Lehigh UniversityCenter For Optical TechnologiesArmy Research OfficeJune 29, 2001

Sources of Funding Current and Planned Lehigh University: $15,000,000 for Optoelectronics/Photonics, Information Technology, over the next 5-7 yearsPennsylvania Technology Investment Authority (PTIA): $1,000,000 awarded for FY00-01 to create the center A proposal for $25,000,000 over the next 5 years has been submitted for initial funding in FY01-02 Private Industry: $7,500,000 over the next 5 years from joint university industry research and liaison programs

PartnersBrashear LPCircadiant SystemsIQE, Inc.Optical CrossLinksOpticalisOptronX, Inc.Synergistech, Inc.T-Networks, Inc.Tycom Ltd.Wavefront Research, Inc.Major IndustryLocal Industry

Lehigh Interdisciplinary Research ProgramsOptical Networks-Design and CharacterizationOptical NetworksSystem ArchitectureOptical CommunicationsRoutingWDM Systems

Advanced Optical MaterialsSpecialty Fibers and WaveguidesPhotonic Packaging and Automated ManufactureOptical NanostructuresPhotonic CrystalsOptoelectronic Devices and Integrated OpticsDevice OpticsIntegrated OpticsDesign/Modeling and Characterication of Optoelectronic DevicesGuided PropagationNovel Device Concepts and EffectsNew Effects and ProcessesTheory and SimulationQuantum ComputingQuantum Cryptography

Faculty Slade Cargill Martin P. Harmer James Hwang Himanshu Jain Mike Stavola Jean Toulouse George WatkinsFaculty Rick Blum Terry Boult Alastair McAulay Aylen YenerFaculty Demetrios Christodoulides Miltiadis K. Hatalis Ralph Jaccodine Ray Pearson Rick VinciFaculty Volkmar Dierolf Jerome Licini Daniel Ou-Yang Meghanad Wagh

ARO/Center for Optical Technologies Potential IntegrationCenter for Optical TechnologiesInterdisciplinary Research Programs

Optics Research Collaborations

LEHIGHCreol/UCFPrincetonOxford/UKU of Glasgow/UKU of San FranciscoJena/GermanyOsnabrckANU/AustraliaU of ArkansasTechnionWeizmann/ IsraelJohns HopkinsPenn StateCambridge/UKPardubice/Czech RepublicBrookhaven National LabU of OhioDortmund/Germany

Proposed Department ChangesNew Electrical and Computer Engineering Department15 new faculty; net increase of 9 facultyOptoelectronics is 1 of 3 fociNew Computer Science and Engineering18 new faculty; net increase of 14 facultyConcentration on computer science for optical networking

SummaryResearch will build on Lehigh strengths in optoelectronics, photonics, and materialsMajor investment from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Lehigh UniversityProximity and commitment of existing large companies and new start-up companiesStrategic alignment with ARO priorities