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USC, Northrop Grumman Establish Optical Materials Research Institute

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Northrop Grumman Corp. and the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering have announced plans to establish an advanced research institute focused on optical materials and nanophotonics devices.

The Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials (NG-ION2) will be based on the USC campus, and will bring together research teams from the university and the aerospace industry.

Under the agreement, Northrop Grumman will contribute $500,000 to NG-ION2 in 2016 to help foster interdisciplinary research by materials scientists, electrical engineers, physicists and chemists to develop novel materials for optical devices.

NG-ION2 will also enable regular exchanges between USC and Northrop Grumman researchers working across projects. USC Viterbi will grant Northrop Grumman scientists visiting researcher positions, a strategy that will allow them to work collaboratively on campus with their Institute counterparts to advance science in nanomaterials and integrated photonics, the two organizations said.

Initial projects include theoretical and experimental studies on 2D materials, plasmonics and nonlinear optics.
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Published: May 2016
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nanophotonics
Nanophotonics is a branch of science and technology that explores the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, typically at dimensions smaller than the wavelength of light. It involves the study and manipulation of light using nanoscale structures and materials, often at dimensions comparable to or smaller than the wavelength of the light being manipulated. Aspects and applications of nanophotonics include: Nanoscale optical components: Nanophotonics involves the design and fabrication of...
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