The INCOM consortium aims to develop components and subsystems for next generation communications infrastructure enabling IoT, 5G and Industry 4.0. With key players from industry and academia, the overall goal is to accelerate green-growth and investments in the Danish telecom cluster formed by the INCOM partners. Denmark has an extremely strong fibre infrastructure combined with a key geographical position; which makes Denmark a strategic target for direct foreign investments.

Duration 2018 – 2021; granted by Innovation Fund Denmark.

The QuPIC project aims to realize a novel photonic integrated circuit platform for quantum optics, combining single photon emitters with ultrafast and low-loss switches, thereby creating a true quantum technology. In this project we will work closely with our partner Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.

Duration 2019 – 2022; granted by the Danish Council for Independent Research DFF.

The COST Magnetofon Action unites the European academic and industrial players in the field of ultrafast opto-magneto-electronics. This is an emerging field that combines the ideas and concepts of opto-magnetism and spin transport with photonics for ultrafast low-dissipative manipulation and storage of information. We aim to bring the best of both worlds, combining short time scales and non-dissipative propagation of light with nanoscale selectivity and strong interactions of spin currents.

Duration 2018 – 2022; granted by European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST.

The InPulse Pilot Line is the Indium-Phosphide Pilot Line for an up-scaled, low-barrier, and self-sustained photonic integrated circuit ecosystem. We will bring the technology from TRL 4 to TRL 7, and provide access to a variety of businesses that want to use PICs in their products and are ready to scale to pre-production levels.

Duration 2019 – 2022; granted by Horizon 2020.

The COST EUIMWP Action unites the European academic and industrial players in the field of integrated microwave photonics. We will explore the use for PICs in automotive, radar and 5G, promote collaboration, and set up a roadmap in collaboration with the PIC industry. The Action is coordinated by Universitat Politècnica de València, and includes over 30 other academic and industrial participants.

Duration 2018 – 2022; granted by European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST.

The ECOMETA project aims to reduce emissions from agriculture, including greenhouse gases and odor gases. We work closely with DTU on the development of a gas sensor for ammonia, based on PICs and so-called hollow-core fibers. The project is coordinated by our BCE section, and further includes partners SEGES, Agrifarm, and AU groups from Bioscience, Chemistry and iNANO.

Duration 2017 – 2021; granted by Innovation Foundation Denmark.

With the personal DFF Sapere Aude Forskningsleder grant we aim to bring microwave photonic oscillator PICs to world-record low timing jitter levels. Here we explore the use of an opto-electronic oscillator, with all components integrated on a single PIC.

Duration 2016 – 2020; granted by the Danish Council for Independent Research DFF.

The DFF CITS project aims to achieve compact and high-power terahertz emitters. These can be used for, for example, stand-off explosives detection. We are working on an indium phosphide PIC containing the lasers to excite a photomixer. This project is a collaboration with Aalborg University, University of Southern Denmark, and MyDefence ApS.

Duration 2016 – 2020; granted by the Danish Council for Independent Research DFF.

In the H2020 SPICE project we aim to realize a novel integrated platform for electronic-photonic-spintronic interaction. This might lead to future energy-efficient memory, where magnetic memory elements are switched using short optical pulses. We are the Coordinator of this project, which further includes Radboud University Nijmegen, CEA SpinTEC, Ghent University – imec, and QuantumWise ApS, as well as the in-house collaboration with our Electronics group.

Duration 2016 – 2020; granted by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020.

The personal AUFF Lektor Starting Grant allows us to build up our laboratory infrastructure and explore the use of PICs for low-noise microwave generation. We are focusing this work on mode-locked lasers and coupled opto-electronic oscillators.

Duration 2016 – 2019; granted by Aarhus University Research Foundation AUFF.

The H2020 CSA PICs4all project aims to support the European industry with PIC expertise, provided by a set of Application Support Centers. We provide feasibility studies, and design and characterization support. The project is coordinated by Eindhoven University of Technology, and further includes University of Cambridge, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Politecnico di Milano, Warsaw University of Technology, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Telecom Paristech, National Technical University of Athens, and Berenschot.

Duration 2016 – 2018; granted by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020.

The DFF mmW-SPRAWL project aims to realize wireless millimeter-wave links, in the 30 GHz – 90 GHz range, for future 5G networks. We are working on the silicon photonics based transmitter. This project is a collaboration with DTU (group moved to TU/e now).

Duration 2014 – 2017; granted by the Danish Council for Independent Research DFF.