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Photonics Communications Research Laboratory Photonics innovation accessible to everyone: ACTPHAST and PICS4ALL European projects Dimitris Apostolopoulos Paraskevas Bakopoulos National Technical University of Athens photonics.ntua.gr Photonics

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Photonics Communications Research Laboratory

National Technical University of Athens Photonics Communications Research Laboratory

Photonics innovation accessible to everyone: ACTPHAST and PICS4ALL European projects

photonics.ntua.gr

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Dimitris Apostolopoulos Paraskevas Bakopoulos

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Photonics Communications Research Laboratory

PCRL’s mission: Application-driven research in photonics 3 main lines of activities, answering the needs

f telecom and datacenter networks

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telecom networks datacenter networks PIC design System design and evaluation digital signal processing

X-polarization Y-polarization with equalization no equalization

Established in 1995 at NTUA, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 professor, 7 researchers, 11 PhD students >350 publications, >2000 citations Track record in research projects

Photonics innovation accessible to everyone: ACTPHAST and PICS4ALL European projects

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PCRL ongoing EU funded projects

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www.ict-hamlet.eu www.nepheleproject.eu www.orchestraproject.eu www.ict-panther.eu www.spiritproject.eu www.ict-biofos.eu www.phoxtrot.eu www.actphast.eu www.http://pics4all.jeppix.eu/

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ACTPHAST in a nutshell

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One-Stop-Shop for Supporting European Companies driven by their Photonics Innovation Needs

especially adapted to the needs of SMEs

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Photonics innovation show-stoppers for companies

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Human resources and expertise Technology

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ACTPHAST’s INNOVATION ROADBLOCK REMOVERS

dedicated task forces with the best EU experts supported by key photonics technology platforms innovation support principles and actions that efficiently impact companies

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ACTPHAST team

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More than 200 top-experts from 23 institutes ready to provide innovation support to industry

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Supported technology platforms

free-space optics specialty fibers polymer-based optics MOEMS Si -PICs InP -PICs SiN-SiO PICs

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Full supply-chain from design to demonstrator

Low-Cost Low-Volume Manufacturing Optical Modelling and Photonic Design Mastering and Prototyping Technologies Optical Measurement and Characterization Demonstrators and Prototypes Packaging and Integration

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ACTPHAST’s general support principles

support innovation driven by business needs provide support instead of funding innovation instrument dedicated to SMEs target innovation close to the market potential impact

n jobs and growth are key

support a variety of industry sectors

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ACTPHAST’s action plan

OUTREACH QUALIFICATION AND SUPPORT IMPACT

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Short-duration high-impact projects

COMPANY INQUIRY PROPOSAL GRANTED

2-3 Months 3 Months average project duration of 6 Months

CONTRACT SIGNED PROJECT STARTS PROJECT ENDS

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Examples of SMEs receiving support (1/2)

CNRS, UEF Anti-counterfeit products Resonant gratings for security VUB, KIT, VTT Food sorters LED-based sorting TNO Power system protection FBG interrogator for power industry

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Examples of SMEs receiving support (2/2)

WUT, VUB Optical inspection of cap feeding of pharmaceutical bottles Dedicated free form imaging optics FORTH Solar thermal systems Temperature/ pressure sensors VUB Train pumping sewage UV-illumination

f pathogens

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ACTPHAST “success stories”

HHI Silicon-based Data transmitters Surface emitting DFB lasers for Si

€3.5 m VC funding

09 Nov 2015

Target Partners invests €3.5 million in Sicoya Silicon photonics based integrated microchips enable data centers to manage the explosive growth of Internet traffic Munich/Berlin, November 9, 2015: Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) today announced a €3.5 million Series A investment in Sicoya GmbH (www.sicoya.de) based in Berlin. Sicoya develops integrated silicon photonics based microchips for optical interconnects. Mobile devices, social networking, cloud computing and other applications like virtual reality technologies all require scalable data centers to keep pace with the ever-increasing demand for fast, reliable and cost- effective data interconnects. Sicoya’s unique product solutions comprise novel patented modulator concepts and co-integration of ultra-small optical and electrical circuits into

ne single chip. This next generation technology is ideally suited to allow scalable,

reliable and power efficient data interconnects outperforming legacy copper based solutions and first generation optical transceivers. Sicoya is planning to increase the financing round together with further investors and public funding sources to at least €5 million in equity and R&D financing on top. This infusion of capital will go towards product development and the expansion of global sales activities.

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PICS4ALL

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Bridges the gap between technology and market Helps to assess the benefits of applying Photonic ICs in your products European Network of Experts in Photonics Application Support Centers in:

Photonic Integrated Circuits Accessible to Everyone

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Why PIC technology?

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Photonic ICs bring competitive advantage to your products:

 Miniaturization  Cost reduction  Performance enhancement

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Where to use PIC technology?

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Telecom and Datacom

 Switching, FTTH, RoF, OTDM, DWDM

Sensor readouts

 FBG interrogators  Spectrometers

Medical and diagnostic

 OCT, bio-imaging

Microwave, THZ and RF photonics Quantum communication Variety of lasers

 Widely tunable, multiwavelength  Ring and pulse lasers

And many more…

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How to access PIC technology?

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Vertical foundry model Custom foundry model Generic foundry model

 low entry costs  no process development by designer/end-user  no competition by foundry  clear separation of IPR

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Access to technology: Multi-Project Wafer runs

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Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) runs

Access to a cutting-edge photonic technology Sharing wafer: sharing fab costs Simple and cheap way of prototyping Fabless business model

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MPW Basic Building Blocks

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Basic building blocks in photonics

 waveguides, amplifiers, modulators, detectors

Generic Model:

 standardized and parameterized building blocks  verified components: reduction of design time and number of fab cycles

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MPW offerings

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Numerous options available How to simplify the process?

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Enter PICS4ALL

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design houses (fabless) foundries end users

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PICs4All: applying PICs into products

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Access to manufacturing and packaging services Technical and economic feasibility Design and test support Your application

PICs4All offers: free advice on technical and economic viability free support in conceptualisation, design and testing of Photonic ICs guidance in access to manufacturing and packaging services access to III-V and SiN technologies via JePPIX ecosystem

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How can we help you?

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Expertise in PIC technology platforms

 InP, Si, SiN, Polymer

Technical skills in photonic integration

 Modelling & Design  Prototyping & Fabrication  Measurement & Testing  Packaging & Assembly

Guide to free and (semi-)commercial capabilities

 Access to CAD/design software tools  Prototyping & Fabrication (clean-room facilities)  Measurement & Testing (labs)  Packaging & Assembly

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Who will help you?

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1. Eindhoven University of Technology: Katarzyna (k.lawniczuk@tue.nl) 2. University of Cambridge: Adrian (aw300@ucam.uk) 3. Universitat Politècnica de València: Pascual (pmunoz@iteam.upv.es) 4. Politecnico di Milano: Daniele (daniele.melati@polimi.it) 5. Warsaw University of Technology: Stanislaw (S.Stopinski@imio.pw.edu.pl) 6. Technische Universität Berlin: Moritz (moritz.baier@hhi.fraunhofer.de) 7. Aarhus University: Martijn (mheck@eng.au.dk) 8. Telecom ParisTech: Kevin (kevin.schires@telecom- paristech.fr) 9. National Technical University of Athens: Paraskevas (pbakop@mail.ntua.gr)

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PIC examples*

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*only public information is presented

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On-chip fully reconfigurable mode (de)multiplexer

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Daniele Melati, et al. Opt. Express 24, 12625-12634 (2016)

mode multiplexing and de-multiplexing
dynamically reconfigurable

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Flexible 16x1 MUX/DEMUX filter array

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16x superchannel mux/demux
tuneable center wavelength and

bandwidth

polarization multiplexed

Single flexible filter element Packaged 16x1 MUX/DEMUX

G. Kanakis et al, in OFC 2016, paper W2A.17

Integrated 16x1 Array

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Integrated Ultra-Low-Loss 4-Bit Tunable Delay

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ultra-low-loss Si3N4 waveguides (1.01 dB/m)
4-bit tunable delay (max 12.35 ns, 0.85 ns resolution)
19.3 dB isolation
R. L. Moreira et al, PTL vol. 25, no. 12, June 2013

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Monolithic WDM cross connect switch

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non-blocking, modular and parallel OXC architecture
single stage switch to improve controllability,

scalability and OSNR

nanoseconds wavelength and time switching speed
multicast operation

: SOA SOA Wavelength selector (WSS in the chip)

N. Calabretta et al, ECOC 2015

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100-Channel WDM Receiver PIC

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100 channel Receiver
11x 10-channel AWGs on chip
100 photodetectors (5 GHz, scalable to 20 GHz)
M. Baier et. al, ECOC 2014

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Towards commercial integrated OCT system

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Thorlabs Future?

Applications

Clasically:

 Medical applications

Potential (unlocked by price & size):

 Food industry  Security  Production line monitoring

The HIPPIOS project

Financed by investment bank Berlin (IBB) 3 M€ over 3 years R&D all the way into market

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Thank You!

photonics.ntua.gr

Acknowledgements

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 619205 (ACTPHAST) and 687777 (PICS4ALL) This presentation reflects only the speaker’s view and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

Paraskevas Bakopoulos

pbakop@mail.ntua.gr

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Dimitris Apostolopoulos

apostold@mail.ntua.gr