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Project Goals
Hybrid Optopelectronics
Training the first generation of researchers with combined abilities in hybrid optoelectronics circuit design and modelling and simulation of InP...
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Industrial-academic collaboration of tranveserse technologies: Photonics/electronics and automotive safety sensor systems.
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Integrating InP applications into ITSs, through strong relationships between main EU players involved in photonic fabrication & design...
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Simulation Methods
Development of compact models and simulation methods for hybrid photonic/electronic systems.
- Components for ADAS
- Large-scale fabrication
- Autonomous driving standards
- Solid-state LIDAR
- FSO circuit simulations
Test structures
Validation of the compact models and development of test structures.
- Integrated photonics
- Dedicated design
- Process control module
- Automatized systems
- Statistical models
Software tools
Development of a software tool for electronics/photonics simulation.
- Microelectronics simulation
- Photonics simulation
- Enchancing EDA
- Thermal coupling
- optical-electrical integration
PIC’s
PICs for testing applications in the automotive sector and in other industrial sectors.
- Tuneable lasers
- Ready-to-use applications
- Aerial mapping
- AMZI
- AM and PM modulators
Meet the team
André Richter
Braulio Gomez Saavedra
Francisco Diaz-Otero
Francisco J. Fraile
Upcoming events
Media Record
Media Summary sparcfoundry.com SPARC Foundry se especializa en soluciones avanzadas en el ámbito de los semiconductores. Economía en Galicia Zona Franca y UVigo planean una fábrica de circuitos fotónicos para captar fondos europeos. Galicia Press Zona Franca y UVigo presentan una fábrica de circuitos fotónicos y un laboratorio de I+D con fondos europeos. La Voz
Relocation of the laboratory to CITEXVI
Reading of Nelson Pinto’s thesis on 04/30
Thesis VIVA: Nelson Filipe Duarte Pinto Title: Implementation of a Photonic Chip for Quantum Communications Author: Nelson Filipe Duarte Pinto Supervisors: Dr. Francisco Javier Díaz Otero Date/time: April 30, 2024 12h30 a.m. Venue: Videoconference – Sala virtual 5