Ultra-fast Graphene Photodetectors

Informazioni relative al progetto

ULTRAPHO

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 971398

DOI

10.3030/971398

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 29 Aprile 2021

Data di avvio 1 Maggio 2021

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 2023

Finanziato da

• Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Costo totale

€ 3 937 398,75

Contributo UE

€ 2 984 842,50

Coordinato da

GRAPHENEA SEMICONDUCTOR SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 3 - ULTRAPHO (Ultra-fast Graphene Photodetectors)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2023-05-01 al 2023-10-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The ULTRAPHO project aims to validate and commercialise a novel photonics concept which will boost Europe’s semiconductor industry to a world-leading level in the field of photonics technologies and devices that use graphene to increase the data transmission capacity of optical fibres. The consortium will bring to market an ultrafast broadband graphene photodetector that is key for data centres and 5G infrastructure.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

Graphenea, AMO, Black Semiconductor (BLK) and Etteplan work together in order to accomplish the objectives set in the ULTRAPHO project and bring closer to the market an ultrafast broadband graphene photodetector product.

Silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers designed and fabricated by BLK and AMO are first shipped to Graphenea for graphene deposition, then to AMO for graphene device fabrication and then to BLK for optical and electrical interface development and photodetector performance measurements. Etteplan works on the automated assembly of the photonic components.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

Currently there are no graphene based photodetector products in the market and the current devices based on InP are very expensive, not compatible with silicon technology, and have only limited optical bandwidth. The graphene photodetectors of the ULTRAPHO consortium will operate in a much broader spectral range and the technology will be much cheaper compared to current InP technology.

Graphene photodetector