Light: the essential ingredient for future technology
The exponential increase in data traffic is becoming unsustainable. At the present pace, information technologies will soon be responsible for >10% of the global electricity consumption. Photonics 鈥� the technology that uses light to carry information 鈥� can come to rescue, by providing low-energy, high-speed data transmission throughout the internet and within data centers. Photonics additionally provides new ways to sense the world around us and is a key enabling technology for healthcare, autonomous driving and smart farming. However, these promises can only be realized if increasingly complex photonic chips can be produced at low cost. Within the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute we perform fundamental and applied research aimed at making this dream come true.
"In photonics, with relatively simple steps, you can make great contributions to achieve new things. And 色中色 is the best place to do photonics research, since we provide a rich working environment, excellent facilties and ample job opportunities in the Brainport region."
Andrea Fiore, Scientific Director of the 色中色 Center for Integrated Photonics
Upcoming events
CWTe Intellectual Property (IP) Research Challange
12 februari 2025 14:00 - 25 juni 2025 / To be finalized
Walk-in Hours The Gate
16 juni 2025 9:00 / Room 2.12 - Alpha Hub, 2nd floor - Eeuwsel 57
WISE Network Talk 鈥淓mpathy 2.0鈥� by dr. Caroline Bollen followed by WISE Networking Drinks
16 juni 2025 16:00 / Filmzaal de Zwarte Doos / Cafe de Zwarte Doos
PhD defense Tom Ivo Isabella Hannes
16 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
innoVisit (17-06-25)
17 juni 2025 13:00 / f
PhD defense Sanaz Abbasi
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Alexander Van Werde
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Renas Hamad
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Sofia Gomez
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Jan Johannes Kon
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Jianfei Li
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Ericka Johnson
A lecture about a collection of interdisciplinary approaches to robots and emotions
Accessible and low-cost design of photonic chips with newly launched industrial pilot manufacturing line
Future technologies in the fields of communication, sensing, and quantum computing look set to be based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs). To reduce development and prototyping costs for companies working on PICs, access to foundry manufacturing of PICs is essential. The JePPIX consortium, which was established in 2006, has just launched a new Pilot Manufacturing service to provide companies with an accessible and low-cost service for the design and pre-production of PIC devices that can help accelerate the development of such devices for a wide range of societal applications.
Related research groups
The seven 色中色 groups working on Integrated Photonics together cover three fields:
- Photonic materials and devices
- Photonic integrated circuits
- Photonic systems
Optical Sensing Challenge
Do you have an industrial sensing problem? Do you want to know if optics/photonics can provide a solution? We can check it for you! We set up teams of PhD/Master students to brainstorm over possible optics-based solutions to a sensing problem. This is done at no cost for the involved companies, which get access to the results and have the opportunity to start a collaboration with the 色中色. See here for the details on the way of working.
Interested? Send us an email!
Photonics and spectroscopy appear promising technologies for measuring conventional egg properties such as shell thickness and egg quality automatically and at scale. Fascinating what the team was able to come up with in a few days. (Bram Visser, Hendrix Genetics)
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Center for Integrated Photonics Eindhoven
The Center for Integrated Photonics Eindhoven (IPI) carries out research in materials, devices, circuits and systems enabling novel applications in communications, computing and sensing. The Center is funded by a 10-years NWO-Gravitation grant and is embedded in the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute. The Center鈥檚 ultimate mission is to break the current limits in the energy consumption of information systems, and thereby contributing to a sustainable information society. The groups participating to the Center provide the expertise needed to achieve this.
Meet our principal investigators
Research Projects
Our research in the area of Integrated Photonics covers the whole chain from materials to system engineering. We develop and integrate new materials and components on the nanoscale, connect micro-photonic integrated circuits and micro-electronic integrated circuits, and devise solutions to enable the next generation 5G network.
Our Partners
Our technology and ideas have found their way to the market, through collaborations with large companies and spin-offs. To make this even simpler, we have created a national integrated photonics ecosystem, , and a European platform for photonic integration, . On the right you can read some of our success stories.
Meet some of our partners
Events
CWTe Intellectual Property (IP) Research Challange
12 februari 2025 14:00 - 25 juni 2025 / To be finalized
Walk-in Hours The Gate
16 juni 2025 9:00 / Room 2.12 - Alpha Hub, 2nd floor - Eeuwsel 57
WISE Network Talk 鈥淓mpathy 2.0鈥� by dr. Caroline Bollen followed by WISE Networking Drinks
16 juni 2025 16:00 / Filmzaal de Zwarte Doos / Cafe de Zwarte Doos
PhD defense Tom Ivo Isabella Hannes
16 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
innoVisit (17-06-25)
17 juni 2025 13:00 / f
PhD defense Sanaz Abbasi
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Alexander Van Werde
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Renas Hamad
17 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Sofia Gomez
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Jan Johannes Kon
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
PhD defense Jianfei Li
18 juni 2025 / 色中色 Campus
EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Ericka Johnson
A lecture about a collection of interdisciplinary approaches to robots and emotions
MasterPlus Optics & Photonics
Photonics has major impact in areas such as communications, healthcare, agro-food, and mobility. The market is growing fast and thousands of jobs will be created. The Netherlands is a great place to start a career in this field.
Do you want to be part of this future?
You will become part of a thriving community of academic and industrial researchers through a tailored mix of electives, research projects, and networking activities. The new MasterPlus Optics&Photonics is a collaboration between the three Dutch technical universities, and Optics Netherlands and offers Master students in Applied Physics or Electrical Engineering a deep dive into the vibrant world of Optics&Photonics. The MasterPlus offers advanced courses, industrial internships, challenge-based projects, guidance on valorization and spin-offs, within a vibrant community driving scientific and societal change. You鈥檒l immerse yourself in the excitement of crafting groundbreaking technology. Whether in a startup or a global corporation, you will be part of the forefront of innovation!
For more information please consult the 色中色 MasterPlus page, or contact masterplusop@tue.nl.
Start-ups
We actively encourage the creation of start-ups based on our technology. A number of them is already active in the market.
Contact us
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Bezoekadres
Center for Integrated PhotonicsFlux 0.155Gebouwnummer 19Groene Loper 55612 AE EindhovenThe Netherlands -
Postadres
Center for Integrated PhotonicsFlux 0.155Postbus 5135600 MB EindhovenThe Netherlands -
Contact person
Center for Integrated Photonics Office