Joint European Platform for InP-based Photonic Integrated Components and Circuits
 | An example of an Application Specific Photonic IC (ASPIC) - a 40 Channel Wavelength Monitor Chip integrating 9 AWG demultiplexers and 40 photodetectors on a single chip of 4x5 mm². |
JePPIX is a technology platform for the development and promotion of Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs) in Indium Phosphide. JePPIX aims at a generic integration technology in which a variety of photonic integrated circuits can be designed and fabricated using the same process. ASICs are well known in Electronics; in Photonics they are new. They can lead to huge cost reductions by realising PICs for a broad variety of applications using a small set of basic building blocks that are integrated in a generic foundry process.ASPICs will become a major driver for innovation in a broad variety of products, by integrating advanced optical functionality in a low-cost Photonic IC. |
|
|
The platform addresses the following aspects: Research - Access to Photonic IC design and fabrication for SME’s and research institutes
- Generic integration technology development
Innovation - Compatibility of academic and industrial processes
- Launching start-ups
- Launching a foundry
Education - Training in photonic IC design and technology
|
|
|
Technical roadmap |
 |
|
JePPIX aims at a generic integration technology in which a variety of photonic integrated circuits can be designed and fabricated using the same process. The concept is similar to the role played by CMOS foundries in electronics. Although the telecommunication field will remain one important application field of this technology JePPIX aims to offer a suitable technology for many other areas such as medical applications, sensors and metrology |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
