@HorizonEU project | Lithium NiObate empowered siLIcon nitride Platform for fragmentation free OPeration in the visible and the NIR #PhotonicsEU

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LOLIPOP Project is heading to EnerHarv 2026 โšก Discover how the project is advancing sustainable, low-power IoT through energy harvesting and smart sensing technologies. Meet Matias Vago and Nehal Amer at the event! ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/lolipoโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject
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๐Ÿ”ต Unlocking the full potential of silicon nitride in photonics. The LOLIPOP Project is advancing hybrid PICs by combining silicon nitride with LNOI & semiconductors, enabling high-speed, scalable, and versatile photonic integration. Learn more: horizon-de-lolipop.eu/
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๐ŸŒธ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™€๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‡๐™„๐™‹๐™Š๐™‹ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ!๐ŸŒธ The LOLIPOP Project wishes you a joyful Easter filled with renewal, inspiration and great moments! #LOLIPOPProject #EUEurope #Easter2026 #Innovation #Community
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๐Ÿ“ก Shaping the future of photonics with the LOLIPOP Project ๐Ÿ”ฌ Faster chips, tunable lasers & high-speed electronics ๐Ÿš€ Applications: LiDAR, sensing, neural networks & quantum photonics ๐Ÿ‘‰ From research to real-world impact ๐Ÿ‘€ Stay tuned! #Photonics #EUProjects #Innovation
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๐Ÿ“ข Curious about the latest in #photonics? The LOLIPOP Project publications page is live with key research insights ๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿ‘‰ horizon-de-lolipop.eu/publicโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject #Research #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“… Save the date | 11โ€“12 June 2026 The LOLIPOP Project joins the @ePIXfab workshop on high-speed optical modulators in Belgium. ๐Ÿš€ Connecting EU projects to advance photonic technologies. #Photonics #SiliconPhotonics #HorizonEU
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ @LolipopProject pushes silicon nitride photonics beyond passive waveguiding by combining TriPleX Siโ‚ƒNโ‚„ with LNOI and heterogeneous integration methods. #LOLIPOPProject #Photonics
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๐ŸŽค OPTO 2026 delivering both the buzz & the brains! Lots of #photonics energy in SF โ€” and yes, the @LolipopProject is vibing ๐Ÿ˜Žโœจ #LOLIPOPProject #Photonics #OPTO2026
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ PCRLโ€™s Dr. Charalampos Zervos presents work on lithium niobate on silicon nitride for integrated photonics. ๐Ÿ“… 19 Jan 2026 โ€” 2:45 PM PST ๐Ÿ“ Moscone West ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/lolipoโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPproject #Photonics #OPTO2026
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โœจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ!ย โœจ As the year ends, we thank our partners, collaborators, and the research community for their teamwork and shared achievements. #LOLIPOPProject #EUfunded #photonics
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๐Ÿ’ก@LolipopProject is a #photonic integration project that aims to fill this gap, and enable the silicon nitride platform to make the next step and fully flourish. ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Check out #LOLIPOP #presentation and #factsheet to learn more about the project ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/publicโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Check out our latest research hashtag#papers: ๐Ÿ”น Broadband PureB Ge-on-Si Photodiodes ๐Ÿ”น The impact of the Ge-Si interfacial barrier on the temperature-dependent performance of PureGaB Ge-on-Si p n photodiodes ๐Ÿ”น Folded electro-optical modulators operating at CMOS voltage level in a thin-film lithium niobate foundry process ๐Ÿ“„ Find out more at ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-lolipop.eu/publicโ€ฆ #PhotonicsEU | #research | #horizoneurope
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๐Ÿ“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐— ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿด ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜๐—–, ๐—š๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ On 7โ€“8 October 2025, we met at IDLabโ€“imec in Ghent, Belgium, for the LOLIPOP Project M38 plenary meeting, two days of ๐Ÿ’กย updates, ๐Ÿ’ฌdiscussions and ๐Ÿคcollaboration! Our partners shared progress and next steps toward developing a lithium niobateโ€“empowered silicon nitride platform for fragmentation-free operation in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Also, we also had the chance to tour IMECโ€™s photonics labs and see cutting-edge technologies up close. ๐Ÿ’ก Weโ€™re excited to keep advancing hybrid photonic integration and building high-performance optical systems. Stay tuned for more updates! ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/lolipoโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject #EUResearch #EUfunded #ResearchInnovation #OpticalSystems #PhotonicIntegration
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Our partners have recently shared work on: ๐Ÿ’  Thin film lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits ๐Ÿ’ Broadband Ge-on-Si photodiodes ๐Ÿ’ Temperature-dependent performance of Ge-on-Si devices ๐Ÿ’ Electro-optical modulators at CMOS voltage levels ๐Ÿ’ Characterization of integrated lithium niobate structures ๐Ÿ’ Open access foundry for TFLN-PICs ๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations to all contributors! Click to find out more ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-lolipop.eu/publicโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject #Photonics #Publications #Research
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๐ŸŒ From 24โ€“28 August 2025, the photonics community meets in Delft for the ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (EOSAM 2025). In the EU Project Session, Dr. Homa Zarebidaki (@CSEMInfo) will present the ELENA Project (@h2020_elena), a Horizon 2020 initiative building a coherent European supply chain for thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits. Alongside ELENA, she will also highlight the @LolipopProject, where we are advancing polarization-based photonic integration using silicon nitride and lithium niobate. Together, these initiatives showcase how European projects are strengthening the #photonics value chain and advancing applications in #telecommunications, #metrology and #quantum technologies. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Click to find out more ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/lolipoโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject #ELENAProject #Photonics #IntegratedPhotonics #HorizonEurope #ELENAProject #EOSAM2025 #EUfunded @europeanoptics
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ #๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ‘‰ @LolipopProject is developing CMOS electronics with low power consumption and high bandwidth (up to 30 GHz) to drive the hybrid TriPleX PICs. At the core of this effort: โœ… Electronic drivers and transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) for LNOI modulators and Ge-PDs โœ… Multiple CMOS versions tailored for low power, high bandwidth, high linearity, or ultra-low noise performance โœ… TIAs for the squeezing source (Module-3) ensuring NEP < 50 pW/(Hz)ยน/ยฒ and > 15 dB clearance above detector floor โœ… Full integration of drivers and TIAs with hybrid TriPleX PICs on circuit boards ๐Ÿ’ก This innovation is not just about electronics, itโ€™s about creating energy-efficient, high-performance circuits that enable advanced photonic functions in quantum and next-gen communication systems. ๐Ÿ“Œ Click to read more about LOLIPOP Project Objectives ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-lolipop.eu/objectโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPProject #Photonics #CMOS #Electronics #PICs #GePhotodiodes #TriPleX #Semiconductors #ResearchInnovation #HorizonEurope #EUfunded
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๐ŸŽฏย ๐‹๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ž๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž #๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿ‘‰ LOLIPOP Project is designing active elements and external cavity lasers (ECLs) on the hybrid TriPleX platform โ€“ delivering ultra-narrow linewidth (<10โ€ฏkHz), wide tunability (up toโ€ฏ60โ€ฏnm) and operation at 780, 905โ€ฏandโ€ฏ1064โ€ฏnm! At the core of this effort: โœ… GaAs-based multi-quantum well (MQW) structures optimized for high output power (>50โ€ฏmW) โœ… Flip-chip bonded active elements integrated on TriPleX with precise mechanical alignment โœ… External cavity lasers using high-Q micro-ring resonators (MRRs) and Vernier effect tuning โœ… Phase shifters (PZTs) enabling fast reconfiguration at low power consumption โœ… Three high-performance lasers for SHG (1064โ€ฏnm), SPDC (780โ€ฏnm) and LIDAR/photonic neural networks (905โ€ฏnm) ๐Ÿ’ก This innovation is not just about narrow linewidths or tunability, itโ€™s about building nextโ€‘generation laser sources to power advanced sensing, quantum optics, and photonic systems. ๐Ÿ“Œ Click to read more about LOLIPOP Project Objectives ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-lolipop.eu/objectโ€ฆ #LOLIPOPPRoject #Photonics #IntegratedOptics #GePhotodiodes #TriPleX #Semiconductors #ResearchInnovation #HorizonEurope #EUfunded
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