Project description
Graphene photodetectors for high-speed optical communications
Graphene’s exquisite optical properties make the material particularly attractive for optoelectronics applications. Integrating graphene photodetectors on silicon waveguides holds great potential for high-speed optical communications. The EU-funded Graph-IC project developed such a photodetector which is expected to outperform state-of-the-art systems in terms of data rates, cost and energy consumption. The new technology was fully integrated and utilised the entire transmission window of optical fibres. With this proof-of-concept system, the project aimed to prove the viability and identify technical issues of high-bandwidth graphene photodetectors in the optical region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibers
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsoptoelectronics
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphene
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
ERC-POC - Proof of Concept Grant
Host institution
52074 Aachen
Germany
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Beneficiaries (1)
52074 Aachen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.