Horizon Prize - Breaking the optical transmission barriers

The Horizon Prize for breaking the optical transmission barriers is a €500 000 challenge prize. It will be awarded to a solution that maximises the fibre capacity per channel, spectrum range and/or spectral efficiency and reach. It should also be energy efficient, economically viable, and easy to install and deploy. The solution should have a strong potential to be adopted in future generations of optical-system products. The feasibility of the approach will have to be demonstrated through clear experimental results.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives are:

•             To overcome the current limitations of long-distance, optical transmission systems;

•             To meet the bandwidth demand explosion;

•             To provide the resources for future applications;

•             To address the aspects of energy efficiency and economic viability of such optical       break