Ultra-fast Graphene Photodetectors

Projektinformationen

ULTRAPHO

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 971398

DOI

10.3030/971398

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 29 April 2021

Startdatum 1 Mai 2021

Enddatum 31 Oktober 2023

Finanziert unter

• Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 937 398,75

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 984 842,50

Koordiniert durch

GRAPHENEA SEMICONDUCTOR SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 3 - ULTRAPHO (Ultra-fast Graphene Photodetectors)

Berichtszeitraum: 2023-05-01 bis 2023-10-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The ULTRAPHO project aims to validate and commercialise a novel photonics concept which will boost Europe’s semiconductor industry to a world-leading level in the field of photonics technologies and devices that use graphene to increase the data transmission capacity of optical fibres. The consortium will bring to market an ultrafast broadband graphene photodetector that is key for data centres and 5G infrastructure.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

Graphenea, AMO, Black Semiconductor (BLK) and Etteplan work together in order to accomplish the objectives set in the ULTRAPHO project and bring closer to the market an ultrafast broadband graphene photodetector product.

Silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers designed and fabricated by BLK and AMO are first shipped to Graphenea for graphene deposition, then to AMO for graphene device fabrication and then to BLK for optical and electrical interface development and photodetector performance measurements. Etteplan works on the automated assembly of the photonic components.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

Currently there are no graphene based photodetector products in the market and the current devices based on InP are very expensive, not compatible with silicon technology, and have only limited optical bandwidth. The graphene photodetectors of the ULTRAPHO consortium will operate in a much broader spectral range and the technology will be much cheaper compared to current InP technology.

Graphene photodetector