Morton Photonics is working with various government agencies, together with clients, partners and collaborators, to develop R&D programs and products in areas ranging from basic device physics and device design up through sub-system and system level manufacture and testing.  Areas of interest include: 

Nanophotonic Devices
  -     Microresonator and wavelength scale devices and sub-systems
         •  True-Time-Delay optical delay devices for Phased Array Systems
         •  Linearized Miniature Silicon Modulators for Phased Array Systems
  -    Quantum-dot lasers, gain chips and amplifiers
  -    Silicon photonics devices and photonic integrated circuits

Photonic Integration
  -    Large scale monolithic photonic integration
  -    WDM Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for high capacity optical communications
  -      Hybrid integration and next generation photonic packaging technologies
         •  Ultra-Low-Noise Hybrid Integrated Lasers
  -      Photonic subsystem integration
         •  System on a chip 

RF Photonics
  -     RF photonic links and signal processing
  -     High Spur-Free-Dynamic-Range (SFDR) optical analog links
         •  High SFDR optical analog links for Phased Array Systems
  -    ‘Optical Radio’ and complex modulation formats
  -    Ultra-High-Bandwidth semiconductor lasers and photonic devices
  -    Tough Photonics: Semiconductor lasers for harsh environments
  -    Complex photonic subsystems 

Dynamic Optical Networks
  -    Next generation optical network architectures
  -    Photonic integration for cost reduced communication networks
         •  Silicon Photonics and its potential to revolutionize optical communication networks
  -    Dynamically tunable optical networks through wavelength tuning and optical switching 

Biophotonics
  -    High-power, short-pulse and broad-bandwidth laser sources for biomedical imaging
  -    Quantum-dot based semiconductor devices for biophotonic applications
  -    Low-cost sub-systems to enable widespread adoption of biophotonics technologies  

Morton Photonics uses its broad experience from device physics up to system level applications to better understand the requirements for new photonic technologies and how they can be best utilized in next generation systems.