ERMES

Embedded Resonant and ModulablE Self-Tuning Laser Cavity for Next Generation Access Network Transmitter

Coordinatore	POLITECNICO DI MILANO    more  Organization address address: Via Ponzio 34/5 city: Milan postcode: 20133 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Fabio Cognome: Conti Email: send email Telefono: 390224000000 Fax: 390224000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	3˙509˙477 €
EC contributo	2˙118˙156 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-7
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-09-01   -   2014-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	POLITECNICO DI MILANO  Organization address address: Via Ponzio 34/5 city: Milan postcode: 20133 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Fabio Cognome: Conti Email: send email Telefono: 390224000000 Fax: 390224000000	IT (Milan)	coordinator	0.00
2	ALCATEL-LUCENT ITALIA S.P.A.  Organization address address: PIAZZALE BIANCAMANO city: MILANO postcode: 20124 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Parladori Cognome: Giorgio Email: send email Telefono: 393465000000	IT (MILANO)	participant	0.00
3	EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH  Organization address address: Raemistrasse city: ZUERICH postcode: 8092 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Juerg Cognome: Leuthold Email: send email Telefono: 41446338326	CH (ZUERICH)	participant	0.00
4	III V LAB  Organization address address: ROUTE DE NOZAY city: MARCOUSSIS postcode: 91460 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Valérie Cognome: Deshayes Email: send email Telefono: 330131000000	FR (MARCOUSSIS)	participant	0.00
5	ORANGE SA  Organization address address: RUE OLIVIER DE SERRES city: PARIS postcode: 75015 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sophie Cognome: MARTIN Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 96 05 24 12	FR (PARIS)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

For the Next Generation Access Network (NGAN) wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks (WDM PON) appear a promising and suitable solution offering almost unlimited bandwidth similarly to point-to-point links, while allowing the advantages of fibre sharing.nIt is widely recognized that WDM PON deployment requires colourless Optical Network Unit (ONU) transmitters, so that each user has the same transmitter. Up to now these characteristics has been unsatisfactorily obtained either with a costly tunable transmitter or by exploiting external seeding sources.nERMES proposes a disruptive approach to the ONU transmitter. The breakthrough idea is to use a significant portion of the network to implement an embedded self-tuning modulable laser cavity.nThis idea is based on establishing a very long cavity laser, which can be directly intensity modulated. The goal is achieved by using a dedicated multifunction active chip (MFAC), which acts as the gain medium of the cavity including: the array waveguide grating (AWG) and a reflector at the remote node (RN), and the distribution fibre connecting the ONU to the RN. After cavity set up, the active chip is directly modulated enabling up-stream up to 10 Gb/s data-rate per user. The development of a MFAC suitable for this application is mandatory to bring ERMES approach from the proof-of-principle stage closer to industrial exploitation.nThis solution is a potential highly effective alternative to the existing approaches in terms of cost reduction as it is colourless and gets rid of the need for external seeding sources. It is also appealing in terms of achievable performance, as it is not impaired by Rayleigh back-scattering, allowing for longer bridged distances.nERMES success will enforce European industrial leadership in the access arena, whose development in terms of capillarity and bandwidth has major social and economical fallouts. Therefore it addresses the objective of ICT-2011.3.5b.