Objective ODEON project aims at developing innovative multifunctional materials-materials opt electronic devices. The research will be carried out on design, synthesis and fabrication of an interferon metric electro-optical modulator demonstrator. Electro-optical modulators are key devices in telecommunication. They encode data into an optical signal to transmit over fibber optic cables. Today's available devices are based on lithium neonate. They present intrinsic limitations in the modulation frequency and high production costs. Exploitation of active organic molecules connected to polymers can represent a convenient alternative strategy. First trials on these materials suggest that the drawbacks of the present technology can be overcome. We plan to fabricate a demonstrator device based on new organic chromospheres with stronghyperpolarizability, specially designed and synthesized. The chromospheres will be hosted in, or grafted on, polymeric matrices and hybrid sol gel-derived glasses. They will be manipulated at nanometre scale by means of electric or light fields in order to obtain suitably oriented molecular arrays. These materials will be patterned using different techniques to produce simple wave guiding structures, to test interferometer geometry suitable for the planned electro-optic device. In order to attain our target, a deep insight into chemical and physical phenomena relating to engineering engineering of innovative multifunctional materials is needed. For this purpose, proper characterization of structural, mechanical, linear and non-linear optical properties will be performed. As final project stage appropriate functional experiments will be carried out to test the demonstrator. High level of competence and complementarities of partners' along with the presence of two industrial partners are going to ensure a success and achievement of the objectives. Moreover, the expertise of a leading company operating on the opt electronic device market, together with innovative materials. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkali metalsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometryengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Keywords Electro Electro-optical modulator Hybrid sol Hybrid sol-gel materials Nanotechnology Optical Optical waveguides Optoelectronics Photonic devices Polymer chemistry gel materials optical modulator waveguides Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2002-3.4.2.1-1 - Understanding materials phenomena NMP-2002-3.4.2.3-1 - New materials by design Call for proposal FP6-2002-NMP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Address Via orazio raimondo 18 Roma Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via tiburtina km 12,400 Rome See on map COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bâtiment le ponant d - 25 rue leblanc Paris See on map CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via benedetto varchi 59 Firenze See on map ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 46 allee d'italie Lyon See on map UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue blaise pascal 4 Strasbourg See on map KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Valhallavaegen 79 Stockholm See on map UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Edmund-siemers-allee 1 Hamburg See on map TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET KAISERSLAUTERN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gottlieb-daimler-strasse Kaiserslautern See on map UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bahnhofstrasse Wildau See on map Links Website Opens in new window WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Israel EU contribution € 0,00 Address Herzel street 2 Rehovot See on map
