| AVS 63rd International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Manufacturing Science and Technology | Monday Sessions |
| Session MS-MoA |
| Session: | pb |
| Presenter: | Michael Liehr, SUNY Polytechnic Institute |
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Abstract: The recently established American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics (AIM Photonics) is a manufacturing consortium headquartered in NY, with funding from the US Department of Defense, New York State, California and Massachusetts, and industrial partners to advance the state of the art in the design, manufacture, testing, assembly, and packaging of integrated photonic devices . Dr. Michael Liehr, CEO of AIM Photonics, will describe the technical goals, operational framework, near-term milestones, and opportunities for the broader photonics community.
The scope of AIM Photonics will span several industry segments, with the most prominent and near term commercial segment of Datacom applications, to analog/RF, array and sensor applications that are expected to mature at a later time. Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) technology enables optical systems to be miniaturized and fabricated on semiconductor chips. Just as electronic integrated circuits revolutionized electronics by miniaturizing transistor circuitry, PICs integrate lasers and other optical devices to route and process information with reduced size and power. PICs can also scale in complexity to do things that would not be possible using conventional optical design approaches. By putting these components on a single platform, PICs have the potential to advance technology in ways never before possible.
Targeted markets include:
Ultra-high-speed transmission of signals for the internet and telecommunications
New high-performance information-processing systems and computing
Compact biomedical sensor applications enabling dramatic medical advances in diagnostics and treatment
Multi-sensor applications including urban navigation, free space optical communications, and quantum information sciences
Other military applications, including electronic warfare, analog RF sensing, communications, and chemical/biological detection