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ELENA

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European electro optic and nonlinear PIC platform based on lithium niobate
ELENA will develop the first European lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) PIC platform, accessible to all interested entities in the form of an open foundry service. Lithium niobate (LiN) is one of the most promising emerging mate... ELENA will develop the first European lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) PIC platform, accessible to all interested entities in the form of an open foundry service. Lithium niobate (LiN) is one of the most promising emerging materials for PICs that comprises a unique set of interesting optical properties: a high electo-optic (EO) coefficient, a high intrinsic second-order nonlinearity, and a large transparency window. The focus of ELENA will be on developing 5 advanced photonic building blocks (BBs) which exploit the unique properties of LiN to enable novel functionalities in PIC (e.g. wavelength conversion and parametric gain) and to improve the existing ones (e.g. faster, more energy-efficient EO modulators). These BBs will be a part of comprehensive PDK library that will be accessible to entities outside of the consortium. ELENA’s approach will enable reliable monolithic integration of the LiN BBs to implement complex functionalities with better sensitivity, higher energy efficiency, faster speed and increased chip density. ELENA’s technologies will be applicable to a broad range of applications from telecom to LIDAR, quantum technologies and space. Moreover, ELENA’s ambition is to establish the key steps of a fully European supply chain to support the LiN platform. This include activities such as • Establish a process to produce 150mm optical grade LNOI wafers on an industrial scale • Develop a reliable and flexible packaging solution to interface LiN chips with optical fibers and other PIC platforms • Demonstrate the technology and validate the results by developing 4 PIC prototypes designed by 3 end-user partners covering fields of telecom, quantum technologies and microwave photonics The ELENA project (42 months, €5M) with a consortium of 3 RTDs , 3 large industrials and 3 SMEs contains all the necessary competencies to reduce the R&D costs of advanced PICs and implement the key aspects of a value chain for a sustainable LiN based PIC industry in Europe ver más
30/06/2025
CSEM
5M€
Duración del proyecto: 42 meses Fecha Inicio: 2021-12-15
Fecha Fin: 2025-06-30

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2021-12-15
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ICT-37-2020: Advancing photonics technologies and application driven photonics components and the innovation ecosystem
Cerrada hace 4 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 5M€
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