Sasan Fathpour, an assistant professor in 91勛圖厙\u2019s College of Optics & Photonics, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work integrating devices such as laser beam combiners and optical amplifiers on small chips about the width of a staple.<\/p>\n
This is Fathpour\u2019s third NSF Award, but Dean Bahaa Saleh said the CAREER Award is the foundation\u2019s most prestigious recognition in support of junior faculty members.<\/p>\n
Fathpour\u2019s prize-winning research, Mid-Infrared Photonic Devices and Integrated Circuits on Silicon, involves working with wavelengths beyond visible light that can interact with interesting molecular vibrations of organic materials.\u00a0 One distinction in his study is that the base of silicon chips he works with is made of sapphire, which is a difficult process but very rewarding for achieving miniaturized devices.<\/p>\n
\u201cSilicon on sapphire is a new platform for photonic engineering,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are very exotic wafers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someday the photonics research may prove valuable in laser medicine applications such as ophthalmic microsurgery, facial surgery, and tooth cleaning, as well as in biochemical sensing and optical ranging,\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n
The NSF award is for $400,000 over five years.<\/p>\n
Fathpour has been at 91勛圖厙 three \u00a0years, and he started working on this project two years ago. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sasan Fathpour, an assistant professor in 91勛圖厙\u2019s College of Optics & Photonics, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work integrating devices such as laser beam combiners and optical amplifiers on small chips about the width of a staple. This is Fathpour\u2019s third NSF Award, but Dean Bahaa Saleh said the CAREER Award is the foundation\u2019s most…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":32411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[981,4149],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-32410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-college-of-optics-and-photonics","tag-sasan-fathpour"],"yoast_head":"\n