KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN (KPRC)
Short description of the participating partner organization
The Kista Photonics Research Center (KPRC) will research on two main devices in IPHOBAC, one TW-EAM with integrated DFB laser for optical distribution of mm-wave signals working up to 100 GHz and on an electro-absorption transceiver with integrated antenna and SOA optimized for the 60 GHz band. Finally, KPRC is also one of the initiators of this project and will be responsible for the work package on dissemination.
KPRC is an umbrella organization coordinating the collaboration in photonics between the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the private and not for profit research institute Acreo AB. Both components of KPRC are collocated in the Northern part of Stockholm (Kista). Mainly KTH will be active in this project, but Acreo will participate for a limited part in the processing work. Acreo will be considered as a Third Party of KTH and this will be regulated in a specific contract. The denomination KPRC will apply throughout this project description (note that in the new NoE on radio over fiber, ISIS, both organizations are also participating under the name of KPRC).
Regrouping more than 100 researchers and technicians, KPRC is the largest research center in photonics in Sweden and one of the largest centers in Europe. KPRC has state-of-the art facilities for materials growth and device fabrication, device characterization and systems experiments, with a good track record on edge emitting lasers, optoelectronic integration, long wavelength VCSELs, electronic nanostructures and MOEMS. The Laboratory of Photonics and Microwave Engineering (FMI), directly involved in this project is detaining a number of outstanding results in the fields of directly modulated diode lasers (30 GHz bandwidth DBR lasers) and travelling-wave electro-absorption modulators (TW-EAM used for 80 Gbit/s transmission).
Primary Contact Person
Dr. Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Kista Photonics Research Center (KPRC), Electrum 229
16440 Kista
SE
Phone: +46 8 790 43 29
Fax: +46 8 790 40 90
E-Mail: click here
Short description of the participants (in alphabetical order)
Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz obtained the M. Sc. Degree in Physical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 1990. He then worked on the photosensitivity of single-mode optical fibers and practical applications of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and obtained the PhD degree in 1995. After a one year Post-Doc at KTH with Prof. Lars Thylén, he started to work as a research scientist at Acreo in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed manager of the Optical Fiber Components (OFC) group. In December 2003, Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz was appointed director of the Kista Photonics Research Center. As such, he is coordinating the collaboration between Acreo and KTH in the field of photonics. Last year, he was part of the local organizing committee of ECOC. His main research interest presently is on the development of new components for the radio over fiber technology.
Olle Kjebon was born 1960 in Stockholm Sweden. He has a M. Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Uppsala 1987 and a Ph. D. from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm 1999. From 1987 to 1993 he was employed by the Swedish Institute of Microelectronics where he worked with epitaxy (HVPE), processing and measurements of lasers. In 1993 he joined KTH and continued his work on lasers for high frequency modulation now with more emphasis on the design analysis and applications. In 1995 he joined a Ph. D. program at KTH. Olle Kjebon has a vast experience of laser technology from epitaxy to transmission experiments and has authored/co-authored more than 50 papers and contributed substantially to the European projects Race 2069 UFOS and COST 240. He is currently involved in both transmission of digital signals and microwave signals over fiber.
Richard Schatz was born 1963 and has since 1987 conducted research in the field of semiconductor lasers at the Laboratory of Photonics and Microwave Engineering at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm where he received a Ph. D. degree in photonics in 1995. He spent 1992-1993 as a Visiting Scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ working with design and simulation of low distortion lasers for CATV applications. His research is mainly focused on modeling and dynamic characterization of laser diodes, both edge emitters and VCSELs. He has authored or co-authored more than 90 journal papers and conference contributions. He has also been an active participant in COST 240, vice chairman of COST 268 and is currently a participant of COST 288.
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