Objetivo It is the long‐term objective of NOLIMITS to develop a unique technology, that will provide combined electronic and photonic functionality in a single chip and that will overcome the scale and speed limits in today’s photonic integration technology. Our dream is a technology that will be in every laptop and that will contain photonic interconnects and small but ultrafast and ultra low power photonic processors on top of an electronic IC, that contains the large scale but lower speed memory and control functions. While this is a very ambitious and long‐term objective, it is the aim of NOLIMITS to demonstrate the potential of InP Membranes on Silicon (IMOS) for realising this goal up to a level that large companies can be interested in the large‐scale development of the technology. We believe that this can be done by 5 PhD students and postdocs that will be funded from this project, in close cooperation with three PhD students that are presently working on IMOS‐related technology. NOLIMITS will address the following challenges in two subprojects:• Providing proof of concept for integration of a full set of basic photonic components in IMOS technology on top of a CMOS chip which contains advanced electronic functionality.• Developing and demonstrating the technology for an application where the combination of photonics and electronics brings additional functionality.• Integration of plasmonic lasers in IMOS technology and demonstrating THz switching speeds with very low switching powers, that allow for application in ultrafast digital photonic signal processors with up to 1 million lasers.If successful, NOLIMITS will provide a powerful technology for integrating photonics and electronics at a complexity level that exceeds today’s photonic technology by more than three orders. Such a technology will create a whole field of new application and will become a game‐changer in the world of photonic integrated circuits. Ámbito científico natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-AG-PE7 - ERC Advanced Grant - Systems and communication engineering Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2011-ADG_20110209 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institución de acogida TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Aportación de la UE € 2 419 002,00 Dirección GROENE LOPER 3 5612 AE Eindhoven Países Bajos Ver en el mapa Región Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Meint Koert Smit (Prof.) Contacto administrativo J.C. Van Wevelingen (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Países Bajos Aportación de la UE € 2 419 002,00 Dirección GROENE LOPER 3 5612 AE Eindhoven Ver en el mapa Región Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Meint Koert Smit (Prof.) Contacto administrativo J.C. Van Wevelingen (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos