Project description Materials, Equipment and Processes for Production of Nano-Photonic and Nano-Electronic Devices Show the project objective Hide the project objective Self assembled semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) constitute a class of nanoscale materials which provide fundamental advantages compared to the currently dominating 2D quantum wells: first, the zero dimensional dots suppresses temperature effects on laser threshold and efficiency and results also in a strongly reduced back reflection sensitivity. Secondly, QDs provide new degrees of freedom regarding the monolithic combination of materials. Both features are expected to allow the fabrication of compact, coolerless and isolator free telecom laser modules, providing important cost advantages in a highly competitive international market. The 8 partners of the consortium include leading European semiconductor laser manufacturers and system providers which team up with expert SMEs and academic institutions in an integrated effort to push quantum dot materials at a manufacturable level. Although some promising features of QD lasers have already been demonstrated, there are several important material challenges to be resolved including -realization of device grade QDs on InP -nanoengineering InGaAs QD properties on GaAs and InP specifically for high speed directly modulated lasers, widely tuneable lasers and semiconductor amplifiers, with specifications clearly exceeding currently available QW based devices performance, -realization of device grade 1.55 �m emitting QDs on GaAs, -development of injection structures for 40 Gbit/s directly modulated QD lasers -exploration of new QD based concepts, based on e.g. the Pockel�s effect -detailed investigations QD device reliability according to telecom standards. At the end of the project the consortium envisages to have reached a qualitatively new level of control in the fabrication of self assembled semiconductor nanostructures. The industrial partners of the project see this as a decisive step for a wide commercial exploitation of QD lasers which will greatly enhance their competitiveness. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivityengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsnatural 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) NMP-2004-IST-NMP-3 - Materials, Equipment and Processes for Production of Nano-Photonic and Nano-Electronic Devices Call for proposal FP6-2004-IST-NMP-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator ALCATEL THALES III V LAB EU contribution € 1 292 137,00 Address France See on map Activity type Other Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 420 870,00 Address Ecublens 1015 Lausanne See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data NANOPLUS NANOSYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES GMBH Germany EU contribution € 740 500,00 Address Oberer Kirschberg 4 97218 Gerbrunn See on map Activity type Other Total cost No data INNOLUME GMBH Germany EU contribution € 615 000,00 Address Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 11 44263 Dortmund See on map Total cost No data JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG Germany EU contribution € 343 000,00 Address Sanderring 2 97070 Wuerzburg See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 550 000,00 Address 3, Rue Michel-Ange 75794 Paris Cedex 16 See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK Ireland EU contribution € 110 000,00 Address WESTERN ROAD CORK See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA Poland EU contribution € 221 322,00 Address Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27 50-370 Wroclaw See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Total cost No data INSTITUTION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SAINT-PETERSBURG PHYSICO-TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Russia EU contribution € 120 152,00 Address KHLOPINA UL D8 K3 195220 SAINT-PETERSBURG See on map Activity type Research Organisations Total cost No data BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC United Kingdom EU contribution € 579 350,00 Address Caswell NN12 8EQ Towcester Northamptonshire See on map Activity type Other Total cost No data