Archive

This contains all downloads related to the picco project. Downloads restricted to PICCO members are marked with . Downloads are ordered by date in descending order (Most recent downloads are on top). Documents that have become invalid or are replaced by more recent versions are listed at the bottom.

Actual Documents
Final Review: WP1 Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 7827K Overview of key results of workpackage 1, presented by Martin Kristensen on the final review meeting in Rimini   Final Review: WP2, part 2 Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 2654K Overview of key results of workpackage 2, presented by Michele Midrio on the final review meeting in Rimini   Final Review: WP3 Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 1915K Overview of key results of workpackage 1, presented by Daniele Faccio on the final review meeting in Rimini   Final Review: WP5 Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 6268K Overview of key results of workpackage 5, presented by Wim Bogaerts on the final review meeting in Rimini   Technology Implementation Plan: beyond PICCO Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 414K Overview of the key benefits the partners have obtained from PICCO, including future pland for continuation of research.   Overview of PICCO results Modified: 26/9/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 15369K Overview of the PICCO project results given by Thomas Krauss at the final review meeting in Rimini   Deliverable 7 Report Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1050K Design and assessment of wavelength converter   Deliverable 5 Report Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1237K Full assessment of photonic microcircuits for WDM components, including wavelength resolution and tolerances   Announcement Final review meeting Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 283K Announcement of the Final review meeting in Rimini   Final Project Report Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1677K Summary of the project's realisations.   Deliverable 3 Report Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 3684K Demonstration of photonic microcircuit comprising fibre coupler and several functional elements   Deliverable 12 Report Modified: 12/9/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 3045K Overall evaluation of the potential of 248 and 193nm DUV lithography for SOI-PICs, Fabrication and assessment of PICs using DUV Lithography   Paper: Scattering at sidewall roughness in photonic crystal slabs Modified: 25/4/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 403K Paper in Optics letters about scattering at sidewall roughness in photonic crystal slabs   Paper: Fabrication of photonic crystals in silicon-on-insulator using 248-nm deep UV lithography Modified: 31/8/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 652K Paper on Deep UV Lithography published in JSTQE   List of existing simulation tools Modified: 3/9/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 183K An overview of the simulation tools available withing the PICCO consortium.   List of benchmark structures Modified: 1/9/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1643K An overview of the benchmark structures used for comparison of modeling tools.   Paper: Photonic Crystals For Integrated Optics (T.F. Krauss) Modified: 20/8/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 920K Contribution to the summer school on Nanoscale linear and nonlinear optics, held at Erice, Italy, July 2-14, 2000.   Simulation Tools: Fill-out form Modified: 1/4/2000 Format: Microsoft Word File Size: 211K A Word Fill-out form for the simulation tools available within the consortium   Simulation Tools: Printable Fill-out form Modified: 1/4/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 54K A Printable PDF fill-out form for the simulation tools available within the consortium
Obsolete Documents
St. Andrews Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 7910K Presentation given by St. Andrews at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   COM Presentation (overview) Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 222K Presentation given by COM at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova with an overview of their work.   Photon Design Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 3066K Presentation given by Photon Design at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   Glasgow Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 3483K Presentation given by Glasgow at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   Udine Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 3028K Presentation given by Udine at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   IMEC Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 7987K Presentation given by IMEC at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   COM presentation (details) Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 5505K Presentation given by COM at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova with details of some aspects of their work.   Pirelli Presentation Modified: 28/2/2003 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 2828K Presentation given by Pirelli at the PICCO meeting in March 2003 in Padova   Announcement General meeting March 2003 Modified: 27/1/2003 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 415K Announcement of the General project meeting in Padova   Milestones and Deliverables at Month 30 Modified: 27/11/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 5074K - WP1 Milestone 6 Surface coupler + polarisation splitter - WP1 Milestone 7 Characterisation of building blocks - WP1 Milestone 8 Comparison between III/V and SOI waveguides - WP2 Milestone 12 Design of WDM components - WP3 Milestone 17 Test of wavelength convertor   Example Mask Layout: PICCO_02 - cell PHC_SOI Modified: 15/10/2002 Format: Zipped Archive File Size: 162K An example of a GDS mask layout. The ZIP-file contains the GDSII file of the PHC_SOI cell of the PICCO_02 mask together with some SEM pictures   Minutes General Meeting Glasgow, September 2002 Modified: 26/9/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 22K Minutes of the general meeting in Glasgow, September 2002   PICCO_03 Mask Design Specifications Modified: 26/9/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 92K This document specifies the design rules and limitations for the PICCO_03 reticle. These guidelines are to be followed by any partner involved in the deep UV processing collaboration.   Announcement General meeting September 2002 Modified: 17/9/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 142K Announcement of the General project meeting in Glasgow   Year 2 report Modified: 10/4/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 6329K This report gives a detailed overview of PICCO activities during the second year of the project.   Year 2 Report - Appendix Modified: 10/4/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1324K An appendix on the Year 2 report on Photonic Wires   Minutes General Meeting Milan, March 2002 Modified: 7/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 23K Minutes of the general meeting in Milan, March 2002   PICCO vs. World Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 29K Overview of the latest achievements of the PICCO project compared to the literature   GU Presentation Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 669K Presentation given by IMEC at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   Aalborg Presentation Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 537K Presentation given by Aalborg at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   COM Presentation Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 3575K Presentation given by COM at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   Udine Presentation Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1211K Presentation given by Udine at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   PD presentation Modified: 1/3/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1562K Presentation given by Photon Design at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   Announcement General meeting March 2002 Modified: 14/2/2002 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 131K Announcement of the General project meeting in Milan   IMEC Presentation Modified: 3/1/2002 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 2903K Presentation given by IMEC at the PICCO meeting in March 2002 in Milan   Pirelli Presentation Modified: 3/1/2002 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 688K Presentation by Pirelli at the Picco meeting in March 2002 in Milan   Milestones and Deliverables at Month 18 Modified: 1/10/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 4636K - WP1 Progress on Deliverable D1, Report on design of basic ultra-compact building blocks. Decision on particular waveguide structure (photonic crystal waveguide vs. photonic wire). - WP1 Milestone 3 First set of ultra-compact building blocks fabricated and tested. - WP2 Milestone 9 Demonstration of microcircuits using (coupled) defects for wavelength selection - WP2 Milestone 10 Demonstration of wavelength selective elements using the dispersion relationship in a photonic lattice. - WP3 Milestone 14 Refinement of the design of the photonic crystal wavelength converter - WP4 Milestone 21 Numerically efficient design tools. - WP5 Milestone 23 Assesment of 248 nm DUV lithography for Photonic Crystal PICs.   IMEC Presentation Modified: 14/9/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 5542K Presentation given by Dirk Taillaert and Wim Bogaerts on the PICCO meeting in Copenhagen. Main topics are the out-of-plane fibre coupler and the new Deep Uv test mask.   Announcement General meeting september 2001 Modified: 27/8/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 268K Announcement of the General project meeting in Copenhagen   Feedback from Year 1 Review meeting Modified: 6/6/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 11K Summary of the feedback comments of the EU Review Commission   Deliverable 8 - Appendix J Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 306K Appendix to Deliverable 8 describing the recent progress in Photonic Crystal modelling by Photon Design.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix C Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 711K This appendix to deliverable 8 gives describes in detail the different benchmarks used to compare modelling tools on their performance for Photonic Crystals calculations.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix B Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 53K This appendix to Deliverable 8 gives an overview of the modelling tools available in the PICCO project.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix A Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 16K This appendix of Deliverable 8 describes the various notiations and conventions on polarisation used for photonic components.   Deliverable 8 report Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 362K This report describes the work done concerning Deliverable 8 of the PICCO project. It describes the comparison of existing modeling tools and the strategies proposed to enhance these tools and develop new ones.   Year 1 report Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 3164K This report gives a detailed overview of PICCO activities during the first year of the project.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix D Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 18K This appendix compares the different modelling tools using the developed benchmark structures and analyses the strenghts and limitations of each tool.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix G Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 37K Appendix to Deliverable 8 describing the strengths and weaknesses of FDTD and Eigenmode expansion compared using benchmarks 1A and 1B   Deliverable 8 - Appendix F Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 128K Appendix to Deliverable 8 describing the multiple scattering numerical technique.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix H Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 12K This appendix describes the various numerical techniques that can be used to study the photonic behaviour in quadratically dispersive media.   Deliverable 1 report Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 868K Report on the design of basic compact buidling blocks based on photonic crystals.   Deliverable 8 - Appendix E Modified: 1/4/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 263K This appendix describes the various numerical techniques that can be used to study the photonic behaviour in quadratically dispersive media.   IMEC Presentation Modified: 6/3/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 4901K Presentation given by Wim Bogaerts and Dirk Taillaert (IMEC) during the PICCO meeting in Oxford. It describes the latest designs on the fiber coupler, as well as modeling results on out-of-plane scattering and the first experiments using deep UV lihtography.   COM Presentation Modified: 6/3/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 7264K Presentation given by Jesper Arentoft (COM) on the PICCO meeting in Oxford. Described are both the latest technological and modeling results.   Saint-Andrews Presentation Modified: 6/3/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 877K Presentation given by Thomas Krauss (Saint-Andrews) on the PICCO meeting in Oxford. Main topics are fabricated structures and some ideas on coupled cavities.   Photon design Presentation Modified: 6/3/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 3405K Presentation given by Dominic Gallagher on the PICCO meeting in Oxford. It shows the recent improvements of Fimmwave and FimmProp3D in simulating Photonic Crystal Structures.   Pirelli Presentation Modified: 6/3/2001 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 3704K Presentation given by Pirelli on the PICCO meeting in Oxford. It shows the latest design issues concerning the monolithic wavelength convertor.   Announcement General meeting march 2001 Modified: 5/2/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 197K Announcement of the General project meeting in Oxford   Paper:Out-of-plane Scattering in Photonic Crystal Slabs Modified: 1/1/2001 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 113K A paper about the out-of-plane scattering losses study submitted to PTL   IMEC Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 1655K Presentation given by Wim Bogaerts and Dirk Taillaert (IMEC) during the PICCO meeting in Venice. It describes the latest designs on the fiber coupler, as well as modeling results on out-of-plane scattering and the first experiments using deep UV lihtography.   COM Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 8900K Presentation given by Thomas Sondergaard and Jesper Arentoft (COM) on the PICCO meeting in Venice. Described are both the latest technological and modeling results.   Pirelli Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 908K Presentation given by Pirelli on the PICCO meeting in Venice. It shows the latest design issues concerning the monolithic wavelength convertor.   Udine Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 544K Presentation given by Michele Midrio (UNIUD) on the PICCO meeting in Venice. It describes the advances in non-linear modeling using a shooting technique.   Saint-Andrews Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 1301K Presentation given by Thomas Krauss (Saint-Andrews) on the PICCO meeting in Venice. Main topics are fabricated structures and some ideas on coupled cavities.   Glasgow Presentation Modified: 20/9/2000 Format: Microsoft Powerpoint File Size: 678K Presentation given by Chris Smith (Glasgow) on the Venice meeting of September 2000. Described are the results on waveguide fabrication and measurements.   Announcement General meeting sept. 2000 Modified: 7/9/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 149K Announcement of the General project meeting in september 2000 in Venice   Paper: Out-of-plane Scattering in 1D Photonic Crystal Slabs Modified: 30/8/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 108K Paper submitted to OQE Special Issue on Photonic Crystals (PECS)   Minutes Meeting on Theory and Modeling Modified: 15/6/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 16K Minutes of the Meeting on theory and modeling held in may 2000 in Brussels   Announcement Meeting on Theory and Modeling Modified: 10/5/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 36K Announcement Meeting on Theory and Modelling of may 2000 in Brussels   List of Old Benchmark Structures Modified: 1/5/2000 Format: Microsoft Word File Size: 243K An overview of the first version of benchmark structures used for comparison of modeling tools.   List of Old Benchmark Structures Modified: 1/5/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 232K An overview of the first version of benchmark structures used for comparison of modeling tools   Minutes Kick-off Meeting Modified: 10/4/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 15K Minutes of the kick-off meeting, held in march 2000 in Glasgow   Announcement Kick-off Meeting Modified: 11/3/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 15K Announcement of the Kick-off meeting of march 2000 in Glasgow   Appendices to Milestone 19 Modified: 11/1/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 1752K 5 appendices to comparison report of existing simulation tools   Report Milestone 19 Modified: 11/1/2000 Format: Portable Document Format File Size: 458K Report on the comparison of existing simulation tools. Don't forget to download the accompanying appendices