1. Scientific Publications – Several novel areas for publication by the M-ENGINE’s project have already been identified (targeted journal): Ultra-low noise super-channel laser (Optica), On-chip amplification of a microresonator frequency comb (IEEE Access)
2. Conferences – Conferences are crucial to disseminating information to a diverse audience and for networking. Key conferences to be attended have been identified: Optical Fiber Communication Conf. (2024,2025,2026) and European Conference on Optical Communications (2024,2025,2026) Call: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-03 — EIC Transition Challenge: Chip-scale optical frequency combs.
3. Trade shows – To get early feedback on the developments and results, trade shows will be attended regularly throughout the project. The feedback can guide the development process: Laser World of Photonics (2025, Munich), Photonics West (2024, 2025,2026), CLEO–Europe (2025).
4. Trade Associations – To disseminate and find potential new end users, the SME’s are active in trade associations such as the European Photonics Industry Consortium, European Quantum Industry Consortium, IEEE 400G ethernet standards committee, and Swiss Photonics Industry Assoc. Enlightra is planning to join the 6G Flagship.
5. “2×53 Gbit/s PAM-4 Transmission Using 1.3 μm DML with High Power Budget Enabled by Quantum-Dot SOA” in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, demonstrates high-capacity, energy-efficient optical data transmission using directly modulated lasers and quantum dot SOAs, reducing loss and energy per bit while enabling long-distance links.
6. “Simplified Laser Frequency Noise Measurement Using the Delayed Self-Heterodyne Method” in MDPI Photonics Journal, which reports on a simplified laser frequency noise measurement technique.
7. “High-Speed PAM-4 Signal Transmission with Multi-Mode Fabry-Pérot Laser for Data Center Networks”, presented at 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), reports on an 800 Gbit/s system exploiting multiple longitudinal modes of a free-running Fabry-Pérot laser.
8. “1.5 Terabit/s IM/DD Transmission With Kerr Soliton Frequency Comb for DCI Application” to be presented at OFC Conference 2025 (W2A.24), will demonstrate 1.575 Terabit/s aggregated transmission rate using a dissipative Kerr soliton optical frequency comb.