Project description Optical, opto-electronic, photonic functional components Show the project objective Hide the project objective Optical networks continue their growth in the metropolitan core and access segments. The FUNFOX project addresses the use of photonic crystals (PhC) to miniaturise and improve semiconductor optoelectronic devices needed in these networks. It focuses on InP-based devices exploiting advances made in the FP5/IST PhC-related projects PCIC and PICCO. It gathers for a three year duration 380 personmonths through nine partners, including 7 academic laboratories, a large industrialist and a SME, with a total cost above 3.3 Meuros.Three device-oriented workpackages address (i) active functions, (ii) passive functions and (iii) the active-passive integration. They cover the most relevant device aspects for metro networks.Active functions to be demonstrated during the project are highly linear optical amplification and wavelength conversion. Passive functions exploit novel schemes permitted by photonic crystals, either for spectral selection, notably in relation with monitoring and multiplexing, or for polarisation management (i.e. polarisation diversity). Integration of wavelength selective functions with single-mode lasers will result in wavelength-stabilised laser sources. Integrated devices performance will be assessed through a system testbed in the fourth main workpackage. The objectives take into account the emerged knowledge of losses in two-dimensional photonic crystal structures. It exploits both the 'membrane' and the 'conventional heterostructure' approaches of the former FP5/IST projects, and in particular their combination by bringing their advantages into a single device.All these devices, with improved performance and high degree of integration, thus potentially low-cost, will contribute to future large scale deployment of metropolitan core and access networks for new services of 'infotainment'.Compared with previous projects, and with most of the photonic crystal activity worldwide, FUNFOX aims at providing photonic crystal solutions for the real world. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcrystalsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksoptical networksnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivitynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.2.2 - Optical, opto-electronic, & photonic functional components Call for proposal FP6-2003-IST-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE EU contribution € 227 000,00 Address Centre Scientifique, Batiment 503 91403 Orsay France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW Belgium EU contribution € 146 000,00 Address Kapeldreef 75 3001 Leuven See on map Activity type Research Organisations Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 175 000,00 Address Ecublens 1015 Lausanne See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG Germany EU contribution € 267 000,00 Address Sanderring 2 97070 Wuerzburg See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V Germany EU contribution € 292 929,00 Address Hansastrasse 27C 80686 Muenchen See on map Activity type Research Organisations Total cost No data III V LAB France EU contribution € 0,00 Address ROUTE DE NOZAY 91460 MARCOUSSIS See on map Activity type Other Total cost No data ALCATEL CIT Participation ended France EU contribution € 549 000,00 Address Rue de la Baume 12 75008 Paris See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Udine Italy EU contribution € 109 000,00 Address Via Palladio 8 33100 Udine See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS United Kingdom EU contribution € 267 000,00 Address College Gate North Street KY16 9AJ St Andrews See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data PHOTON DESIGN LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 60 000,00 Address 34 Leopold Street OX4 1TW Oxford See on map Activity type Other Total cost No data INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLIQUEE IOTA - SUPOPTIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE BAT. 503, 15 RUE GEORGES CLEMENCEAU 91403 ORSAY CEDEX See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data