🌟 POLYNICES Project is paving the way for a general-purpose photonic integration platform that meets the demands of next-generation photonic modules, offering cost efficiency, high performance, scalability, and manufacturability. 📢 Explore our public deliverables to learn more!

🚀  𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒! 🚀 The POLYNICES Project Project is pushing the boundaries of external cavity laser sources powered by PZT-based phase actuators. These cutting-edge lasers enable fast tuning and low power

🚀 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬!🚀 The POLYNICES Project Project will be presenting at OFC Conference 2025 with a paper titled “Demonstration of a Silicon Nitride Optical Beamforming Network Based on Blass-Matrix Architecture”. Presented by Eva Loukisa (PCRL Photonics Communications Research Laboratory - National Technical University of Athens), the paper

🚀 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭! 🚀 Our latest paper, “InP/Si₃N₄ Hybrid Integrated Lasers for RF Local Oscillator Signal Generation in Satellite Payloads,” is now available online! 📡✨ We present a compact, tunable multi-laser module designed for satellite

🚀 The POLYNICES Project Project paper, "Photonics-enabled millimeter-wave phase arrays based on dielectric rod antennas," is now available online. As mobile networks need faster speeds ⚡ and more reliable connections 📶, future systems will rely on phase arrays working in the

The POLYNICES Project paper entitled “A compact 100-GHz omnidirectional monopole probe dielectric resonator antenna enabled by micromachined silicon coaxial cavity”, was presented at SPIE Photonics West 2025 on January 2025 by Kalliopi Spanidou. 📡 Designing small antennas for high

🌟 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 & 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 🌟 POLYNICES Project Project is developing a polymer-based electro-optic PCB (EOPCB) motherboard, combining Si₃N₄ (TriPleX™), InP PICs, and electronic ICs to create affordable, scalable

🚀 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🚀 We are excited to share some recent #publications and conference contributions from our team! 📰 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫: Title: “InP/Si3N4 Hybrid Integrated Lasers for RF

🎉𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐄 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲!🎉 This paper is about a tiny antenna that works at 100 GHz—really high frequency! We made it using micromachined silicon, which lets us build very small and

👉🏽 POLYNICES Project is a 🔎 #research and 💡#innovation action that aims to provide a general-purpose #photonic integration platform with all the 💰 cost, 📈 performance, ⏫ scalability and 🏭 manufacturability credentials for the next-generation photonic modules. 🖱Learn more

🔍 If you're working with THz spectroscopy or non-destructive thickness measurements, you might find our #dataset on Zenodo useful! The dataset is created by Christos Tsokos and Eva Loukisa and it presents a THz spectrometer setup using two lasers (one static, one

🌍 The POLYNICES Project #consortium brings together 8 #partners from 4 #European countries: #Greece, the #Netherlands, #Germany and #Spain. Our team includes: 🔹  3 innovative #SMEs: PHIX Photonics Assembly, #Optagon Photonics, #Quix 🔹 1 research institute: Fraunhofer HHI 🔹 2

🌟𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐈𝐂𝐂𝐒/𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐀 - 𝐏𝐂𝐑𝐋 We’re proud to have the ICCS - NTUA coordinating the POLYNICES Project. ICCS is a leading research institute in telecommunications and computer systems, founded in 1989. The project is

🚀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 A few months ago, the POLYNICES Project EU Project released its video presentation and it’s a great introduction to what the project is all about. 🔬 POLYNICES is a #research and #innovation action that

🌟𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 (𝐇𝐇𝐈) We’re excited to introduce Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI as a key member of the POLYNICES Project Project consortium! 📍 Founded in

🚀 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! The project is developing a polymer-based Electro-Optic Printed Circuit Board (EO-PCB) motherboard designed for versatility —