Consortium
Tyndall National Institute (Ireland) - PROJECT COORDINATION
The Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall) at University College Cork is Ireland’s largest ICT research centre, with more than 400 researchers, postgraduate students and support staff. The strengths of the institute at the present time lie in the area of photonics, electronics, materials and nanotechnologies and their applications in communications, healthcare, energy and the environment. Tyndall and its forerunner the National Micro-Electronics Centre (NMRC) have a proven track record in European Framework research programmes dating back nearly thirty years.
- Prof. Paul Townsend
- Dr. Peter Ossieur
- Dr. Aisling Clarke
CONSTELEX Technology Enablers (Greece) - TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
CONSTELEX is a technology-focused company with unique expertise and know-how in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector. The company performs contract Research & Development for industry and academia in order to turn ideas into exploitable technologies and new research lines, forming a unique link between hard-core technology and high-level application. CONSTELEX offers system design and modelling, technical guidance, system integration and system testing services. Through these services, the company generates new ideas for integrated functional systems applicable to the ICT sector, implements these systems using available or emerging component fabrication technologies, develops technology exploitation strategies and market analysis and creates real opportunities for commercialization and market penetration of new products. Our people are recognized ICT engineers, scientists and technology project leaders with proven track record in their capability for problem-solving. The company was established in 2009 and it is the spin-out of the R&D Services Department of EXELITE Innovations.
- Dr. Efstratios Kehayas
- Dr. Leontios Stampoulidis
CIP Photonics Ltd (United Kingdom)
CIP is a SME whose capability is based on 30 years experience as a world leading photonics research organization. This research was initially carried out within British Telecommunications plc, with the photonics research group being acquired by Corning Inc. in 2000 to form the Corning Research Centre (CRC). In January 2003, Corning Inc’s photonics business was significantly affected by the downturn in the telecoms industry and the company sold CRC to the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). A financial arrangement was put in place to secure the financial viability of the facility, with funding to retain the equipment that is located at the centre, and to re-employ the key scientists and technologists that enables the Centre to operate with maximum effectiveness. The facility was renamed the Centre for Integrated Photonics to reflect its proven capability to turn advanced research ideas into manufacturable products for the photonics industry. Its primary business is with industry for R&D and pilot-scale production and universities for research projects. CIP has significant presence and a proven track record in FP6 European projects as an advanced photonics technology provider.
- David W Smith
- Dr. Anna Borghesani
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum IMEC (Belgium)
IMEC is an independent microelectronics research centre, founded by the Belgian Flemish Government in 1984. The Department of Information Technology (INTEC) of Ghent University acts as a division of IMEC since 1984. The INTEC_design lab is active in optoelectronics and high frequency/high speed electronics since the early eighties. It co-developed advanced optical access systems such as APON/BPON (since 1990), SuperPON (since 1995), GPON (since 2001) and 10G-NGPON (since 2006). Various high speed prototypes, lab and field demonstrators were successfully developed within the frameworks of RACE and ESPRIT, in the ACTS projects PLANET and PELICAN as well as the FP6 IST projects GIANT and PIEMAN, and in the on-going FP7 ICT projects MARISE and EURO-FOS. In the years 2002-2004, four 1.25-Gb/s burst-mode mixed analogue/digital chips including a high performance burst-mode transimpedance amplifier (BM-TIA) and limiting amplifier were designed and successfully integrated in a GPON lab test bed developed at INTEC_design, demonstrating the world’s first FSAN ITU-T compliant GPON physical layer. In the years 2006-2009, INTEC_design was a beneficiary in FP6 IST PIEMAN, and responsible for design and integration of the 10Gb/s burst-mode upstream O/E and E/O front-ends at both ONU and OLT side of a long-reach PON. Three 10-Gb/s burst-mode receiver and CDR chips were designed and successfully integrated. This PON research resulted in more than 30 papers published in IEE/IEEE journals and at major conferences (ECOC/OFC) since 2004.
- Prof. Jan Vandewege
- Prof. Xing-Zhi Qiu
- Prof. Johan Bauwelinck
POLATIS (United Kingdom)
POLATIS develops and manufactures the world's lowest loss optical switching products for government and defence, telecommunications and data centre, test & measurement and video broadcast markets. Through a unique combination of proven technologies and new, innovative architectures, Polatis has achieved class-leading performance and reliability that solve some of today's toughest optical networking challenges. Polatis all-optical switching products are proven in more than 500 networks all over the world. Polatis Inc has headquarters is in Cambridge, UK where engineering, product development and new product introduction are located. Volume manufacturing is located in Krakow, Poland where much of the leading edge assembly of devices for this project will take place. Sales and marketing based in the US near Boston, MA. Polatis is supported through investments by Alta Berkeley, JK&B, Prism Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures, Eontech, Boston Millennia, Harris & Harris, Gainesborough and Peponi, MTDC.
- Nick Parsons
- Jakub Czaplicki
ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)
ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is a global provider of telecommunications equipment. With innovative Optical/Ethernet transport solutions, ADVA builds the foundation for high-speed, next-generation networks. The company’s FSP product family adds scalability and intelligence to customers’ networks while removing complexity and cost. With a flexible and fast-moving organization, ADVA forges close partnerships with its customers to meet growing demand for data, storage, voice and video services. Thanks to reliable performance for more than 15 years, ADVA with its 1050 employees, has become a trusted partner for more than 200 carriers and 10,000 enterprises across the globe.
- Dr. Michael Eiselt
- Dr. Klaus Grobe
