Three New BMBF Projects at IPQ: HYPERCORE, PONTROSA and OPTIMUX

Within the funding programs of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF), the IPQ successfully applied for the three projects HYPERCORE, PONTROSA and OPTIMUX.
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October 2024:

HYPERCORE:
The HYPERCORE project deals with the requirements of future metro and core networks in terms of optical transceivers. Within this project, the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics investigates optimized architectures to increase energy and cost efficiency, e.g., unprecedented analog approaches to carrier recovery and polarization control for coherent optical receivers.

PONTROSA:
As part of the PONTROSA project, the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics and the Institute of Radio Frequency Engineering and Electronics work on novel concepts and system architectures for coherent or hybrid transceivers for future passive optical networks (PONs) targeting data rates beyond 200 Gbit/s. Due to the cost sensitivity of PONs, the work within PONTROSA focuses on cost-efficient system architectures that employ highly scalable manufacturing processes.

OPTIMUX:
Within the OPTIMUX project, the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics explores novel 3D-printed multiplexers and integrated amplifiers for space-division multiplexing (SDM). This research aims to increase both the energy efficiency and the scalability of optical transmission systems based on SDM.

 

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