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Aluminium oxide integrated photonic platform for applications in the ultraviolet (UV)

Project description

European platform testing new photonic technologies

Europe must remain a leader in chip development. Today, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are becoming the leading technology in data communications and telecommunications. Emerging applications such as Raman spectroscopy and quantum computers based on ion traps, typically with operation at ultraviolet wavelengths, would highly benefit from the scaling and size reduction allowed by photonic integration. In this context, the EIC-funded ALUVia project aims to create the first European aluminium-oxide-on-silicon-dioxide, or Al2O3-on-SiO2, integrated photonic platform for operation in the ultraviolet wavelength region. The project will test and commercialise a foundry service under the company of the Principal Investigator’s group Aluvia Photonics B.V. initiated within the framework of the European Research Council proof-of-concept project aSINdo.

Objective

The goal of ALUVia is to establish the first European Al2O3-on-SiO2 (aluminum oxide on silicon dioxide) integrated photonic platform for operation in the ultraviolet (UV) wavelength region. The platform will be commercialized as a foundry service via the spin-off company of the PIs group, Aluvia Photonics B.V. which is founded in the framework of the ERC Proof-of-concept project aSINdo. The platform will contain a comprehensive library of widely deployable building blocks that will be offered commercially. An integrated photonic packaging technology will be developed for operation down to ultraviolet wavelengths. As a test-base and driver for the developed building blocks and packaging technology, we will utilize the ALUVia platform in two application fields that have promising commercial and scientific potential, namely (1) an integrated sensor for UV (resonant) Raman spectroscopy and (2) an integrated multiple-ion trap for the parallelization of on-chip quantum qubit generation, one of the most advanced quantum computing technologies today.

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UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
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€ 1 694 062,50
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DRIENERLOLAAN 5
7522 NB Enschede
Netherlands

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Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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