The project consortium plans to develop a hybrid architecture of highly compact generic microcomb modules (Microcomb photonic engines – M- ENGINEs) and establish their scalable fabrication using MTP processes.
The synergy between both technologies – optical microcombs and MTP – will enable the first massively-parallel manufacturing of high-performance comb lasers.
Combining the unique properties of microcombs having a large number of low line width widely-spaced optical channels matching ITU communication grid (25 – 50 – 100 GHz) with their scalable manufacturing on a photonic module level will pave the way for comb lasers integrated into high-volume photonic applications such as telecom and data centres, enabling performance multiplication and significant cost reduction in comparison to the existing single channel laser technologies.