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LOLIPOP Poster Highlights TFLN PIC Advances at OFC 2025

The LOLIPOP project was represented at OFC 2025 with a poster presentation from CSEM, highlighting recent advances in Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). 🔍 About the Poster Presentation: The team shared their progress on developing an open-access TFLN PIC foundry, including: A tested Process Design Kit (PDK) with reliable building blocks […]

SPRINTER & LOLIPOP Developments Featured in CSEM’s Annual Report

We’re proud to share that the joint work on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) modulators developed under the SPRINTER and LOLIPOP projects has been highlighted in CSEM’s 2024 Annual Report as one of the year’s key technological successes. These TFLN-based photonic modules are set to revolutionize data transmission, offering ultra-fast and energy-efficient performance for the next generation of optical communication systems. The collaboration […]

LOLIPOP Project at the LASER WORLD OF PHOTONICS

đź“Ť From June 24–27, our partner CSEM will be presenting the LOLIPOP module at Laser World of Photonics in Munich, the world’s leading trade fair for photonic components, systems, and applications. This international event brings together top researchers, industry leaders, and innovators from across the globe to explore the latest advancements in photonic technologies, from […]

LOLIPOP Project at OFC2025

The LOLIPOP module was featured at OFC 2025, showcasing the project’s innovative work to an international audience. 🚀 The module, assembled by PHIX Photonics Assembly as part of the LOLIPOP Project, is built on a lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform — known for its high electro-optic coefficient, making it ideal for low-power, high-speed datacom […]

LOLIPOP Project | 970 nm Tunable Laser Prototype

We’ve developed a new external cavity tunable laser prototype at 970 nm as part of the LOLIPOP Project. Thanks to our collaboration with Superlum Diodes Ltd and PHIX Photonics Assembly, this laser delivers a single-mode peak at 970 nm and power over 10 dBm—a great start! This new laser joins our lineup of external cavity […]

LOLIPOP Publication | Broadband PureB Ge-on-Si Photodiodes

The LOLIPOP Project paper “Broadband PureB Ge-on-Si Photodiodes” is available online. This paper presents the fabrication of Broadband PureB Ge-on-Si photodiodes using in-situ capping of n-type Ge-islands grown by chemical vapor deposition on Si with a 10-nm-thick pure boron layer. The B-layer forms p+-like anodes with nm-shallow junctions and low dark currents, achieving near-ideal responsivities […]

LOLIPOP Project Plenary Meeting

The LOLIPOP plenary meeting was held on October 1-2, 2024, at the ICCS premises. Over these two days, participants engaged in productive discussions and made significant progress in advancing the project, with all partners actively contributing. The consortium, which includes ICCS/PCRL, LioniX, CSEM, PHIX, UCC, UTwente, Superlum, Optagon, Polytec, IMEC, QuiX, and Irida, took part […]

LOLIPOP module assembled by PHIX

Lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) is a very promising PIC platform with a high electro-optic coefficient, enabling low-power and high-speed modulation, perfect for datacom needs. The latest module, assembled by PHIX for the LOLIPOP project, showcases the power of this technology. Built on an LNOI chip fabricated at CSEM’s TFLN foundry, it features 5 high-speed […]