PCIC: Photonic crystal integrated circuits

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 99.0731

Key words (English)

Photonic crystals; optoelectronic integration; photonic bandgap materials; optical communications;
Electronics; Microelectronics; Information Processing; Information Systems; Innovation; Technology Transfer

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: IST-1999-11239

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.2.4 Essential technologies and infrastructures

Short description (English)

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Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: France Telecom CNET (F)

Abstract (English)

The novel concept of Photonic Crystals (PCs) is now being validated in 2 dimensions in the near-infrared range. The purpose of the PCIC (Photonic Crystal Integrated Circuits) project is to apply this concept to Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) on InP, intended for telecommunication applications, for which we foresee three major advantages: ultra high compacity, simple and low-cost fabrication routes and implementation of novel functionalities. We will develop integrated-optics oriented Photonic Crystal fabrication routes and combine carefully validated PC modelling tools to achieve several important PC-based building blocks, including low-loss waveguides, bends, couplers, combiners and filters. Demonstrators consisting of integrated systems of active (lasers) and passive elements for WDM applications will be developed to validate the impact of PCs in integrated optics.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 99.0731