Automated Alignment Engine for Photonics Integration

This DURIP research equipment request is for an Automated Alignment Engine that will facilitate robust integration of photonic components. This system will complement our recently-acquired two-photon lithography system and form part of a suite of instruments that we are assembling in our group at NU to enable multiscale fabrication and integration of photonic systems. Such fabrication will open up pathways to creating novel multiscale photonic systems for applications in mechanical and chemical sensing for structural health monitoring.