GRAPHENICS

Graphene-enabled on-chip supercontinuum light sources

Coordinatore	VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL    more  Organization address address: PLEINLAAN 2 city: BRUSSEL postcode: 1050 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Nik Cognome: Claesen Email: send email Telefono: +32 26292210 Fax: +32 26293640
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	1˙184˙805 €
EC contributo	923˙409 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2013-C
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-12-01   -   2016-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL  Organization address address: PLEINLAAN 2 city: BRUSSEL postcode: 1050 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Nik Cognome: Claesen Email: send email Telefono: +32 26292210 Fax: +32 26293640	BE (BRUSSEL)	coordinator	0.00
2	INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII MATERIALOW ELEKTRONICZNYCH  Organization address address: Wolczynska Street 133 city: WARSZAWA postcode: 1919 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Anna Cognome: Kosze?owicz-Kraska Email: send email Telefono: +48 228353041 Fax: +48 228645496	PL (WARSZAWA)	participant	0.00
3	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN  Organization address address: KARLSPLATZ city: WIEN postcode: 1040 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Evgeni Cognome: Sorokin Email: send email Telefono: +43 1 58801 38734 Fax: +43 1 58801 38799	AT (WIEN)	participant	0.00
4	THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO  Organization address address: KINGS COLLEGE CIRCLE 27 city: TORONTO postcode: M5S 1A1 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Krista Cognome: Montgomery Email: send email Telefono: +1 4169782155	CA (TORONTO)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

To pave the way towards the widespread application of on-chip mid-infrared(MIR)-pumped nonlinear supercontinuum light sources, we want to introduce a paradigm shift in integrated nonlinear optics. Rather than relying on non-standard waveguide designs, large waveguide footprints, bulky MIR pump lasers and/or limited spectral coverage in strategies that could never comply with the requirements for widespread deployment, we target a major advance based on novel material physics and device design, eliminating these issues. Our goal is to develop a near-infrared(NIR)- and MIR-emitting, ultra-compact on-chip supercontinuum light source by exploiting practically unexplored optical nonlinearities of standard silicon waveguides covered with graphene. This groundbreaking dual-band source will be realized by cascading two devices which are based on graphene-covered standard silicon waveguides, and which enable for the first time broadband self-phase modulation in the MIR and power-efficient second harmonic generation in the NIR within an ultra-compact chip footprint. To ensure that the entire supercontinuum device including the pump laser is compact, we will in addition develop a novel, small-sized, and practical modelocked MIR Tm-Ho fiber laser to pump the supercontinuum generation. These breakthroughs carry a highly novel and foundational character, and fit very well within the framework of the FET Open FP7-ICT-2013-C call. Since the partners involved in this project have both the knowledge and the equipment to model, design, fabricate and pump graphene-based nonlinear optical devices, our consortium holds all necessary skills required to successfully carry out this 'high-gain/high-risk' project. In doing so, we will lay the foundations for graphene-on-silicon-based nonlinear photonic integrated circuits, and at the same time pave the way to the extensive use of on-chip supercontinuum light sources in real-life applications.