Emerging Technology Panel

Title: Photonic Integrated Circuits for Free Space Communications and Sensing Augmentation of NASA EOS Data 
Presenting Author: Jonathan Klamkin
Organization: UC Santa Barbara

Abstract:
This talk will describe developments in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technologies for communications and sensing in free space. PICs integrate several photonic functions on single chips to dramatically reduce system cost, size, weight and power (CSWaP) while improving performance and reliability. This technology is expected to enable low-cost deployment of fully capable photonic systems on small platforms. Applications include telecommunications, data center communications, microwave photonics, free space communications, lidar, and remote sensing.

Bio: Jonathan Klamkin is a professor at the University of California Santa Barbara where he leads a group of ~17 researchers conducting pioneering research in integrated photonic technologies. Previously he held positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, and Boston University. He is a Chair for the 2018 Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics conference, the Vice-Chair for the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Subcommittee on Microwave Photonics, an Associate Editor for Photonics Technology Letters, and a Steering Committee Member for the Journal of Lightwave Technology. Prof. Klamkin is the recipient of a NASA Early Career Faculty Award and the DARPA Young Faculty Award. He has published more than 160 papers, and holds 1 patent and 3 pending patents.