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.