Project description Organic photonics and other disruptive photonics technologiesPLATON aims to use plasmonics for on-chip routing applications and bring them into a Tb/s silicon-plasmonic router for optical interconnects! Show the project objective Hide the project objective PLATON aims to realize a fully integrated Tb/s optical routing system for data networks expecting to deliver important advantages to the end-users as it will enable high-speed communications and ultra-fast access to data information being stored at large computer centers whilst investing in a new technological platform of lower cost, lower power consumption and reduced size requirements. This will allow for the effective consolidation of today's Internet and computer server rooms storing huge amounts of information into smaller-size rack- or even box-interconnect environments. PLATON's routing fabric will employ novel plasmonic switching elements on a silicon motherboard and will develop novel fabrication processes for enabling the merger of plasmonics with silicon nanophotonics and electronics, targeting the combined utilization of small-footprint, high-bandwidth plasmonics structures with the low-loss functional potential offered by the more mature SOI technology. PLATON will evolve upon a whole new generation of miniaturized photonic components including: (a) a new series of fast 2x2 thermooptic plasmonic switches, (b) a small-footprint 4x4 thermooptic plasmonics switch, (c) an optically addressable 1x2 plasmonic switch operating at bitrates in excess of 10Gb/s, and (d) a 2x2 and a 4x4 Tb/s optical routing platforms. To this end, PLATON will pioneer the field of routing for optical interconnects and will provide a completely new technological toolkit, bringing Europe in a leading position world-wide with respect to research efforts in plasmonics for interconnects. Finally, it will open totally new application vistas and opportunities for European industry being active in the field of nanophotonics, given that the active participation of industry within PLATON ensures the industrial take up of the combined plasmonics/photonics functional devices from research elements to commercially available products. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksdata networksnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsengineering and technologynanotechnologynanophotonics Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.3.8 - Organic photonics and other disruptive photonics technologies Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator Contact Nikos Pleros PhD Coordinator ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS Address Charilaou thermi road 6 km 57001 Thermi thessaloniki Greece See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leandros Tassiulas (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 508 120,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christoph Schulte (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MIKRO UND OPTOELEKTRONIK MIT BESCHRANKTERHAFTUNG AMO GMBH Germany EU contribution € 408 500,00 Address Otto blumenthal strasse 52074 Aachen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Other Administrative Contact Christian Moormann (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 454 819,00 Address Campusvej 55 5230 Odense m See on map Region Danmark Syddanmark Fyn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anne-Grete Gad (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITE DIJON BOURGOGNE France EU contribution € 332 007,00 Address Esplanade erasme maison de l universite 21078 Dijon cedex See on map Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne Côte-d’Or Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact CRISTINA BRUN (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON Greece EU contribution € 381 320,00 Address Patision 42 106 82 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hercules Avramopoulos (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 32 400,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michel Mauvais (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
