IRG I: Microphotonic Materials and Structures @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Fields: | Condensed Matter Phenomena | Semiconductors / Photonics / Organic Electronics |
Senior Investigators
John D. Joannopoulos (group leader)
Yoel Fink
Erich P. Ippen
Leslie A. Kolodziejski
Keith A. Nelson
Henry I. Smith
Research Goals: Microphotonic materials are rapidly emerging as one of the most promising new platforms for future optical devices and device components. Such materials allow an unprecedented level of control over the confinement and propagation of light, at dimensions that enabled the design and eventual integration of a large number and variety of optical micro devices on a single chip. The objective of this IRG is to explore materials issues and fundamental properties of photonic crystals, to discover physical phenomena associated with photon states that have never been possible before, and to exploit this knowledge with ultimate aim the design, fabrication, and characterization of novel devices and components.