This National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) Project Grant award to Baylor University, with a funding amount of $550,000 and a performance period from August 2024 to July 2026, aims to improve silicon photonics chip processing and manufacturing. The project will integrate a new conductive oxide material, hydrogen-doped indium oxide (IHO), into existing silicon photonics fabrication processes to enhance the energy efficiency of silicon photonic devices and circuits. This research and development effort under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will contribute to workforce development by providing training opportunities for a postdoctoral researcher, two doctoral students, and two undergraduate research assistants. The project's broader impact is to advance silicon photonics technology, which is projected to grow from a $1.3B market in 2022 to $5B by 2028, and enable emerging applications in areas such as autonomous driving, optical neural networks, and military uses.
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