JRA: Sensors 1st JRA Meeting 17 November Leuven

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JRA Sensors1st JRA Meeting 17 November Leuven

• Coordinator Alfred Driessen (A.Driessen_at_ewi.utwen
  te.nl)
• Deputy Coordinator Edwin Klein
  (E.J.Klein_at_ewi.utwente.nl)

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Agenda
0945-1000 Getting together 1000-1030
General introduction Alfred Driessen
1030-1230 15 min presentations from each
partner 1030-1045 NTC-UPVLC 1045-1100
UT-IOMS 1100-1115 IMEC-UGent 1115-1130
ORC 1130-1145 OptiSense 1145-1200
Inano 1200-1220 Silicon technology
presentation 1220-1240 SixOyNz technology
presentation 1245-1400 Lunch
Break 1400-1700 Discussions activity
planning critical issues and next steps schedule
for SREs, JREs, phone conference, next
meeting interactions with other ePIXnet
JRAs interactions with ePIXnet IT
platforms ePIXnet Web page/space
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New activity

• Name of activity
• Compact integrated optical sensors for
  visible and IR applications
• Connection to platforms
• - Fiber-chip coupling
• - Silicon photonics platform

sensor fabricated by LioniX for Optisense
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Research Activity

• Objectives
• Apply novel concepts in wavelength filtering,
  switching and optical data processing to
  integrated optical sensing
• Materials system
• Silicon Oxynitride (1.45 lt n lt 2.0), visible and
  IR
• Silicon On Insulator (SOI), IR
• Partners
• IOMS, University of Twente, NL
• IMEC, University of Ghent, B
• NTC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Es
• ORC, University of Southampton, UK
• OptiSense, NL
• Aarhus University, Dk

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New research targets

• Design of generic sensing structures
• Fabrication in SOI and SiON
• Fiber-pigtailing and packaging
• Installation of microfluidic system
• Measurements on IO sensors
• Two iterations of design, fabrication and
  characterization cycle planned

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New integration targets

• Student and senior exchanges
• Workshop on compact integrated optical sensors
• Comparison of sensitivity, compactness and
  suitability of different sensor types for array
  sensing
• Joint publications

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Important Dates

• Activity meeting
• February 2007
• Activity coordinator meeting
• Thursday, February 22, Brussels
• Winter school
• Applications of Photonic Integration, March
  11-16, Pontresina
• deadline application Dec. 10, 2006
• Activity Meeting
• June or August 2007
• Annual meeting
• September 2007

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Deliverables of today's meeting

• overview of running projects during the first
  year of the JRA, including estimate of people
  involved
• workplan for next period up to February 2007
• workplan for period February to September 2007
• workplan for period February to September 2008
• list of milestones deliverables February 2007
• list of milestones deliverables September 2007
• list of milestones deliverables September 2008