National Growth Fund Projects

The projects aim to develop sensor systems for real-time control of agricultural processes, in particular when it comes to health and food quality monitoring of crops and fruit, gas sensing and air quality.

The project aims to develop photonic IC test modules with functionalities for variety of application areas. The modules contain functional elements (or building blocks or IP blocks) including lasers, modulators, filters, spectrometers, and switches. These modules are called Bright-BoardsTM, in analogy to electronic breadboards. The boards enable a much faster path for prototyping by using readily available hardware. Application developers can use one or more of such boards to rapidly test photonic capabilities and compare technologies in-house in their test setup.

The Coherent Everywhere project focuses on developing a complete coherent optical communication platform for datacom and telecom applications. The project is executed by EFFECT Photonics in Eindhoven and runs for 36 months. The programme aligns with the National Growth Fund Photonics initiative and addresses the increasing global demand for high-capacity, energy-efficient data transmission.

The projects aim to develop reference chips for micro-transfer printing technology supporting scalable integration and improved heat sinking and coupling efficiency and to integrate P laser/amplifiers onto imec’s 200mm SiPho platform.

The project aims to develop Point-of-Care technologies for non- invasive health monitoring through the skin, eyes, or nails and to develop biomolecular biosensors for biosensing in urine, gas, or intestines.