Nanophotonics Accessibility and Applicability (2008) / Chapter Skim
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The intelligence technology warning community is encouraged to monitor the worldwide development of the specific nanophotonics technologies listed in Table 6-1 that have been assigned probability levels of impacting the listed strategic and critical military capabilities. Table 6-1 lists the four main categories of nanophotonics technologies -- plasmonics, photonic c rystals, metamaterials, and confined semiconductor structures -- and the committee's estimate concerning whether these technologies will have an Extremely High (EH)
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The committee believes that photonic crystals and confined semiconductor structures have a low probability of playing a role in stealth technology. The committee recommends that the Defense Intelligence Agency's Technology Warning Division pay particular attention to the two nanophotonics technologies (plasmonics and metamaterials)
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The committee believes that nanophotonics will eventually play a role in stealth, countermeasures, secure com munications, secure computing, night vision, fiber communications eavesdropping, and improve ments in the performance of electronic systems onboard air, space, sea, ground, and undersea systems, as well as in miniature sensors and remote sensing. The committee has thus assigned three High (plasmonics, metamaterials, confined semiconductor structures)
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The committee believes that the use of nanoscale semiconductor or photonics devices, modules, and structures will bring improvements in the electronic systems deployed in U.S. weapons platforms by replacing standard semiconductor devices and night-viewing detectors incorporated within these electronic systems and improving their performance.
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• Biosensing systems based on fluorescent molecules, plasmonics, and quantum dots, for use in the following: -- Medical in-field diagnostics, -- Bioagent detection, and -- Bioremediation. Foreign Capabilities and Investments There are very large, focused foreign investments under way in nanophotonics, including these: • In Europe: Large multicountry collaborations in plasmonics, metamaterials, and nanocavity quantum electrodynamics are being promoted in the European Union; • In Japan: Nanophotonics research takes place at two primary centers -- the Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center, founded in 2002, and the Research Institute of Nanophotonics, founded in 2005.
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For the United States to maintain a leading role in the development of the interdisciplinary field of nanophotonics, a stable funding profile must be maintained. For the Department of Defense to have assured access to nanophotonics capabilities, a healthy commercial nanophotonics sector is essential, with the ability to conduct pioneering research and development.
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The intelligence technology warning community should develop a sustained relationship with nanophotonics scientific and technical communities, not only within government agencies, but also in industry, academia, and technical societies, to bolster its understanding and anticipation of nanophotonics technology trends. Reference JTEC (Japan Technology Evaluation Center)
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