MEMS-metasurface Based Tunable Optical Vortex Lasers for smart free-space communication

Description of the granted funding

Novel technologies that enhance the capacity of communication networks without consuming extra frequency and time resources are highly desired to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for data transmission capabilities. META-LIFI will develop a breakthrough miniaturized emitter, which is suitable for power-efficient operation, adaptive modulation, and massive production at low cost, serving as an enabling factor for the next generation of smart free-space optical communication and Light-Fidelity (LiFi) Networks. META-LIFI will not only enable breakthrough improvements relative to state-of-the-art modulation of the light in the combination of the miniaturization of Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NOEMS), giving rise to a new class of active metasurfaces, and their integration on a single device, but also will chart a path for high speed, smart free-space communication applications capitalizing on versatile and high-quality vortex beams for exploitation beyond proof-of-concept.
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Starting year

2023

End year

2026

Granted funding

Humeyra Caglayan Orcid -palvelun logo
449 669 €

Funder

Research Council of Finland

Funding instrument

Kansainvälinen yhteisrahoitteinen ohjelma

Decision maker

Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering
15.11.2022

Other information

Funding decision number

357746

Fields of science

Physical sciences

Research fields

Fysiikka

Identified topics

photonics, optics, laser