PLATON

Merging Plasmonic and Silicon Photonics Technology towards Tb/s routing nin optical interconnects

Coordinatore	CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS    more  Organization address address: CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6th Km city: THERMI THESSALONIKI postcode: 57001 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Leandros Cognome: Tassiulas Email: send email Telefono: +30 2421074980 Fax: +30 2310464164
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	3˙403˙174 €
EC contributo	2˙599˙816 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2009-4
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-01-01   -   2013-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6th Km city: THERMI THESSALONIKI postcode: 57001 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Leandros Cognome: Tassiulas Email: send email Telefono: +30 2421074980 Fax: +30 2310464164	EL (THERMI THESSALONIKI)	coordinator	0.00
2	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: RUE MICHEL -ANGE city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Michel Cognome: Mauvais Email: send email Telefono: +33 3 83 85 60 13 Fax: +33 3 83 35 23 81	FR (PARIS)	participant	0.00
3	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse city: MUNCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christoph Cognome: Schulte Email: send email Telefono: 498912000000 Fax: 498912000000	DE (MUNCHEN)	participant	0.00
4	GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MIKRO UND OPTOELEKTRONIK MIT BESCHRANKTERHAFTUNG AMO GMBH  Organization address address: OTTO BLUMENTHAL STRASSE city: AACHEN postcode: 52074 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian Cognome: Moormann Email: send email Telefono: 492419000000 Fax: 492419000000	DE (AACHEN)	participant	0.00
5	INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS  Organization address address: Patission Str. city: ATHINA postcode: 10682 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Hercules Cognome: Avramopoulos Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 77 22 076 Fax: +30 210 77 22 077	EL (ATHINA)	participant	0.00
6	SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: CAMPUSVEJ city: ODENSE M postcode: 5230 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anne-Grete Cognome: Gad Email: send email Telefono: 456550208 Fax: 4565501090	DK (ODENSE M)	participant	0.00
7	UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE  Organization address address: Maison de l'Universite - Esplanade Erasme city: DIJON CEDEX postcode: 21078 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: CRISTINA Cognome: BRUN Email: send email Telefono: +33 3 80 39 91 21 Fax: +33 3 80 39 37 84	FR (DIJON CEDEX)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

PLATON aims to realize a fully integrated Tb/s optical routing system for data networks expecting to deliver important advantages to the end-users as it will enable high-speed communications and ultra-fast access to data information being stored at large computer centers whilst investing in a new technological platform of lower cost, lower power consumption and reduced size requirements. This will allow for the effective consolidation of today's Internet and computer server rooms storing huge amounts of information into smaller-size rack- or even box-interconnect environments. PLATON's routing fabric will employ novel plasmonic switching elements on a silicon motherboard and will develop novel fabrication processes for enabling the merger of plasmonics with silicon nanophotonics and electronics, targeting the combined utilization of small-footprint, high-bandwidth plasmonics structures with the low-loss functional potential offered by the more mature SOI technology. PLATON will evolve upon a whole new generation of miniaturized photonic components including: (a) a new series of fast 2x2 thermooptic plasmonic switches, (b) a small-footprint 4x4 thermooptic plasmonics switch, (c) an optically addressable 1x2 plasmonic switch operating at bitrates in excess of 10Gb/s, and (d) a 2x2 and a 4x4 Tb/s optical routing platforms. To this end, PLATON will pioneer the field of routing for optical interconnects and will provide a completely new technological toolkit, bringing Europe in a leading position world-wide with respect to research efforts in plasmonics for interconnects. Finally, it will open totally new application vistas and opportunities for European industry being active in the field of nanophotonics, given that the active participation of industry within PLATON ensures the industrial take up of the combined plasmonics/photonics functional devices from research elements to commercially available products.