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Prof. Tal Carmon
received a prestigious Young Investigator Program (YIP) award from the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). This three-year award will
support basic research in the area of "Continuous On-Chip Extreme UV
Emitter."
Nonlinear harmonic generation is widely used to extend the emission
wavelength of laser sources. These devices typically require high peak
powers to generate sufficient nonlinear optical response. Tal Carmon
recently demonstrated continuous-wave, visible emission from a silica
microresonator on a silicon chip by third-harmonic generation, while
consuming less power than that of a typical laser pointer. This visible
emission was achieved via multi-recirculation of light that enhances the
nonlinear interaction. Prof. Carmon plans to similarly exploit multiple
recirculation of light in order to develop a new type of emitter that will
operate in the ultraviolet range.
Prof. Carmon joined the department in 2007. His research interests
include photonic-MEMS, visible on-chip emitters, and harnessing radiation
pressure for opto-mechanical applications. His group recently demonstrated
experimentally photonic MEMS vibrating at rates never reported before. He is
author of the patent, "Emission from a Photonic Device by Multi Harmonic
Generation." Prof. Carmon teaches EECS 434: Principles of Photonics, and
EECS 539: Lasers.
About the Award
The
AFOSR YIP fosters creative research in science and engineering, and is
open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United
States who earned a doctorate or equivalent degree in the last five years
and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting research. Recent
competition for these awards has been intense, with only 13-19% of proposals
being funded in recent years.
The AFOSR invests in long-term, broad-based research in aerospace,
chemical and material sciences; physics and electronics; and mathematics,
information and life sciences, with a goal of creating revolutionary,
scientific breakthrough, enabling the Air Force and U.S. industry to produce
world-class, military significant and commercially valuable products.
Posted: November 24, 2009 by
Catharine June
EECS/ECE Communications Coordinator
cmsj@umich.edu or 734-936-2965
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