NextGenPCF
Projects > Concluded
Contractor
EU (IP – IST, 6th FP)
Total project investment
€ 12.2 M
Project duration
3.5 years
Consortium
Draka Comteq France, Draka Comteq Fibre Bv, Alcatel-Lucent France, Degussa Novara Technology, Heraeus Tenevo, Vitron, Red-C, Osyris, Fibre Optic Sensors and Sensing Systems (FOS&S), Altechna, France Telecom, Horiba ABX, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Université de Limoges, University of Bath, Institut fur Photonische Technologien (IPHT), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto), Multitel, Heraeus Quarzglas, Leukos, FiberSensing, Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs France
Status
Finished in November 2009
WEB
www.nextgen-pcf.eu
NextGenPCF - Next Generation Photonic Crystal Fibers - arises from the observation that progress and continuing technological development in many fields will depend on new ways of producing and guiding light, and on mastering its interaction with the environment. Actors in health care require lasers at new wavelengths or broadband sources for diagnosis. Telecom players look for more flexible amplifiers, and for easy-to-install, low-cost fibres. The environmental sensor industry is searching for sensitive gas detector systems.
The objective of NextGenPCF is to enhance the Europe excellence in PCF related science but above all to turn this excellence in science into technological excellence and key competitive advantages for the European firms. In that aim NextGenPCF integrate the key industrial and academic actors from raw material to final users. The technological developments carried out in the scope of NextGenPCF will be applications driven. It will insure a relevant return of investment for the project. The integration of the actors will avoid redundant work. Particularly the convergence of fibre specifications will be encouraged to limit the number of specific development. It will largely contribute to the cost competitiveness of the products.
FiberSensing contributes with its solid know-how in the development and manufacturing of advanced optoelectronic instruments and sensing systems to do the commercial valorization of the PCF based gas sensing technology.
The objective of NextGenPCF is to enhance the Europe excellence in PCF related science but above all to turn this excellence in science into technological excellence and key competitive advantages for the European firms. In that aim NextGenPCF integrate the key industrial and academic actors from raw material to final users. The technological developments carried out in the scope of NextGenPCF will be applications driven. It will insure a relevant return of investment for the project. The integration of the actors will avoid redundant work. Particularly the convergence of fibre specifications will be encouraged to limit the number of specific development. It will largely contribute to the cost competitiveness of the products.
FiberSensing contributes with its solid know-how in the development and manufacturing of advanced optoelectronic instruments and sensing systems to do the commercial valorization of the PCF based gas sensing technology.