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Photonic-chip based ultralow-noise microwavescore

pureWAVE · Horizon Europe grant · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31

EC contribution

€150,000

Total cost

€0

Beneficiaries

1
About the data

Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call ERC-2025-POC · scheme HORIZON-ERC-POC · topic ERC-2025-POC. CORDIS record →

Objective

Microwave oscillators are essential for a variety of technologies, including mobile communications, radar, navigation, and data networks. However, current compact solutions, such as voltage-controlled oscillators, face fundamental noise limits. Although laboratory-scale optical approaches can achieve significantly improved performance, they often require bulky, power-hungry, and costly systems. pureWAVE aims to address this issue by implementing low-noise photonic oscillators on a scalable chip platform. If successful, pureWAVE will deliver chip-scale oscillators with phase noise two to three orders of magnitude lower than current solutions, enabling disruptive advances in mobility, communications, and data infrastructure.

Beneficiaries (1)

OrganisationCountryRoleEC contributionSME
DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY DE coordinator €150,000

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