MILADO | MultIwavelength LAser for fast DiagnOstic in biomedical and manufacturing applications

Summary
MILADO will provide a robust and universal technology platform for low-cost and large volume fabrication of mid infrared (MIR) lasers enabling novel sensors in medicine and production. Key innovation is the technology upscale of the epitaxy of Quantum-Cascade-Lasers (QCLs) on large area substrates and the development of concepts for direct III-V-epitaxy on silicon.
Merging III-V and Si-photonics by integrating QCLs and Si-based MIR photonics using CMOS-based technology well-established but very costly III/V-technology-based manufacturing of QCL light sources for spectroscopic applications will be replaced by a cost-effective and scalable manufacturing technology on CEA’s CMOS Pilot Line bringing MIR technology out of its niche. Another building block of MILADO towards a general platform that can be extended for further integration of sensors and actuators in MEMS technology are MIR-PICs made from Ge/SiGe-structures for the definition of waveguides, combiners and any other passive devices required to handle the optical connection of QCLs. MILADO’s technology will open up new markets by enabling novel sensors for personal medical diagnostics or edge-sensors in chemical production. The versatility of the approach will be demonstrated in use cases covering process control and medical diagnostics reaching from the hospital to the patient covering waste anaesthetic gas detection, histopathology to biomarker monitoring.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101134891
Start date: 01-06-2024
End date: 31-05-2027
Total budget - Public funding: - 4 943 399,00 Euro
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MILADO will provide a robust and universal technology platform for low-cost and large volume fabrication of mid infrared (MIR) lasers enabling novel sensors in medicine and production. Key innovation is the technology upscale of the epitaxy of Quantum-Cascade-Lasers (QCLs) on large area substrates and the development of concepts for direct III-V-epitaxy on silicon.
Merging III-V and Si-photonics by integrating QCLs and Si-based MIR photonics using CMOS-based technology well-established but very costly III/V-technology-based manufacturing of QCL light sources for spectroscopic applications will be replaced by a cost-effective and scalable manufacturing technology on CEA’s CMOS Pilot Line bringing MIR technology out of its niche. Another building block of MILADO towards a general platform that can be extended for further integration of sensors and actuators in MEMS technology are MIR-PICs made from Ge/SiGe-structures for the definition of waveguides, combiners and any other passive devices required to handle the optical connection of QCLs. MILADO’s technology will open up new markets by enabling novel sensors for personal medical diagnostics or edge-sensors in chemical production. The versatility of the approach will be demonstrated in use cases covering process control and medical diagnostics reaching from the hospital to the patient covering waste anaesthetic gas detection, histopathology to biomarker monitoring.

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SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53

Update Date

21-11-2024
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Photonics Partnership
Photonics Partnership Call 2023
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)
Horizon Europe
HORIZON.2 Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
HORIZON.2.4 Digital, Industry and Space
HORIZON.2.4.0 Cross-cutting call topics
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)
HORIZON.2.4.2 Key Digital Technologies
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)