@HorizonEU funded project (G.A. 101070581) aiming to provide optical transceivers & switching solutions to cope with the needs of industrial networks

Coordinated by PCRL
Joined September 2022
๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ-๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! A new open-access paper from @uc3m presents compact all-silicon dielectric waveguide interconnects for 220โ€“330 GHz hybrid mm-wave & THz systems. ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-sprinter.eu/new-pโ€ฆ #SPRINTERProject
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๐Ÿ“ข New publication in the Journal of Applied Physics on non-contact terahertz characterization of low-index materials and thin films. Supported by #SPRINTER, #TERA6G and #POLYNICES. ๐Ÿ”— Read more: horizon-de-sprinter.eu/new-sโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ? The SPRINTER Project continues to share new research outcomes, publications, and technical insights from its work on next-generation photonic and wireless technologies. ๐Ÿ”ฌ Explore our latest results ๐Ÿ“„ Catch up on our recent publications ๐Ÿ‘‰ Stay connected with the progress of the project ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-sprinter.eu/publiโ€ฆ #SPRINTERProject #EUProjects #EUfunded #Research #Photonics #Innovation
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โš™๏ธ Testing activities in progress for the SPRINTER Project! Evrydiki Kyriazi, Panagiotis Toumasis and George Megas from PCRL (@PCRL7) are carrying out lab testing and validation work, supporting SPRINTERโ€™s technical development. ๐Ÿš€ Step by step, SPRINTER moves closer to further integration and validation. #SPRINTERProject #Photonics #OpticalCommunications #LabTesting #PCRL #NTUA
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Productive few days in Ghent for the final plenary meeting of the SPRINTER project, kindly hosted by imec. Great to meet the consortium partners in person ahead of the final review, reflect on the projectโ€™s progress, and coordinate the final demo activities showcasing SPRINTERโ€™s key technologies. A few important milestones still ahead! #SPRINTERProject #Photonics #HorizonEurope
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๐ŸŽ‰ Our contribution at #EuCAP2026 ๐Ÿ”นHigh-Gain 1ร—4 mmWave Antenna Array (P1-A01)Compact, multi-layer design enabling scalable, efficient next-gen wireless solutions ๐Ÿ“ก ๐Ÿ‘ UC3M & LeapWave Technologies #SPRINTERProject #EUfunded #mmWave #AntennaDesign
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๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿฃ May this season of renewal inspire fresh ideas, continuous growth, and meaningful progress. โœจ ๐“ฆ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ถ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ.๐Ÿ’› #SPRINTERProject
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The latest publications from the SPRINTER Project are already out. ๐Ÿ”ฌ Explore the projectโ€™s recent results and insights. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Catch up with what weโ€™ve been working on. โœจ More updates soon. #SPRINTER #EUProjects #Research #Photonics
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๐Ÿ“ข New publication by GOTL! 3D-printed Bessel beamformer for THz waveguides, now in IEEE MW&T Letters. ๐Ÿš€ For THz & 6G ๐Ÿ‘‰horizon-de-sprinter.eu/new-pโ€ฆ #Photonics #Terahertz #Research
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๐Ÿ“… Save the date | 11โ€“12 June 2026 The @SPRINTER_EU Project will join the ePIXfab cross-fertilization workshop on high-speed optical modulators in Belgium. A great opportunity for EU projects to exchange expertise and strengthen collaboration in photonics. #Photonics
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โœจ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ The SPRINTER Project #publications showcase the projectโ€™s latest results and progress in #photonics and advanced communication technologies. ๐Ÿ”— Take a moment to explore them at horizon-de-sprinter.eu/publiโ€ฆ
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โœจ๐ŸŽ„ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ โœจ๐ŸŽ„ We wish all our partners, collaborators and the research community a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ™‚ #SeasonsGreetings #EUProjects #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜? The SPRINTER Project has several open datasets available on #Zenodo, sharing results from ongoing work in #photonics and #opticalcommunications. If youโ€™re working on ๐Ÿ”ฌ photonic integrated lasers, ๐Ÿ“ก RF signal generation and transmission, ๐Ÿ“Š simulation and experimental performance studies, โšก electro-optic modulators and technologies for next-generation and satellite networks you may find the SPRINTER Project datasets on Zenodo useful. ๐Ÿ“ฅ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”— zenodo.org/communities/sprinโ€ฆ #SPRINTERProject #HorizonEurope #EUfunded #Photonics #IntegratedPhotonics #OpticalCommunications #RFPhotonics #ElectroOpticModulators
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๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: "๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ-๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜Š-๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 30-๐˜Ž๐˜ฃ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜‹๐˜™ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 3.2-๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ" Our partners at IDLab (UAntwerp - imec) present a powerful design for a 30-Gbps burst-mode receiver and CDR, supporting fast and efficient optical switching. โœจ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€: โ€ข Ultra-fast locking: 3.2 ns (strong) / 4.6 ns (weak) โ€ข Handles 3-dB inter-burst power variation โ€ข Operates with 25-ns guard intervals at โ€“6.75/โ€“9.75 dBm โ€ข Validated over 4,440 bursts โ€ข 97.8% lock under 5 ns โ€ข 99.4% achieve BER < 2E-3 This #publication contributes to @SPRINTER_EU Projectโ€™s goal of advancing high-speed, low-latency photonic systems for next-generation communication networks. Read more ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-sprinter.eu/publiโ€ฆ #SPRINTERproject #HorizonEurope #EUfunded #OpticalSwitching #HighSpeedOpticalLinks #Photonics
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๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด The SPRINTER Project consortium met at the Ericsson Telecommunications Inc. R&D Center in Genoa on 29โ€“30 October 2025 for its 8th Plenary Meeting. Partners shared progress toward energy-efficient hybrid PICs for next-generation industrial networking and outlined next steps as the project nears completion. ๐Ÿ‘‰ As SPRINTER enters its final phase, partners remain committed to turning research breakthroughs into real-world impact for Europeโ€™s photonics industry. ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-sprinter.eu/sprinโ€ฆ #Photonics #HorizonEurope #ResearchAndInnovation #OpticalCommunications
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๐Ÿš€ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ #EuMW2025! The @SPRINTER_EU, together with @TERA6G Project and @POLYNICES_EU , will showcase cutting-edge work on dielectric waveguide technology for RF systems and applications. Find out more at ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-sprinter.eu/sprinโ€ฆ #HorizonEU #EUResearch
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๐Ÿ“– ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€? Our team has been busy advancing #photonic technologies, weโ€™re proud to share our latest contributions. Take a glance at ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-sprinter.eu/publiโ€ฆ #SPRINTERproject #Photonics #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“„ ๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐Ÿค Our partners at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Grupo de Optoelectronica y Tecnologรญa Lรกser (GOTL)) present a new dielectric rod waveguide (DRW) method to study materials at mm-wave and THz frequencies. By placing a sample on top of the waveguide, the evanescent fields reveal how the material absorbs waves and its refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k). ๐Ÿ“Š Tests with polymers like COC, photoresins, PTFE, and PLA confirmed this as a simple, non-destructive, and accurate way to characterize materials, with direct applications in 5G, imaging, and security. ๐Ÿ“Œ Check out the poster to learn more. ๐Ÿ“š Find out more @SPRINTER_EU Project #publications at ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-sprinter.eu/publiโ€ฆ #SPRINTERproject @TERA6G @POLYNICES_EU #THz #mmWave #Photonics #MaterialCharacterization #Research
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