Work Packages

In order to achieve the objectives of LOLIPOP, the work-plan follows a step wise approach, organized and split into the following work packages (WPs):

Objectives:

  • Perform the overall legal, ethical, financial and administrative management
  • Manage contract and consortium agreement issues
  • Maintain records of cost and effort
  • Monitor the compliance of partners with obligations
  • Define internal project controls
  • Facilitate communication and co-operation between the partners
  • Provide technical planning with up-to-date contingency plan
  • Perform innovation management and response to opportunities
  • Prepare periodic management and technical progress reports
  • Provide a point of communication with the EC
  • Prepare the scheduled project reviews
  • Ensure that equal opportunities are offered to both genders

Objectives:

  • Define the use cases for LOLIPOP technology demonstrators and specify the corresponding high-level system requirements
  • Translate the system requirements into designs of the LOLIPOP modules and define the system-level specifications of their individual components
  • Define the process steps for the integration of the individual components and the packaging of LOLIPOP modules (main and contingency plans) and consolidate these steps into a cohesive process flow
  • Develop system models for the individual components and modules of LOLIPOP and platforms for the simulation of their system performance
  • Develop methods and algorithms for the calibration, configuration and operation of LOLIPOP modules
  • Develop algorithms for the training and operation of the photonic neural networks and model the performance using representative data sets

Objectives:

  • Design the monolithic structures and subcircuits on the TriPleX platform
  • Develop the process for the etching of micro-trenches, pockets and recesses on the TriPleX platform
  • Develop the process for the growth of Ge islands on TriPleX wafers and use it for the heterogeneous integration of Ge-PDs
  • Prepare the TriPleX wafers and PICs for LOLIPOP modules
  • Extend the process flow for LNOI wafers with an additional metallization step
  • Design the LNOI components and spot-size converters for operation at 532, 780, 905, 1064 and 1560 nm, and develop the LNOI wafers/films with the required LNOI subcircuits for LOLIPOP modules
  • Develop the GaAs active elements at 780, 905 and 1064 nm that will be integrated on the hybrid TriPleX PICs

Objectives:

  • Optimize the flip-chip bonding process for the integration of the LNOI dies on the TriPleX PICs (die-bonding)
  • Use this process for the preparation of the first generation hybrid TriPleX PICs for Modules-1/3/4/5
  • Develop the µTP process for the massive transfer of LNOI films on TriPleX wafers
  • Develop the flip-chip bonding process for the hybrid integration of gain chips on hybrid LNOI-on-TriPleX PICs
  • Use this set of bonding and µTP processes for the preparation of two generations of photonic devices for Modules-1/2/3/4/5/6

Objectives:

  • Develop the integrated circuits (ICs) of the drivers and the TIAs for the modulators and the high-speed Ge-PDs of LOLIPOP modules (3 discrete ICs)
  • Develop the front-end PCBs of the photonic devices comprising the drivers and the TIAs, and accommodating the routing of the electrical control lines between the PICs and the control electronics
  • Make thermal simulations and design the packaging solutions for LOLIPOP modules
  • Deliver the packaged photonic devices for the 7 modules of the project (including the Precursor-4)

Objectives:

  • Develop the back-end electronics of each module and perform their integration with the respective photonic device
  • Define the testing methodology for the benchtop tests of LOLIPOP modules
  • Define the methodology and the demonstration scenarios for the evaluation of LOLIPOP modules in realistic settings
  • Perform the benchtop tests at the labs of ICCS and CSEM, validate functionalities and find optimum operation settings
  • Demonstrate the LDV modules and confirm the possibility of Module-2 to extract the vibration profile of SAW elements at 6 GHz
  • Evaluate the LOLIPOP squeezer (Module-3) and measure squeezing levels of 6 dB
  • Evaluate the FMCW-LIDAR module (Module-4) in realistic settings with 20 frames per second and demonstrate detection range above 100 m, detection precision of 1 cm and angular resolution 0.2o
  • Evaluate the photonic neural network with realistic input data and validate its potential for 24 TOPS computation speed
  • Demonstrate the possibility for functional integration of the LIDAR module with the photonic neural network
  • Organize the plans of the partners for exploitation of the project foreground knowledge at the technology, component and system level
  • Monitor the relevant IP across the globe and assess the possible threats
  • Consolidate and protect the IP that will be generated in the project
  • Evaluate the process flow of LOLIPOP and make a manufacturability analysis
  • Create a roadmap with concrete steps for the introduction of LOLIPOP technology as an add-on toolbox in the MPW runs of TriPleX platform
  • Promote the interaction with other European and national projects
  • Disseminate results to the scientific community, industry, stakeholders and general public
  • Implement the open access policy via the deposition of generated data sets to open access repositories
  • Set up the website, prepare a promotion video and facilitate the rest of the dissemination activities.