SubsidieMeestersCIRCULATING LIGHT ON ANY PHOTONIC PLATFORM
CIRCULIGHT aims to revolutionize Photonic Integrated Circuits by developing a low-cost, miniaturized optical circulator using advanced materials, enhancing functionality and sustainability across diverse applications.
Projectdetails
Introduction
The new technology envisioned in CIRCULIGHT will establish a breakthrough in Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) capabilities, with impact across a wide range of applications of high economic and societal value. It will lay the foundations of a new class of PICs which are highly functional, miniaturized, and low power-consuming, as well as being manufacturable at low cost, thereby contributing significantly to environmental protection and related quality of life.
Project Goals
The essential building block that will be created in this project is a truly integrated optical circulator, which:
- Protects active and passive integrated functions from each other
- Distributes light between them
- Allows very large scale integration of photonic components within diversified PIC architectures
The practical realization of such a structure will be a world-first and a breakthrough in PIC technology.
Technological Progress
CIRCULIGHT's decisive technological progress is based on:
- Magneto-optical (MO) nanoparticle-composite sol-gel material
- Magneto-biplasmonic (MBP) effect
These advancements will enable the monolithic insertion of circulators on any photonic platform. Within the project, a demonstration will be made on two platforms, based on InP and Si respectively, operating at 1.3 or 1.5 µm.
Innovative Approach
While PIC foundries rely on specific and independent technologies, our solution will bypass these specificities, thanks to a universal integration of functional materials. In addition, our interdisciplinary approach is based on the analysis of real-world needs, feeding the co-creation of an exploitation roadmap together with:
- End users
- Industrial stakeholders
- Societal stakeholders
This preparation is aimed at scaling up our technology developments to transform society for the better.
Consortium
To reach these objectives, our consortium of nine partners encompasses competencies in:
- Material sciences
- Photonics
- Plasmonics
- PICs technology
- Social science
The consortium also includes two SMEs.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 2.908.754 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 2.908.754 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-4-2024 |
| Einddatum | 30-9-2027 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2024 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRSpenvoerder
- VSB - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA
- UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT-ETIENNE
- POLITECNICO DI BARI
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
- PHOTONFIRST TECHNOLOGIES BV
- SMART PHOTONICS BV
- BERGISCHE UNIVERSITAET WUPPERTAL
- UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Land(en)
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