EN DE ABOUT AMO RESEARCH PRODUCTS & SERVICES DOWNLOADS CONTACT Home » Research » Nanophotonics NANOPHOTONICS Nanophotonics merges nanotechnology methods with photonics and thus enables light transmission, manipulation and detection on a nanometer scale. For over one decade AMO GmbH is active in the field of silicon photonics by employing state-of-the-art clean room technologies to develop active and passive integrated nanophotonics structures and devices. Moreover, high-speed integrated modulators for modern optical communication technologies were designed and fabricated and efficient fiber-chip coupling methods were established. Silicon photonics is supposed to be a suitable technology platform overcoming the current limits of optical interconnects in terms of size, power efficiency and speed. A second nanophotonic platform using silicon nitride as waveguide material has been recently developed opening the route to enter the visible wavelength range. Main fields of applications of AMO’s nanophotonics besides information technologies are bio photonics, life sciences, sensing, photonics for antenna technologies and integrated silicon based components for terahertz generation. NANOPHOTONIC PROTOTYPING FOUNDRY SERVICE AMO has already launched a nanophotonic prototyping foundry service based on various lithography techniques on 6’’ wafers including i-line projection lithography, electron beam lithography and advanced nanoimprint lithography. Currently active and passive integrated silicon nanophotonic devices like grating couplers, SOI electro-optical modulators, photonic crystals and microring resonators, etc. are commercially available. A summary of details can be found in the corresponding FactSheet “Nanophotonics” in the sidebar on the right-hand side. Below you find our running projects within Nanophotonics. AEOLUS AEOLUS: An Affordable, miniaturisEd, clOud-connected system powered by deep Learning algorithms for comprehensive air qUality measurements based on highly integrated mid-IR photonic The project AEOLUS targets the realization of an advanced sensing system for air-quality monitoring based on cloud-connected, miniaturized multi-gas sensors able to detect 10 to 15 gases. The sensing system will be powered by deep-learning algorithms and provide many functionalities for end-users, such as real-time alerts, notifications, and the possibility of taking automatic actions. In this project, AMO will be responsible for the design and fabrication of the building blocks of the photonic sensing system. Start date: 01.01.2021 End date: 31.12.2023 Coordinator: Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (GR) AEOLUS is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement Nr. 101017186. AI-NET-PROTECT ELECTRIC FASERCHIP FOXES GRACED GREAT MOCCA NANOPOL PEROVSKET PHASE-CHANGE-SWITCH PLASMONIAC POLLOC POSEIDON RETINA SUN-PILOT RESEARCH GRAPHENE ELECTRONICS NANOPHOTONICS NANOIMPRINT SENSOR TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Dr. Anna Lena Giesecke Group Leader Nanophotonics +49 (0) 241 - 8867 212 giesecke@amo.de DOWNLOADS FACTSHEET NANOPHOTONICS FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT FORM About AMO »People at AMO »Contact/Directions »Meet Us »Career @ AMO »News »Spin-offs Research »Graphene Electronics »Nanophotonics »Nanoimprint »Sensor Technology »Publications Products & Services »AMONIL® »IL Gratings »Services »Cleanroom Facilities General Terms| Imprint| Privacy Policy| Intranet We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Ok Read more