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IQE joins European funded "VISIT" programme
The company becomes a member of the 'Vertically Integrated Systems for Information Transfer' programme.
IQE, a supplier of semiconductor wafer products and wafer services to the semiconductor industry, has been welcomed as a member of a €3.5 million European programme to develop high value photonic components for broadband access and local area networks.
Demand for media rich content and high definition video services is increasing consumer bandwidth requirements by over 30% per annum which in turn is expected to increase the demand for optical components by more than 12% CAGR according to industry forecasts.
The 'Vertically Integrated Systems for Information Transfer' (VISIT) programme will last up to three years and will focus on strategic, high value photonic components and subsystems for scalable economic broadband access and local area networks. The central objective of the VISIT programme is research, development, test and exploitation of system enabling optical transmitters having a completely novel design and/or largely improved functionality as compared to current technology.
Other members of the VISIT programme are Intel (Ireland), VI Systems (Germany), Chalmers Tekniska (Sweden), The University of Cambridge (UK), University College Cork (Ireland) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia).
Professor Dieter Bimberg of Technische Universität in Berlin said: "It is a pleasure to welcome IQE as a member of the VISIT programme. The unique ability of IQE to supply material developed both by MBE and MOCVD technologies will further strengthen our project.
Upon completion of the programme a full supply chain from production of epitaxial wafers to test beds for measurements and prototype systems will be established. The economic impact of this work will be systematically enhanced by contributing directly to international standardisation activities and roadmaps of this area."
Andrew Joel, Product Director for Optoelectronic Materials at IQE’s Cardiff facility, said: "IQE brings a wealth of experience in the growth of both edge emitting lasers and VCSELs for optical communications networks. The materials will operate at a range of wavelengths including 850nm (LAN, SAN), 980nm (very short links) and 1.3µm (LAN, Access Networks)."
Demand for media rich content and high definition video services is increasing consumer bandwidth requirements by over 30% per annum which in turn is expected to increase the demand for optical components by more than 12% CAGR according to industry forecasts.
The 'Vertically Integrated Systems for Information Transfer' (VISIT) programme will last up to three years and will focus on strategic, high value photonic components and subsystems for scalable economic broadband access and local area networks. The central objective of the VISIT programme is research, development, test and exploitation of system enabling optical transmitters having a completely novel design and/or largely improved functionality as compared to current technology.
Other members of the VISIT programme are Intel (Ireland), VI Systems (Germany), Chalmers Tekniska (Sweden), The University of Cambridge (UK), University College Cork (Ireland) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia).
Professor Dieter Bimberg of Technische Universität in Berlin said: "It is a pleasure to welcome IQE as a member of the VISIT programme. The unique ability of IQE to supply material developed both by MBE and MOCVD technologies will further strengthen our project.
Upon completion of the programme a full supply chain from production of epitaxial wafers to test beds for measurements and prototype systems will be established. The economic impact of this work will be systematically enhanced by contributing directly to international standardisation activities and roadmaps of this area."
Andrew Joel, Product Director for Optoelectronic Materials at IQE’s Cardiff facility, said: "IQE brings a wealth of experience in the growth of both edge emitting lasers and VCSELs for optical communications networks. The materials will operate at a range of wavelengths including 850nm (LAN, SAN), 980nm (very short links) and 1.3µm (LAN, Access Networks)."