{"id":65913,"date":"2015-04-27T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=65913"},"modified":"2019-07-03T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:59:57","slug":"ucf-leader-in-photonics-makes-bid-for-game-changing-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-leader-in-photonics-makes-bid-for-game-changing-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Leader in Photonics, Makes Bid For Game Changing Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like the industrial revolution and the information age transformed our society, the age of light promises to propel the nation into the next century of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is a leader in this exciting field that studies light and all the things it can do from creating sensors that detect cancer without biopsies to creating ultrafast computer connections that could change how we communicate with each other.<\/p>\n<p>Since Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ opened <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/\">CREOL<\/a>, its College of Optics &amp; Photonics, in 1987 it has been making a name for itself in this pioneering area. That\u2019s why last fall the university formed a consortium to compete for a <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2014\/12\/11\/fact-sheet-president-obama-launches-competitions-new-manufacturing-innov\">$110 million federal grant<\/a> focused on integrated photonics (or light-based) manufacturing, which if awarded could push its work forward even faster.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s team, which includes 68 industry and 24 academic partners including Georgia Tech, Clemson University, North Carolina &#8211; Charlotte and the universities of Alabama-Huntsville and Illinois, is one of three chosen by the Department of Defense as finalists for the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegrated photonics will help us move to the next generation of innovation,\u201d said Winston Schoenfeld, leader of PRISM \u2013 the Photonics Research Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing coalition. PRISM has reach across the nation and is poised to position Central Florida as the leader in this new technology revolution.<\/p>\n<p>PRISM is anchored by the Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing research facility already under construction in Osceola County.\u00a0 The center is focused on the next generation of universal smart sensors. The project has the support of various partners including Osceola, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council backed by $170 million. The commitment is indicative of strong regional investment in innovative infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 U.S. House representatives and senators from across the South support PRISM\u2019s bid for the federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cÂ鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s proposal for a photonics research institute for sustainable manufacturing known as PRISM would allow the Department of Defense to utilize the expertise within the university\u2019s renowned College of Optics &amp; Photonics,\u201d said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.\u00a0 \u201cThe research Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is proposing would not only enhance the nation\u2019s security and global competitiveness, it would be of great value to the Department of Defense and our nation as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The possibilities are enormous. Optics and photonics is the science and technology of light: lasers, LEDs, LCDs, optical fibers, sensors and imaging systems for applications in industry, defense and medicine.<\/p>\n<p><em>To see a video about Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and its expertise in this field, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nUU3wzkGx7w\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even as Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ waits to see if it lands the federal money, its researchers in CREOL and in partnership with others across the university are making headlines for their cutting-edge work. Among the most recent breakthroughs:<\/p>\n<li>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ researchers Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Guifang Li and Axel Schulzgen discovered a special optical fiber that allows 21 times more bandwidth than currently available in communication networks. The rate of 255 terabits per second transmission generated excitement because of the exponentially increasing demand for bandwidth. Their work was published in Nature Photonics.<\/li>\n<li>Mercedeh Khajavikhan is researching new families of optical structures that can be used for a range of applications from on-chip communication systems to high-power semiconductor lasers to sensing. The work is so promising that the National Science Foundation awarded Khajavikhan a CAREER award.<\/li>\n<li>Kathleeen Richardson is developing types of flexible glass that can hold optical components without losing performance.\u00a0 The work, which was published in Nature Photonics last summer, could result in flexible solar panels, phones and computers.<\/li>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just like the industrial revolution and the information age transformed our society, the age of light promises to propel the nation into the next century of innovation. 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