IST Project Fact Sheet
World Wide Welfare: high Brightness semiconductor lasers for generic use (WWW.BRIGHTER.EU)
Funded under 6th FWP (Sixth Framework Programme)
Action Line: IST-2005-2.5.1 Photonic components
| Coordinator |
| Contact Person: Name: KRAKOWSKI, MICHEL
Tel: +33-1-69415825 Fax: +33-1-69415738 Email: Contact Organisation:
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High brightness laser diode technology is a key enabling technology for the modern information society, especially in the fields of health-care, telecommunications, infotainment, environment and security.
Laser diodes offer high output power, compactness, robustness, and mass production capabilities. However their use in the above mentioned domains is often limited by the difficulty to reach satisfactory performances on power and beam quality simultaneously. The term "high brightness" indicates exactly the capability of a high power laser diode to provide high beam quality.
The brightness governs directly the performance of systems, such as the transmission span of an optical data link, the reliability of a diagnosis in fluorescence imaging of cancer, or the resolution of a laser projection display. Therefore, the need for high brightness laser diodes in these applications is currently strongly increasing.
The WWW.BRIGHTER.EU consortium proposes a long-term vision aiming at pushing the limits of the current laser diode technology towards higher brightness, and at demonstrating applications such as:
- Laser sources for medical imagery for cancer diagnosis and intelligent therapy
- Optical amplifiers for telecommunication networks
- Compact source for projection display
The approach consists of mobilising the expertise of the core European players of the laser diode technology, and combining it with original optical technologies e.g. smart cavity concepts for higher efficiency and tunability. Leading European research centres and manufacturers participate in order to deploy the developed technology in new applications. Industrialisation constraints will be widely addressed through packaging and reliability studies. The consortium includes major companies and SMEs that will exploit the developed technology commercially. WWW.BRIGHTER.EU therefore increases and strengthens existing European momentum within the laser diode industry and the Information Society.
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Project Acronym: WWW.BRIGHTER.EU Project Reference: 035266 Start Date: 2006-10-01 Duration: 40 months Project Cost: 15.7 million euro Contract Type: Integrated Project End Date: 2010-01-31 Project Status: Completed Project Funding: 9.7 million euro |
| Participants | |
| BIOLITEC AG | GERMANY |
| UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID | SPAIN |
| CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) | FRANCE |
| INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS | GREECE |
| THALES SA | FRANCE |
| UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD XI | FRANCE |
| INSTYTUT WYSOKICH CISNIEN POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK | POLAND |
| ALCATEL LUCENT FRANCE SA | FRANCE |
| DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | DENMARK |
| OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH | GERMANY |
| JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG | GERMANY |
| INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLIQUEE IOTA - SUPOPTIQUE | FRANCE |
| RAINBOW PHOTONICS AG | SWITZERLAND |
| KEOPSYS SA | FRANCE |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | UNITED KINGDOM |
| THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | UNITED KINGDOM |
| UNIVERSITAET KASSEL | GERMANY |
| FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V. | GERMANY |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK | IRELAND |
| LUNDS UNIVERSITET | SWEDEN |
| FISBA OPTIK AG | SWITZERLAND |
| FRAUNHOFER IAF | GERMANY |
- Record Control Number: 80205
- Update Date: 2013-02-12 10:49:34.0
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