THE CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS LIMITED (CIP)
Short description of the participating partner organization
On this project, CIP will focus on the following component developments. Tuneable dual-mode DBR laser sources using MQW material and QD material (from III-V Lab) will be designed and fabricated (WP3). In collaboration with UCL, a waveguide coupled UTC detector incorporating an integrated antenna for operation up to 100 GHz will be developed as a high efficiency photomixer (WP4). In work package 5, CIP will use its hybrid integration technology to yield a mm-wave source, and an optically injected phase locked loop (OIPLL) (with UCL).
CIP is a not-for-profit 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 Center (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 Center, and to re-employ the key scientists and technologists that enables the Center to operate with maximum effectiveness. The facility was renamed the Center 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 universities for research projects, and industry for R&D and pilot-scale production. CIP is currently involved in three funded EU STREPS – MUFINS, LASAGNE and PHOLOGIC as the partner responsible for provision of technology.
Primary Contact Person
Dr. Michael Robertson
THE CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS LIMITED
B55, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath
Ipswich, IP5 3RE, Suffolk
GB
Phone: +44 1473 663265
Fax: +44 1473 663295
E-Mail: click here
Short description of the participants (in alphabetical order)
Dave Moodie has 16 years experience in InP optoelectronic device research. He led the development of high-speed state of the art modulators within BT Labs and Corning Research Center. For BT he also worked on novel systems demonstrators using InP devices such as a 60 GHz over fiber broadband system. A founder member of CIP, his role combines managing CIP’s electroabsorption modulator product line and involvement in collaborative research projects. A named inventor on approximately 9 patents, he has authored / co-authored over 100 technical publications.
Michael Robertson has over 20 years experience in photonics. Following a PhD at Durham on cadmium sulphide solar cells, he joined BT Labs working on GaAs laser reliability. After this, he led a team that developed a high reliability planar PIN photodiode and he successfully transferred this to manufacturing at BT&D (now part of Agilent). During this time, he was part of the team at BT that won the Queen’s Award for Technology in 1993 for its work on optoelectronic materials and devices. Since then he has managed research on large mode-sized lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers, electroabsorption modulators and optical switches. He has also spent several years using process analysis techniques to study business processes within BT. Within Corning Research Center, he led the Epitaxy and Process Development teams, and is currently III-V technology manager within the Center for Integrated Photonics, a company set up to work with academia and industry in the areas of photonics, micro and nanotechnologies. He has published over 72 papers, filed 10 patents and written a chapter for a book on waveguide analysis.
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