slow Light Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.3 - Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) Call for proposal FP6-2005-MOBILITY-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IIF - Marie Curie actions-Incoming International Fellowships Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Address College gate north street KY16 9AJ St andrews United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00
