Website: http://photonics.ntua.gr
Contact Person: Prof. Hercules Avramopoulos
Telephone: +30 210 77 22 076
email: hav@mail.ntua.gr
Description
The Photonics Communications Research Laboratory (PCRL) was founded in September 1995 by Prof. Hercules Avramopoulos, as a research facility of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and member of the Institute of Communications & Computer Systems (ICCS). It currently numbers 20 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers whose research interests include optical interconnects and telecommunications, digital signal processing, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design, and biophotonics/sensing. PCRL runs a fully equipped laboratory with state-of-the-art test and measurement systems and a broad range of passive and active photonic devices. PCRL is actively involved in collaborative research projects at a national and European level and has participated in over 25 projects over the past 10 years, acting as the project coordinator for many of them. Throughout its track record in photonics research, PCRL has established worldwide links and collaborations with top research institutes and industrial research organizations.
PCRL conducts research in the following application fields:
- optical interconnects. Highlights: design of optical interconnects for >100 Gb/s per wavelength; development of novel network architectures for disaggregated datacenters.
- digital signal processing. Highlights: development of a full DSP-algorithms suite for coherent optical networks.
- PIC design. Highlights: design of adiabatic-coupling interfaces compatible with passive alignment assembly, for low-loss interfacing between PICs and optical fibers/optical PCBs
- optical communications. Highlights: design of reconfigurable QAM transmitter for flexible optical networks.
- biophotonics/sensing. Highlights: development of sample-in-result-out, multi-analyte biosensor for sensing of antibiotics, mycotoxins, pesticides and copper in milk, olive-oil and nuts.
People
| Telephone | ||
| Prof. Hercules Avramopoulos | +30 210 772 2076 | hav <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Dr. Costis Christogiannis | +30 210 772 2076 | chrico <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Dr. Dimitrios Apostolopoulos | +30 210 772 4454 | apostold <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Dr. Christos Kouloumentas | +30 210 772 2057 | ckou <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Dr. Ioannis Lazarou | +30 210 772 2057 | ilazarou <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Dr. Maria Spyropoulou | +30 210 772 2057 | mspy <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Giannis Giannoulis | +30 210 772 2871 | jgiannou <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Panagiotis Groumas | +30 210 772 2057 | pgrou <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Vasilis Katopodis | +30 210 772 2057 | vkat <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Ioannis Kanakis | +30 210 772 2871 | giankan <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Nikolaos Iliadis | +30 210 772 2871 | nikiliad <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Christos Spatharakis | +30 210 772 2871 | cspatha <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Nikolaos Argyris | +30 210 772 2871 | nargyris <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Giannis Poulopoulos | +30 210 772 2871 | jpoul <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Lefteris Gounaridis | +30 210 772 2057 | lgou <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Konstantinos Tokas | +30 210 772 2871 | ktok <at> mail.ntua.gr |
| Christos Tsokos | +30 210 772 2057 | ctso <at> mail.ntua.gr |
Publications
Multi-Flow Transmitter Based on Polarization and Optical Carrier Management on Optical Polymers
V. Katopodis, D. Felipe, C. Tsokos, P. Groumas, M. Spyropoulou, A. Beretta, A. Dede, M. Quagliotti, A. Pagano, A. Vannucci, N. Keil, H. Avramopoulos, C. Kouloumentas
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume 28, Issue 11, 1 June 2016, Article number 7416636, Pages 1169-1172
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2533663
Laser direct writing of 40 GHz RF components on flexible substrates
F. Zacharatos, N. Iliadis, J. Kanakis, P. Bakopoulos, H. Avramopoulos, I. Zergioti
Optics and Laser Technology
Volume 79, May 2016, Pages 108-114
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2015.11.017
High Speed Direct Modulation of a Heterogeneously Integrated InP/SOI DFB Laser
A. Abbasi, C. Spatharakis, G. Kanakis, N.S. André, H. Louchet, A. Katumba, J. Verbist, H. Avramopoulos, P. Bienstman, X. Yin, J. Bauwelinck, G. Roelkens, G. Morthier
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume 34, Issue 8, 15 April 2016, Article number 7384673, Pages 1683-1687
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2510868
New set of design rules for resonant refractive index sensors enabled by FFT based processing of the measurement data
L. Gounaridis, P. Groumas, E. Schreuder, R. Heideman, H. Avramopoulos, C. Kouloumentas
Optics Express
Volume 24, Issue 7, 4 April 2016, Pages 7611-7632
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.007611
Polymer enabled 100 Gbaud connectivity for datacom applications
V. Katopodis, P. Groumas, Z. Zhang, R. Dinu, E. Miller, A. Konczykowska, J.-Y. Dupuy, A. Beretta, A. Dede, J.H. Choi, P. Harati, F. Jorge, V. Nodjiadjim, M. Riet, G. Cangini, A. Vannucci, N. Keil, H.-G. Bach, N. Grote, H. Avramopoulos, Ch. Kouloumentas
Optics Communications
Volume 362, 1 March 2016, Pages 13-21
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2015.07.064
Tunable 100 Gbaud Transmitter Based on Hybrid Polymer-to-Polymer Integration for Flexible Optical Interconnects
P. Groumas, Z. Zhang, V. Katopodis, A. Konczykowska, J.Y. Dupuy, A. Beretta, A. Dede, J.H. Choi, P. Harati, F. Jorge, V. Nodjiadjim, M. Riet, R. Dinu, G. Cangini, E. Miller, A. Vannucci, N. Keil, H.G. Bach, N. Grote, M. Spyropoulou, H. Avramopoulos, Ch. Kouloumentas
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume 34, Issue 2, 15 January 2016, Article number 7185328, Pages 407-418
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2463730
SiN-assisted flip-chip adiabatic coupler between SiPh and Glass OPCBs
G. Poulopoulos, C. Baskiotis, D. Kalavrouziotis, L. Brusberg, H. Schröder, D. Apostolopoulos, H. Avramopoulos
Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume 9753, 2016, Article number 975310
Optical Interconnects XVI; San Francisco; United States; 15 February 2016 through 17 February 2016; Code 121923
DOI: 10.1117/12.2208878
Tunable 100 Gbaud Transmitter Based on Hybrid Polymer-to-Polymer Integration for Flexible Optical Interconnects
P. Groumas, Z. Zhang, V. Katopodis, A. Konczykowska, J.-Y. Dupuy, A. Beretta, A. Dede, J.H. Choi, P. Harati, F. Jorge, V. Nodjiadjim, M. Riet, R. Dinu, G. Cangini, E. Miller, A. Vannucci, N. Keil, H.-G. Bach, N. Grote, M. Spyropoulou, H. Avramopoulos, C. Kouloumentas , Lightwave Technology, Journal, Volume:PP Issue:99, August 2015, doi:10.1109/JLT.2015.2463730
Design of grating couplers and MMI couplers on the TriPleX platform enabling ultra-compact photonic-based biosensors
L. Gounaridis, P. Groumas, E. Schreuder, R. Heideman, V. Katopodis, C. Kouloumentas, H. Avramopoulos, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 209, Pages 1057–1063, March 2015, doi:10.1016/j.snb.2014.11.098
Multi-100 GbE and 400 GbE Interfaces for Intra-Data Center Networks Based on Arrayed Transceivers With Serial 100 Gb/s Operation
P. Groumas, V. Katopodis, J. Han Choi, H.-G. Bach, J.-Y. Dupuy, A. Konczykowska, Z. Zhang, P. Harati, E. Miller, A. Beretta, L. Gounaridis, F. Jorge, V. Nodjiadjim, A. Dede, A. Vannucci, G. Cangini, R. Dinu, N. Keil, N. Grote, H. Avramopoulos, and C. Kouloumentas, Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 943-954, February 2015, doi:10.1109/JLT.2014.2363107
Ultracompact and Low-Power Plasmonic MZI Switch Using Cyclomer Loading
S. Papaioannou, G. Giannoulis, K. Vyrsokinos, F. Leroy, F. Zacharatos, L. Markey, J.-C. Weeber, A. Dereux, S.I. Bozhevolnyi, A. Prinzen, D. Apostolopoulos, H. Avramopoulos, N. Pleros, Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, Volume:27, Issue: 9, Page(s): 963 – 966, May 2015, doi: 10.1109/LPT.2015.2404942
Fully Passive Resiliency Node for Optical Access
B. Schrenk, R. Lieger, T. Lorünser, P. Bakopoulos, A. Poppe, M. Stierle, H. Avramopoulos, and H. Leopold, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 7, Issue 11, pp. B10-B15, 2015 doi:10.1364/JOCN.7.000B10
Address
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