@HorizonEU funded project (GA 101070549) providing a general-purpose photonic integration platform

Joined November 2022
๐Ÿ“š Our Publications page has been updated! Explore the latest POLYNICES Project research on photonic chiplets, THz systems & quantum technologies. ๐Ÿ”Ž Discover our latest publications: ๐Ÿ‘‰ horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #HorizonEU #Photonics #Research
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๐Ÿ“ข New POLYNICES-related publication! A new study in the Journal of Applied Physics presents a non-contact dielectric-waveguide method for sensitive material characterization at terahertz frequencies, supporting integrated THz technologies. Congratulations to all authors! ๐Ÿ‘ pubs.aip.org/jap/article/140โ€ฆ #POLYNICES #Terahertz #Photonics #HorizonEurope
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๐Ÿš€ POLYNICES antenna technology at the ePIXfab Workshop Dr. Asrin Piroutiniya from LeapWave Technologies presented work related to the #POLYNICES Project, showcasing the projectโ€™s dielectric rod waveguide antenna integrated in a flip-chip THz transmitter architecture. A great opportunity to share POLYNICES outcomes with the #Photonics and #THz communications community. ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-polynices.eu/polyโ€ฆ #AntennaTechnology #IntegratedPhotonics #HorizonEurope #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“š ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ? The POLYNICES Project team continues to share new research results and technical insights on photonic chiplets, THz systems, and quantum technologies. Explore the latest publications and catch up on our recent work ๐Ÿ‘‰ horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #HorizonEU #Photonics #Research #EUfunded
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๐ŸŒ Discover the POLYNICES Project public materials! Explore the leaflet, presentation and factsheet for a quick overview of the projectโ€™s goals, technology and impact in integrated photonics. ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #Photonics #IntegratedPhotonics #HorizonEurope #EUFunded
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Congratulations to Jelmer Bellert on successfully completing his master's thesis! ๐ŸŽ“ Great to see research advancing photonic integration and packaging technologies for future applications in photonics. #POLYNICES #Photonics #Innovation #Research
Congrats to Jelmer Bellert on completing his MSc thesis at PHIX, cum laude! ๐ŸŽ“ His work at Saxion lowered thermocompression bonding temperatures for PIC to electro-optical PCB integration, supporting the @POLYNICES_EU consortium and advancing the state of the art in #photonics.
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๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? POLYNICES Project is investigating path-length compensation strategies inside OBFN photonic architectures, where even small routing differences can affect synchronization and beamforming stability. Current work includes: ๐Ÿ”น Equal optical path routing ๐Ÿ”น Integrated phase shifter concepts ๐Ÿ”น Blass-matrix optimization ๐Ÿ”น Multi-channel photonic distribution architectures These developments contribute to more scalable and stable photonic-assisted THz systems. Click to learn more about the POLYNICES Project horizon-de-polynices.eu/ #POLYNICESProject #EUfunded #Photonics #Beamforming #THz #PICs #IntegratedPhotonics #Research #Innovation #HorizonEurope
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๐Ÿ”ฌ Advancing mmWave & terahertz photonics through new #publications and conference contributions. From THz absorbers to antennas and waveguides, POLYNICES is driving next-gen high-frequency systems. ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICES #Photonics #Terahertz #mmWave
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๐Ÿ˜Š ๐™€๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™Š๐™‡๐™”๐™‰๐™„๐˜พ๐™€๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ! ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐ŸŒท May this time of year bring renewed energy, creativity and positive momentum. โœจ While advancing photonic integration together, we truly appreciate the continued engagement and trust of our partners and wider network across Europe. ๐Ÿฃ ๐“ข๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ผ, ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“น๐“น๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ผ โ€” ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚ ๐“ช ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ต ๐“”๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป! #POLYNICESProject #HappyEaster #Easter2026 #EasterVibes #SpringSeason #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“ข Quick reminder The POLYNICES Project video has been out for a while, have you watched it? ๐Ÿ‘€ Discover how weโ€™re advancing photonic integration with innovative polymer platforms. โœจ ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-polynices.eu/ #POLYNICESProject #Photonics #EUfunded #Innovation #Quantum #THz
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๐Ÿ“ข New publication by GOTL! 3D-printed Bessel beamformer for THz waveguides now published in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters (Early Access). ๐Ÿ”ฌ 93.9% efficiency @ 275 GHz & stable propagation up to 35 mm ๐Ÿš€ Scalable solution for THz & 6G systems ๐Ÿค Supported by #POLYNICES #TERA6G #SPRINTER #TERAOPTICS ๐Ÿ‘‰horizon-de-polynices.eu/new-โ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“… On 24 Feb 2026, the POLYNICES Project was presented at the #Horizon4Photonics Brokerage Event. ๐ŸŽค Dr. Dominic Schulz (Fraunhofer HHI) introduced POLYNICESโ€™ work on polymer-based photonic integration enabling heterogeneous systems with Siโ‚ƒNโ‚„ chiplets, InP components, THz antennas, and an electro-optic PCB motherboard. ๐Ÿค Great discussions with the European photonics community.
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๐Ÿš€ POLYNICES at #Horizon4Photonics On Feb 24, Dr. Dominic Schulz (Fraunhofer HHI) will present the POLYNICES Project and our polymer-based photonic integration platform enabling heterogeneous integration of Siโ‚ƒNโ‚„, InP & THz technologies. ๐Ÿ”ฌ THz FMCW spectrometer + integrated photonic quantum processors ๐Ÿ“… February 24th | 10:00 AM ๐Ÿ“ Horizon4Photonics ๐Ÿ”—horizon-de-polynices.eu/polyโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #Photonics #HorizonEurope #THz #IntegratedPhotonics #EUfunded
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UC3M PhD student Yuma Kawamoto presented work on silicon DRA-based THz transmitters on FR-4. Key results: โ€ข >200 GHz 4-dB BW โ€ข >5 dBi (100โ€“220 GHz) โ€ข Apps in comms, spectroscopy & imaging ๐ŸŽ‰ Congrats @uc3m! horizon-de-polynices.eu/polyโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #THz #Photonics
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๐Ÿ’ซ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ!๐Ÿ’ซ โœจ As we step into the New Year, the POLYNICES Project wishes everyone growth, meaningful impact and the courage to challenge what exists to build whatโ€™s next. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™™๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š. ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿš€๐ŸŒ #PolynicesProject #EUfunded #NewYear
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๐ŸŒŸ @POLYNICES_EU Project is paving the way for a general-purpose photonic integration platform that meets the demands of next-generation photonic modules, offering cost efficiency, high performance, scalability, and manufacturability. ๐Ÿ“ข Explore our public deliverables to learn more! ๐Ÿ”— horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICES #Photonics #PhotonicIntegration #IntegratedPhotonics #PICs #NextGenPhotonics #PhotonicsPlatform
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๐Ÿ“š ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ? The POLYNICES Project team has shared new results on photonic chiplets, THz systems and quantum technologies. Take a look ๐Ÿ‘‰ horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject #HorizonEU #Photonics #Research #EUfunded
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๐Ÿ“ก @POLYNICES_EU Project ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—บ-๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ต Our partners at @uc3m and @UniofAdelaide are exploring innovative solutions for testing broadband, high-frequency antennas. ๐Ÿ”ฌ By using heterogeneous stacking of dielectric resonators, their work achieved: โœ”๏ธ Bandwidth increase from 4 GHz to 34 GHz (+750%) โœ”๏ธ High-frequency operation enabled by silicon micromachining โœ”๏ธ Simple, cost-effective manual assembly with micro-scale accuracy This approach paves the way for compact, accessible indoor test ranges, enabling better evaluation of advanced antenna systems (MIMO, phased arrays, etc.) and supporting developments in 5G, 6G and beyond. ๐Ÿ“‘ Check out the poster for more details or ๐Ÿ‘‰ Explore more POLYNICES #publications here: horizon-de-polynices.eu/publโ€ฆ #POLYNICESProject @TERA6G #6G #antennas #mmWave #terahertz #photonics #research
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POLYNICES Project retweeted
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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