{"id":42,"date":"2024-02-07T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:29:09","slug":"the-phormic-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/","title":{"rendered":"The PHORMIC Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f1a5e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f1a5e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f6040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59f6040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 05-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #cf2e2e !important;\">PHORMIC at SPIE Photonics West 2025<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">PHORMIC presented multiple papers at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, January 2025.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>W. Bogaerts, H. Deng, Y. Zhang, X. Chen, L. Van Iseghem, K. Pradeep Kumar Nagarjun, I. Zand, A. Barzanji, A. Ribeiro, F. Vanden Kerchove, U. Khan, H. Salmanian, J. Zhang, E. Soltanian, P. Edinger, A. Djuphammer, G. Jo, S.J. Bleiker, A. Kumar Mallik, J.S. Lee, C. Antony, D. Kelly, J. Hasan, P. Morrissey, P. O&#8217;Brien, D. Colle, M. Pickavet, F. Niklaus, K.B. Gylfason, G. Torfs, J. Beeckman, G. Roelkens, <br \/><strong>Programmable photonic circuits for signal processing<br \/>(doi:\u00a0<\/strong><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.3039727\">10.1117\/12.3039727<\/a>)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">P. Edinger, A. Djuphammar, A.Y. Takabayashi, W. Bogaerts, N. Quack, K.B. Gylfason, <br \/><\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">A compact 2&#215;2 optical gate using a silicon photonic MEMS dual-drive directional coupler<br \/>(doi:\u00a0<\/strong><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.3041855\">10.1117\/12.3041855<\/a>)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">H. Deng, J. Zhang, E. Soltanian, X. Chen, C. Pang, N. Vaissiere, D. Neel, J. Ramirez, J. Decobert, G. Torfs, G. Roelkens, W. Bogaerts,\u00a0<br \/><\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Fully integrated single-chip silicon photonic processor for analog optical and microwave signals<br \/>(doi:\u00a0<\/strong><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.3044760\">10.1117\/12.3044760<\/a>)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f84daa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f84daa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #cf2e2e !important;\">PHORMIC at ECOC 2024<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">PHORMIC presented multiple papers at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Frankfurt, September 2024.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<li>W. Bogaerts,\u00a0<br \/><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Scaling to large silicon photonic circuits in the PHORMIC project<\/b> <br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">10th Symposium on Optical Interconnect in Data Centres at ECOC 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li>P. Edinger, G. Jo, A. Djuphammar, E. Volkova, C. Errando-Herranz, C. Antony, S.J. Bleiker, W. Bogaerts, N. Quack, F. Niklaus, K.B. Gylfason,<br \/><b>Opportunities for Mechanically Actuated Photonics<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phormic_ecoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778e600 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"778e600\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18301c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18301c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color\">PHORMIC co-organized an ePIXfab Workshop on Heterogeneous Integration<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ePIXfab<\/strong> organized a 2-day workshop on heterogeneous integration in Paris-Saclay, in collaboration with the projects PHORMIC, ELENA, PATTERN and PhotonixFAB. The workshop was hosted by Thales on <strong>23-24 April 2024<\/strong>. We presented the recent developments in PHORMIC on transfer-printed light sources and integrated silicon photonic MEMS.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the<a href=\"https:\/\/trainings.epixfab.eu\/en\/past-trainings\/past-training\/workshop-on-heterogeneous-integration-in-integrated-photonics\"> ePIXfab website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epixfab.eu\/trainings\/upcoming-trainings\/workshop-on-heterogeneous-integration-in-silicon-photonics\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Workshop on Heterogeneous integration\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HETEROGENEOUS-INTEGRATION2-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"id\":29,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1a736 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e1a736\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e1645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5e1645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|vivid-red\"}}}},\"textColor\":\"vivid-red\"} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color\">Feature on Programmable Photonics in OPN magazine<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The importance of programmable photonics for the future of the photonic chips is clearly described in the recent article of Wim Bogaerts (Ghent University &#8211; IMEC) in Optics &amp; Photonics News. And it is nice to see that a gorgeous picture of a MORPHIC chip provides a bueatiful backdrop. Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optica-opn.org\/home\/articles\/volume_35\/march_2024\/features\/programmable_photonics\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":29,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202403-p34-Bogaerts-img01.jpg\" alt=\"Programmable Photonic chip fabricated in the MORPHIC project\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202403-p34-Bogaerts-img01.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/202403-p34-Bogaerts-img01-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270578e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"270578e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-250ad008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"250ad008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|vivid-red\"}}}},\"textColor\":\"vivid-red\"} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color\">The MORPHIC project in Laser Focus World<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The work of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/h2020morphic.eu\/\">MORPHIC project<\/a>, on which PHORMIC is building, was published in an<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41378-023-00498-z\">\u00a0overview paper in Microsystems &amp; Nanoengineering<\/a>\u00a0by Niels Quack (formerly EPFL, now Uni. Sydney). A feature article in Laser Focus World covers this. Read it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserfocusworld.com\/optics\/article\/14290918\/silicon-photonic-mems-designed-for-compatibility-with-semiconductor-manufacturing\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":29,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"516\" class=\"wp-image-29\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LFW2023-768x516-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LFW2023-768x516-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phormic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LFW2023-768x516-1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHORMIC at SPIE Photonics West 2025 PHORMIC presented multiple papers at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, January 2025. 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