INGEN2025 is supported by four Horizon Europe EIC research initiatives advancing the state-of-the-art in integrated photonics:

HDLN “High-Density Lithium Niobate Photonic Integrated Circuits” (https://hdln-project.eu): Aims to establish high-density thin-film lithium niobate (LN) technology and demonstrate its viability for ultra-fast optical communications and photonic-electronic signal processing.

MAGNIFY “Multi-lane, high-power Photonic Integrated Circuit-based Erbium-Doped Amplifier” (https://www.magnify-project.eu): Seeks to transition recently developed photonic integrated circuit-based erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) from lab prototypes to demonstrators, enabling early evaluation by telecommunication companies and fostering iterative design-feedback cycles.

FORTE “Frequency-agile lasers for photonic sensing” (https://forte-project.eu): Pursues the development of a frequency-agile, ultra-low-noise laser based on photonic integrated circuits, targeting impactful applications in coherent fiber sensing and frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) LiDAR.

CombTools “Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Combs for Communications and Sensing: A Toolkit for System Integration” (https://combtools-project.eu/): Aims to build a comprehensive technology base and ecosystem for unlocking the potential of Kerr frequency combs, providing democratized access to high-performance comb generators for key applications in metrology, communications, and spectroscopy.