Lightwave Research Laboratory Funding Agencies

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Funded projects:

Parametric Optical Processes and Systems (POPS)

Nanophotonic Optical Broadband Switches (NOBS)

On- and Off-Chip Photonic Communications for Multi-Processor Systems


Department of Defense (DoD)

Funded projects:

Cross-Layer Optimized Optical Substrate

Data Vortex Optical Packet-Switching Fabric

Scalable Optical Packet Buffers

Optical Network Interface Card (ONIC)


National Science Foundation (NSF)

Funded projects:

Engineering Research Center (ERC): Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN)

Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI): Embedded Real-Time Measurements (ERM)

Scalable Optical Packet Buffers

Optical Network Interface Card (ONIC)

Scalable Photonic Integrated Network (SPINet)

On- and Off-Chip Photonic Communications for Multi-Processor Systems

Silicon Photonic Devices for Networks-on-Chip (NoCs)


Department of Energy (DOE)

Funded project:

Cross-Layer Optimized Optical Substrate


Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC): Interconnect Focus Center Research Program (IFC/FCRP)

Funded project:

Silicon Photonic Devices for Networks-on-Chip (NoCs)


Intel Research Council

Funded projects:

Optical Network Interface Card (ONIC)

Interconnect Fabric System Test-Bed