Descripción del proyecto
Avances en la investigación de las fibras modales de orden superior
En los últimos años, los modos de orden superior (HOM, por sus siglas en inglés) han despertado un gran interés entre los investigadores. Ello se debe principalmente a sus propiedades únicas y a sus posibles aplicaciones. Los HOM tienen múltiples picos y pueden transportar más información o energía que las fibras ópticas con un único pico en su perfil de intensidad. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto HOMTech, financiado con fondos europeos, avanzará significativamente en el ámbito de las fibras HOM y sus aplicaciones. En HOMTech —que reúne a siete destacadas universidades europeas, una institución de investigación y tres socios industriales europeos, así como dos laboratorios de investigación industrial de Estados Unidos y Japón— participarán diez doctorandos que trabajarán en tres paquetes de investigación centrados en las aplicaciones de los HOM dentro de la comunicación, las propiedades de los HOM y las aplicaciones de los HOM dentro de la detección.
Objetivo
Optical fibres supporting propagation of light in so-called higher order modes (HOMs) have gained major research interest in the last years. However, there are still quite a few obstacles to overcome before HOM fibres can be used for major commercial applications. In the HOMTech doctoral network, seven leading European universities, within the field of HOM fibres and their applications, join forces with one research institution and three European industrial partners and two world leading industrial research labs in the USA and Japan with the aim to significantly progress the field of HOM fibres and their applications. Five European countries are represented. Ten doctoral candidates (DC) will work in the network. Apart from the research and training at the host beneficiary, each DCs will also have two research secondments (both at least 3 months long) at another beneficiary or an associated partner. For DCs from academic partners, at least one of the secondments will be to an industrial partner. Five training schools in five different countries will be organized for the DCs through a joint effort between all beneficiaries.
The research is organized in three work packages (WPs). WP1 on HOM applications within communication (both in optical fibres and in free space), WP2 on properties of HOMs, and WP3 on HOM applications within sensing. WP2 act both as support for WP1 and WP3, e.g. WP2 research essential non-linear properties of HOM fibres that is key in optical communication, but also applications of HOM for microscopy imaging. In WP1 both classical communication as well as quantum communication will be researched.
It is the ambition that HOMTech will build a strong and lasting network not only between the DCs but also between the beneficiaries and associated partners. HOMTech aims at bringing European industry and academy in the forefront of HOM fibres and their application.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinador
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