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MUSICIAN project: nano-opto-electro-mechanical devices for access networks
Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NOEMS) are devices in which electrons, photons (optical waves), and phonons (mechanical vibrations) coexist and interact in the nanoscale. Upon proper engineering, NOEMS may perform functionalities that are essential in ICT systems, in particular, in access networks that are characterized by requiring an interface with optical fibre (to...
CHIRALFORCE project launched!
The kick-off meeting of the CHIRALFORCE project was held in AMOLF (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) in December 2022. In this project, funded by the European Commission under the Hrozin Europe programme «Pathfinder» we will build chiral photonic integrated circuits to perform the separation of molecular enantiomers, which is a key...
Horizon Europe project PHOENIX oficially launched
Last Wednesday, the kick-off meeting of project PHOENIX (“Ferroelectric PHOtonics ENablIng novel functionalities and enhanced performance of neXt generation PICs”, funded by the EU Horizon Europe programme (GA 101070690), was held at the Faculty club of KU Leuven (KUL). Project Partners Lumiphase (CH), Optalysys (UK), IBM Research (CH and IL), Nanophotonics Technology Center – Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) (ES),...
New work on the development of mesoporous TiO2 optical sensors published
We have just published our new work on the development of mesoporous TiO2 optical sensors created using a bottom-up synthesis approach. These sensing structures combine the benefits of porous substrates for sensing applications (higher light-analyte interaction, higher surface-to-volume ratio) with the use of a fabrication approach that allows having...
Molecular Optomechanics Upconversion reported in two Science papers
Molecular Optomechanics in Plasmonic Cavities The NTC has collaborated in two experiments reporting for the first time the upconversion of mid-infrared to near-infrared light using the vibration of molecules placed in a nanoscale cavity. The results have been reported in two papers published in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk3106 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk2593
Bridging cavity optomechanics and wireless networks
We have demonstrated all-optical frequency down- and up-conversion of MHz-bandwidth OFDM signals compliant with the IEEE 802.16e WiMAX wireless standard The cavity, built on a silicon chip and supporting a breathing-like mechanical resonance at 3.9 GHz, performs simultaneously as nonlinear mixer and local oscillator when operated in the phonon...
New European Academy to boost the skills and know-how of industry in exploiting opportunities in the €615B global photonics sector
A programme to train thousands of industry workers in the adoption and development of innovative photonics-based solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges, from environmental sustainability to healthy living and smart infrastructure, has been established by a consortium of over 50 of Europe’s top photonics competence centres (one...
Novel slow light bimodal interferometer published in Light: Science and Applications
Our work on the proposal of a novel concept of bimodal interferometric structure based on one-dimensional photonic crystals has just been published in the journal Light: Science and Applications from Nature group. The proposed structure exploits the slow light effect in the photonic crystal to significantly increase the phase...
Back cover in the September 2020 issue of «Laser and Photonics Reviews»
We got the back cover in the September 2020 issue of the prestigious photonics journal «Laser and Photonics Reviews». This cover highlights our work on chiral spectroscopy using integrated silicon nitride waveguides, which was also included in the same issue as a regular paper. The picture was created by...
SIOMO Project: SIlicon Optomechanical optoelectronic Microwave Oscillator
The SIOMO project, started on June 2020, aims at turning a silicon-photonics-integrated microwave oscillator based on cavity optomechanics, recently demonstrated in the FET-Open project PHENOMEN by our team, into a genuine economic innovation by addressing its technological transfer to the space sector via DAS Photonics (www.dasphotonics.com). The project Website...
NTC participates in ACTPHAST 4R European project
A new innovation hub is enabling researchers to turn their breakthrough scientific concepts that use photonics into industrially-relevant demonstrators.A new innovation hub is enabling researchers to turn their breakthrough scientific concepts that use photonics into industrially-relevant demonstrators. A new EU innovation hub – ACTPHAST 4R – specialising in the...
NTC visit to Philips Innovation Services
In a roadshow organized by SECPHO NTC professor Alejandro Martinez was visiting the Philips Innovation Services (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) in a roadshow organized by SECPHO. It was very interesting to share some time discussing possible collaborations with the Philips team as well as with other colleagues from Spanish photonics...
