Research
Photonics & Electromagnetics
Integration of Optoelectronics and Optical Networks in Advanced Fiberglass/Resin Composites
Keith Goossen
- Evolutionary optimization of electromagnetic devices
- Fabrication of Light Emitters Based on Tin-Germanium Alloys
- Devices and Imaging in the High-Terahertz Band
- Antenna Coupled Nano-Photonic Waveguides for MMW FPAs
- Optical biopsy & single-cell spectroscopy
- 50% Efficient Solar Cells
- Electro-optical properties of carbon nanostructures
- High-reliability Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL's) and VCSEL arrays
- Integration of Optoelectronics and Optical Networks in Advanced Fiberglass/Resin Composites
- Micromechanical Large-Area Modulators for Free-space Optical Communication
- Silicon-based light emitters
- Time-domain integral equation methods for the solution of Maxwell's Equations
- Design of 2D Read-out Integrated Circuit for 3-D Laser-radar Imaging Systems
- Spintronic Sensors and Microwave Phase Detection
- Broadband Silicon-Based Quantum Dot Absorption Materials
- Terahertz Spectroscopy of Doped Nanostructures
- Dilute Nitride Technology for Infrared Detectors
- Germanium-Based Solar Cells for Long Wavelength Sensitivity
Current funding
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Group Staff
Graduate Student
Micheal Teitelbaum
Advanced fiberglass/resin composite structural materials can reduce the weight of vehicles by over half, and thus decrease our gasoline and diesel consumption correspondingly, while maintaining the same structural integrity. Because of their low process temperature, they also offer the opportunity of embedding communication and sensor networks, particularly fiber optic based. While this has been well researched, the methods of interfacing with this embedded network usually rely upon fragile physical connectors protruding from the composite. Here, we are investigating the use of free space optical-to-embedded optical fiber transponders to allow communication into the composite without physical connection. These transponders can be straightforward centimeter-sized optoelectronic transceiver circuits, or nano-particle photon converters, spanning the range from the very applied to very basic research.
Recent publications
M. Teitelbaum, S. Yarlagadda, D.J. O'Brien, E.D. Wetzel and K.W. Goossen, "Embedded Optical Networks in Composite Material with Free-Space Optical Links," Proceedings of the 2005 SAMPE ISTC Annual Meeting.
