SPP 2314: INtegrated TERahErtz sySTems Enabling Novel Functionality (INTEREST)

The vision of the INTEREST SPP is to establish a well-defined terahertz community by following a holistic ‘integration’ approach in a dedicated coordinated initiative. The theme ‘Integrated Terahertz Systems’ will enable unseen functionalities and applications in the field of terahertz science and technologies. To accomplish this aim, effective ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2026

Funded by: DFG

SPP 2314 - MLL-based Integrated THz Frequency Synthesizers (MINTS)

In the project MINTS it is planned to investigate and demonstrate electronic-photonic THz frequency synthesizer architectures which conform to the requirements of integration in silicon photonics (SiPh) and/or Indium Phosphite (InP) photonic technology. Building on the excellent spectral properties of mode-locked lasers (MLL) it is the target to ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2026

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Vijayalakshmi Surendranath Shroff

FOR 2863 - Scalable THz Transceiver Impairment Model

Compared to radios operating at purely optical wavelengths or RF/microwave frequencies, the combination of extremely high absolute bandwidths and high relative bandwidths in the THz frequency regime, paired with the severe performance limitations of technologies operating in the so-called "THz-gap", imposes unique challenges on modern digital ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 09/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Maxim Weizel, M.Sc.

FOR 2863 - Traceable Terahertz Transceivers (B2)

The B2 project of Meteracom focuses on the signal traceability in electronic THz analog transmit and receive frontends, including their functional building blocks for wideband THz signal generation, translation, amplification and sampling. The main objectives in phase II are to expand the transceiver functionalities towards the traceability of ...

Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2024

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Meysam Bahmanian

PhoQC: Photonic Quantum Computing

Photonic Quantum Computing (PhoQC): The aim is to research the fundamentals for the realization of photonic quantum computers. For this purpose, an internationally leading research center is to be created at the University of Paderborn in perspective, in which the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering sciences, computer science and electrical ...

Duration: 11/2021 - 12/2024

Funded by: MKW NRW, EIN Quantum NRW

Scale4Edge: Scalable infrastructure for edge computing

Scale4Edge is a joint project funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), which aims to significantly reduce the currently relatively long development times and high development costs of application-specific edge components (platform concept). The approach pursued in the project is based on providing a commercial ecosystem for ...

Duration: 05/2020 - 12/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: apl. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Müller

Automotive VLC - Open Hardware Project Kommunikation mit sichtbarem Licht (2. Projektphase)

Licht emittierende Dioden (LEDs) werden immer häufiger als primäre Lichtquelle im Innen- wie auch im Außenbereich eingesetzt. Neben ihrer Funktion als Lichtquelle können LEDs, dank ihrer hohen Schaltgeschwindigkeit, auch für das neue Einsatzgebiet der Kommunikation mit sichtbarem Licht (VLC) verwendet werden. VLC nutzt dabei mehrere THz lizenzfreie ...

Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2024

Contact: Stephan Kruse

FOR 2863: MEtrology for TERAhertz COMmunication (Meteracom)

For the advance of THz communication systems, the capability to perform precise measurements is crucial. Metrology at THz frequencies is however still in its infancy and as of today it only covers detector calibration for characterization of ultrafast devices and measurement uncertainty analysis of different spectrometer types available at THz ...

Duration: 01/2019 - 12/2024

Funded by: DFG

SPP 2111 - Ultra-Wideband Photonically Assisted Analog-to-Digital Converters (PACE) - Phase 2

Silicon-based analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), which operate at sampling rates in the double-digit GSa/s range, are state of the art today. Although these converters now operate at unprecedented sampling rates, the effective number of bits (ENOB) and analog bandwidth are improving only slowly. A major obstacle to further improvements in ...

Duration: 08/2018 - 03/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Maxim Weizel, M.Sc.

SPP 2111 - PONyDAC II - Precise Optical Nyquist Pulse Synthesizer DAC

Fast digital-to-analog converters (DAC) are indispensable components for modern signal processing systems. Bandwidth and effective number of bits (ENOB) are important metrics for the performance of DACs. At the same time, those parameters constitute a trade-off in the design of a DAC: The more broadband the DAC, the less typically the ENOB. This is ...

Duration: 07/2018 - 03/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Tobias Schwabe, M.Sc.