Nanophotonics Accessibility and Applicability (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Indeed, the optical properties of nanomaterials can be tailored for important commercial and defense applications, such as compact photoelectric power sources; efficient and tunable light sources, detectors, filters, waveguides, and modulators; high-speed all-optical switches; environmental (both chemical and biological) sensors; next-generation classical and quantum computation; and biophotonic medical diagnostics and therapeutics.
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A third theme noted by the committee is that of commercial markets pushing advances in nanophotonics to an increasingly greater degree while DOD and intelligence community agencies concurrently play lesser roles as drivers of this field. Specific technological advances in nanophotonics are expected to contribute to major scientific and applications developments.
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photovoltaic power sources; • External photonic communications between nanophotonic-enabled silicon chips, with widespread application likely within a few years, particularly for computers and microprocessors; • Internal photonic communication within chips, enabling militarily significant functions, such as (1) potentially significant power savings within computing systems and (2)
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. key Findings In reviewing the global state of nanophotonics R&D, with a particular emphasis on military applications, the committee identified several key findings that have broad and critical implications regarding the accessibility and applicability of nanophotonics, as well as the importance of potential nanophotonics technologies to national economic and military security.
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Developments in synthesis, growth, and fabrication for photonic nanostructures extend across a wide range of materials and techniques and follow nontraditional paths. While it is tempting to assume that those countries which today have an extensive infrastructure for traditional photonics and micro electronics will continue to be the dominant developers of this new technology, this infusion of new ideas and new technologies means that new players can emerge over the 10-to-15-year time frame covered by this report.
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These recommendations address the broad and critical implications regarding the accessibility and applicability of nanophotonics, as well as the importance of potential nanophotonics technologies to national economic and military security. These key recommendations are presented here, along with a necessarily abbreviated discussion of the committee deliberations.
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The committee recommends that the intelligence technology warning community monitor the worldwide development of nanophotonics technologies that have a high probability of impacting U.S. strategic and critical military capabilities, such as in mid- and long-wavelength infrared imaging systems, chemical and biological threat detection with compact and rugged instruments, secure communications, situational awareness, secure computing, enhancement of the electronics systems capabilities on U.S.
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For the Department of Defense to have assured access to nanophotonics capabilities, a healthy commercial nanophotonics sector with the ability to conduct pioneering R&D is essential. Historically, feedback from basic research to applications and back to basic research has been a major factor in U.S.
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