Projects of Hybrid PICs Group

Current projects

PhotonHub PHACTORY

PhotonHub 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 PhotonHub PHACTORY

Duration: January 2025 – December 2028

PHIONA

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

Funding: Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)

Duration: January 2026 - December 2027

PoLiSiQ

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 - November 2026

POINTER

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

POLYNICES

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 – March 2027

Q-PLANET

Quantum Pilot Line for Production of Advanced Chips for Neutral Atom European Technologies – Building Europe’s Future Quantum Chip Infrastructure

Funded by: the European Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) under the Chips for Europe Initiative

Co-funded by: the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

project page Q-PLANET

Duration: Mai 2026 - April 2029

QSNP

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

Qu-Pilot & Qu-Test

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

QuNET

Demonstration experiment on communication using quantum technologies

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

Duration: January 21 – December 2026

SPRINTER

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