News

• General Assembly and seminar; October 7th
  
  Friday October 7th, there will be the next General Assembly and Memphis seminar. Topics to be presented will concern progress, valorisation and Memphis II. All work packages will be presenting a poster and are able to receive an award for it. During the seminar, several speakers will be presenting their most important achievements within Memphis.
  Please enroll by sending an email to the project office if you want to be present this day. For more details, please click the title.
  
  
  
  
• PARADIGM MultiProjectWafer (MPW) training on semicommercial PIC technology Indium Phosphide
  
  The PARADIGM MultiProjectWafer (MPW) training on semicommercial PIC technology Indium Phosphide (InP) will be held on 25-27 July 2011 at PhoeniX Software, Enschede, The Netherlands. This 3-day course covers technology, devices, design, examples, supply chain and MPW operations at Oclaro and FhG/HHI, with packaging's services are offered by CIP Photonics.
  
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• Pre-announcement: Next General Assembly and Seminar, October 7th 2011
  
  The next General Assembly will be held on October 7th, 2011. This Assembly includes a seminar where poster presentations will be given. Poster prices will be awarded.
  Further details including location will be announced on short term.
  
  
  
  
  
• MultiProjectWafer (MPW) workshop on commercial PIC technology TriPleX
  
  LioniX and PhoeniX organize a TriPleX MPW training and workshop. The MultiProjectWafer (MPW) workshop on commercial PIC technology TriPleX will be held on 30 June-1 July 2011 at LioniX BV, Enschede, The Netherlands.
  
  If you want to participate in the workshop and/or the MPW training you are kindly requested to register by sending an email to mpw@lionixbv.nl. Please do so before June 23.
  The TriPleX MPW run for this year is only accessible for Memphis's project partners.
  
  The training will use PhoeniX Design Kit for TriPleX.
  
  Hope to see you in Enschede in two weeks.
  
  Download the preliminary program of the workshop here
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Memphis @ Laser World of Photonics
  
  
  LASER World of PHOTONICS is the most important marketplace and the most constructive think tank for the global laser and photonics industry. It features more than 1,000 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and gives you a complete overview of all the latest trends and applications.
  
  Memphis will be present at the Laser event in the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in München from 23 - 26 May 2011. A booth will be hosted at the Holland area, Hall C1, Stand 309.
  
  If you are interested in visiting us in München, please contact the Memphis Project Office.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Memphis @ Fotonica Event
  Memphis will be present during the Fotonica event on March 29th-30th 2011 in Nieuwegein. Memphis can be found at booth number 7. Please come and visit us at the Memphis booth. If you would like to come, please register at the website
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• Article Memphis in Mikroniek Magazine
  In Mikroniek Magazine 2010 Vol. 50 - Issue 3, an article about the Memphis subprogramme "Production Processes and Equipment" is published. The article is available for download by clicking the image
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• Midterm Review, September 9th and 10th
  On September 9th and 10th 2010, the midterm review of the Memphis project will take place. A committee will evaluate the project by reviewing and discussing the achievements so far. The progress of the project will be evaluated to see if all work is on schedule and where to adjust prospective activities.
  
  
• ECIO 2010 (7- 9 April 2010)
  Ian White and Richard Penty from the University of Cambridge, Engineering Department are pleased to welcome you to the 15th European Conference on Integrated Optics. ECIO 2010 will take place in the historic City of Cambridge at the Computer Laboratory, situated in the west of the City - part of the University dedicated to Technology and Physical Sciences. The aim of ECIO 2010 is to provide a forum where experts from both industrial and academic communities, within integrated optics and nanophotonics, can exchange new ideas and latest findings. For more inforation: www.ecio2010.eu.
• PhoeniX organizes training
  For project partners and customers with support subscription PhoeniX holds regular trainings. The next planned training are:
  
  Feb 2010, tuesday 2 until friday 5 PhoeniX Software
  training, covering: FieldDesigner, MaskEngineer & OptoDesigner and their integration. For a more detailed program, see the flyer
  
  
• Fotonica Evenement 2010
  Het "Fotonica Evenement 2010" will be held on Tuesday 30th of March 2010. It is a platform for knowledge and networks for the photonics industry in the Netherlands. The event will take place in Nieuwegein’s Business Center (NBC) in Nieuwegein.
  
  More information on the agenda and enrollment can be found on: www.fotonica-evenement.nl
  
  
• MEMPHIS' second seminar
  On Friday 25th of September, the MEMPHIS consortium held it's second seminar. At the seminar over 80 MEMPHIS participants presented their, so far achieved, results in the project. It also was the ideal opportunity for MEMPHIS participants to discuss research results with other researchers within the consortium. In the afternoon 5 guest speakers gave their vision on photonic/electronic integration. All work packages competed in a poster presentation of their work. This year the annual poster prize was awarded to work package A5 on Raman Spectroscopy. Click here to see pictures of the event.
  
  
• MEMPHIS: Shaping the future for our information society and personal well being
  MEMPHIS is a coherent and visionary project for research and development of a disruptive technology with a major impact on our future society. It brings together the best of electronics and photonics in a converging integration technology for applications in communication, medical devices, consumer infotainment, data processing, machine control, aviation and space markets. An excellent balance between companies, universities and institutes results in application-focussed fundamental research and development to create novel technology for a multi market future.