Projects of Hybrid PICs Group

PHACTORY builds on the successful PhotonHub model and, as a “one-stop shop,” offers a scalable innovation platform that helps companies bring photonics-based solutions to market faster by providing bundled expertise, infrastructure, funding, and services across the entire value chain (TRL 3–8).

Funding: European Union

Project-ID: 101189537

project page PHACTORY

Duration: January 2025 – December 2028

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Photonic microring sensor for ion and biomarker detection at the point of care

Funding: Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)

Duration: January 2026 - December 2027

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One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe

(Funded by the European Union)

Duration: January 2021 – April 2026

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Establishment of a photonic lithium niobate silicon nitride platform for quantum communication

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Project page PoLiSiQ

Duration: March 15, 2023 - March 14, 2026

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Photonic integrated coherent LIDAR with range and rate adaptability for early detection and precise locking on fast moving objects

Funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF)

Duration: February 2026 – July 2029

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POLYmer based electro-optic PCB motherboard integration with Si3N4 Chiplets, InP Components and Electronic ICs enabling affordable photonic modules for THz Sensing and quantum computing applications

Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01

Projekt ID: 101070549

(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)

Duration: January 2023 – June 2026

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Quantum Secure Networks Partnership

Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-04-SGA

Project ID: 101114043

(Co-funded by the European Commission)

Duration: March 2023 – August 2026

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Pilot lines, open testing and experimentation for quantum technologies

Programm Indentification Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA & HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA

Project ID: 101113983 & 101113901

(Co-funded by the European Commission)

Duration: April 2023 – September 2026

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Demonstration experiment on communication using quantum technologies

(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Duration: January 21 – December 2026

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LOw-noise and REliable LAser sources for continuous-variable quantum keY distribution

Programm Indentifizierungs Code: QuNET+

(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Duration: December 2022 – February 2026

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Hyperspectral photonic integration platform

(Fraunhofer PREPARE Project)

Duration: April 2022 – February 2026

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Low-coSt and energy-efficient hybrid Photonic integrated circuits for fibeR-optic, freespace optical and mmWave commuNication systems supporting Time critical networking in industrial EnviRonments

(Funded by the European Union)

Duration: September 2022 – August 2026

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TERAhertz integrated systems enabling 6G Terabit-per-second ultra-massive MIMO wireless networks

Programm-Call Identifier: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022

Project ID: 101096949

(Co-funded by the European Commission's under the Horizon Europe programme)

Duration: January 2023 – June 2026

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Miniaturised entanglement source in the telecom sector based on AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguides

Programm Indentification Code: Hochleistungskomponenten und optimierte Materialien für die Quantenkommunikationen

(Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Duration: March 2023 – February 2026

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