CORNERSTONE: Capability for OptoelectRoNics, mEtamateRialS, nanoTechnOlogy aNd sEnsing
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC)
Abstract
This proposal seeks funding to acquire a stepper and associated wafer coater, tools to enable photolithographic patterning of semiconductor wafers for device and circuit fabrication. The stepper will be located at Southampton University in the recent £120m cleanroom complex. It will relieve the bottleneck within the cleanroom, an electron beam lithography tool, which is a slower alternative patterning tool. This will increase capacity within the cleanroom complex and facilitate and underpin a wealth of world class research. Not only will research at Southampton be enhanced, but Southampton (SOU), Glasgow (GLA), and Surrey (SUR) universities will pool resources to establish a Silicon Photonics Fabrication Capability within the UK, to facilitate an increasing demand for the fabrication of Silicon Photonics devices from the UK's premier researchers. This will encourage wider usage of world class equipment within the UK, in line with EPSRC policy. We seek funding for both the equipment and 3.5 RAs across the 3 institutions, over a 4 year period, to establish and deliver the Capability. Access to a very significant inventory of additional equipment at these 3 universities will be facilitated. The Capability is extremely timely, as silicon foundry services around the world are moving towards a model in which standard platforms and devices will be offered, making it more difficult for researchers to carry out innovative work at the device level, or in non-standard platforms.
The proposal is supported by 36 members of academic staff at Southampton, with a total current research portfolio of projects valued in excess of £88m. Furthermore we have 10 project partners who will take part in the use and assessment of the silicon photonics capability by designing and subsequently testing fabricated devices. Their total in-kind contribution is valued at £793,300. These partners have expressed an interest in using the capability after the project has been completed. In addition we have contacted a few example potential users from within the industrial sector (SMEs), and from around the world who have also provided letters of support indicating that they would use the capability after the project is complete. Taking this net proposed usage, it is clear that the equipment will be sustained beyond the period of the funded project. The Southampton users alone need only generate a tiny fraction (0.2%) of their research portfolio to cover running costs and depreciation. Consumables will increase with usage, but clearly, the silicon photonics capability will generate paying users, to further sustain the capability beyond the project, which will, in turn, allow UK researchers to compete effectively on the world stage in the buoyant field of silicon photonics.
Beyond the 4 year project, the Silicon Photonics Capability will be operated by the commercial arms of the 3 partner universities, all of whom have provided letters of support confirming their ongoing participation.
The proposal is supported by 36 members of academic staff at Southampton, with a total current research portfolio of projects valued in excess of £88m. Furthermore we have 10 project partners who will take part in the use and assessment of the silicon photonics capability by designing and subsequently testing fabricated devices. Their total in-kind contribution is valued at £793,300. These partners have expressed an interest in using the capability after the project has been completed. In addition we have contacted a few example potential users from within the industrial sector (SMEs), and from around the world who have also provided letters of support indicating that they would use the capability after the project is complete. Taking this net proposed usage, it is clear that the equipment will be sustained beyond the period of the funded project. The Southampton users alone need only generate a tiny fraction (0.2%) of their research portfolio to cover running costs and depreciation. Consumables will increase with usage, but clearly, the silicon photonics capability will generate paying users, to further sustain the capability beyond the project, which will, in turn, allow UK researchers to compete effectively on the world stage in the buoyant field of silicon photonics.
Beyond the 4 year project, the Silicon Photonics Capability will be operated by the commercial arms of the 3 partner universities, all of whom have provided letters of support confirming their ongoing participation.
Planned Impact
The impact of this strategic equipment grant lies in the new research that it will enable, and the range of technologies it will enhance. The research described in the Case for Support has wide-ranging impacts nationally and internationally in a number of important sectors, comprising the facilitation of high quality research by world leading groups that could fundamentally change those technologies and their exploitation. Furthermore, the introduction of a Silicon Photonics fabrication Capability within the UK will allow UK researchers to compete on the world-wide stage in this specific discipline, without having to rely on collaborators generosity, or to be limited to the "standard" devices and platforms that are developing in foundries both in Europe and the rest of the world. The list of UK universities providing letters of support is already impressive, and contains all of the leading silicon photonics groups in the UK, as well as other photonics activities that will utilise silicon photonics in some way. These groups represent the cream of the UK research community who are already operating world class activities. Their ability to utilise a "local" fabrication capability will enhance their effectiveness, and their productivity, and the impact of their work can only increase even more. Such impact will drive more publicity and hence additional users. Already the reaction from around the world is extremely positive.
To demonstrate this, we have invited selected additional potential users both from inside and from outside of the UK to write letters of support, indicating that they would utilise the Capability in the longer term. These include universities and SMEs. The purpose of these letters is to underline both the impact and the longer term viability of the proposed Capability. With foundry services moving away from device level research, there is a requirement to facilitate such work, in the way that some flexible foundry services have done until their move to standard platforms. This has established these foundries as international leaders in the field, and we anticipate a similar opportunity for a UK based Capability due to the dearth of alternative options for researchers to access, and hence this is a significant opportunity for the UK. Furthermore, We are now supported by Dr Andrew Rickman, the world's most successful Silicon Photonics entrepreneur. The existence of a flexible fabrication capability within the UK will be instrumental in Dr Rickman establishing his new venture within the UK, thus immediate impact is likely.
Another key part of our impact strategy is to enhance the diverse research within Southampton University. 36 members of academic staff (and their groups) support this bid. The introduction of the stepper will increase capacity in the Southampton cleanroom by releasing the pressure on the current bottleneck which is the electron-beam lithography system. Many of these researchers are already world leaders in their field, and the opportunity to be even more effective should not be missed, since their proven track record indicates the likelihood of success. The additional capacity will also inevitably result in new and additional research, enhancing the quality and volume of work at Southampton and in the UK. This will, in turn, allow enhanced training capability (RAs, undergraduates, MSc, and PhD students), more access to fabrication facilities for PhD students, and support of younger academics. Particularly important will be the emergence of the RAs employed on the project. They will be recognised as experts in the fields of device fabrication and silicon photonics, as has been observed in the example of RAs employed by the "Epixfab" foundry service.Their involvement will catapult them to prominence.
To demonstrate this, we have invited selected additional potential users both from inside and from outside of the UK to write letters of support, indicating that they would utilise the Capability in the longer term. These include universities and SMEs. The purpose of these letters is to underline both the impact and the longer term viability of the proposed Capability. With foundry services moving away from device level research, there is a requirement to facilitate such work, in the way that some flexible foundry services have done until their move to standard platforms. This has established these foundries as international leaders in the field, and we anticipate a similar opportunity for a UK based Capability due to the dearth of alternative options for researchers to access, and hence this is a significant opportunity for the UK. Furthermore, We are now supported by Dr Andrew Rickman, the world's most successful Silicon Photonics entrepreneur. The existence of a flexible fabrication capability within the UK will be instrumental in Dr Rickman establishing his new venture within the UK, thus immediate impact is likely.
Another key part of our impact strategy is to enhance the diverse research within Southampton University. 36 members of academic staff (and their groups) support this bid. The introduction of the stepper will increase capacity in the Southampton cleanroom by releasing the pressure on the current bottleneck which is the electron-beam lithography system. Many of these researchers are already world leaders in their field, and the opportunity to be even more effective should not be missed, since their proven track record indicates the likelihood of success. The additional capacity will also inevitably result in new and additional research, enhancing the quality and volume of work at Southampton and in the UK. This will, in turn, allow enhanced training capability (RAs, undergraduates, MSc, and PhD students), more access to fabrication facilities for PhD students, and support of younger academics. Particularly important will be the emergence of the RAs employed on the project. They will be recognised as experts in the fields of device fabrication and silicon photonics, as has been observed in the example of RAs employed by the "Epixfab" foundry service.Their involvement will catapult them to prominence.
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Lead Research Organisation)
- Luceda Photonics (Collaboration)
- LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Zhejiang University (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Thales Group (Collaboration)
- University of York (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Shenzhen University (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- University College Cork (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- University of Malaga (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- Cambridge Consultants (Collaboration)
- Fudan University (Collaboration)
- The Rockley Group, Inc. (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- Oxford Ionics (Collaboration)
- Royal Holloway, University of London (Collaboration)
- Toshiba (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- University of Texas at Austin (Collaboration)
- Bar-Ilan University (Collaboration)
- National Sun Yat-sen University (Collaboration)
- Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Collaboration)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Collaboration)
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (Collaboration)
- Huawei Technologies (Collaboration)
- University of Vigo (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- University of South Wales (Collaboration)
- University of Ghent (Collaboration)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- Koc University (Collaboration)
- Rockley Photonics (Collaboration)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult (Collaboration)
- University of St Andrews (Collaboration)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (Collaboration)
- Hokkaido University (Collaboration)
- ORCA Computing (Collaboration)
- Renishaw (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University of Sussex (Collaboration)
- BANGOR UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Filarete Foundation (Collaboration)
- Fondazione Filarete (Project Partner)
- University College London (Project Partner)
- University of Bristol (Project Partner)
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (Project Partner)
- University of Nottingham (Project Partner)
- University of St Andrews (Project Partner)
- University of Strathclyde (Project Partner)
- University of Leeds (Project Partner)
- University of York (Project Partner)
- The Rockley Group UK (Project Partner)
- Heriot-Watt University (Project Partner)
Publications

Alonso-Ramos C
(2016)
Germanium-on-silicon mid-infrared grating couplers with low-reflectivity inverse taper excitation.
in Optics letters


Anantha P.
(2017)
Low propagation loss Ge-on-Si waveguides and their dependency on processing methods
in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers


Banakar M
(2019)
High Speed Silicon Capacitor Modulators for TM Polarisation

Biryukova V
(2020)
Trimming of silicon-on-insulator ring-resonators via localized laser annealing.
in Optics express

Brian Sia J.X.
(2019)
Compact, Ultra-Tunable InGaSb/AlGaAsSb Si External Cavity Laser at the Mid-Infrared (MIR)
in 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2019 - Proceedings

Brian Sia JX
(2020)
Sub-kHz linewidth, hybrid III-V/silicon wavelength-tunable laser diode operating at the application-rich 1647-1690 nm.
in Optics express

Bucio T
(2020)
Silicon Nitride Photonics for the Near-Infrared
in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Description | The CORNERSTONE platform is now well established and becoming known throughout the world. It is now self-sustaining, with users paying for access, and continually receives publicity and strong feedback. CORNERSTONE has now been made a member of Europractice, a European brokerage scheme for access to fabrication facilities. Processes are now developed for fabrication on the UK's only university based 248nm Photolithography scanner, for the benefit of UK researchers. Waveguide loss has been measued to be as low as 0.62dB/cm (multimode) and 1.82dB/cm (singlemode), as good as commercial foundries. |
Exploitation Route | The original CORNERSTONE platform is now self sustaining, and we expect CORNERSTONE 2 to be similarly successful. Users are so impressed with the platform that they have requested additional platforms and capabilities. We have established a website for users to submit their designs and linked with Software company Luceda to establish a Process Design Kit for users. The entire platform offering now looks much more professional with established implementation processes. We will continue to develop processes to support the needs of UK researchers in the field of Silicon Photonics. They can then design Silicon Photonics circuits and have them fabricated by the team. This will support device and circuit innovation within the UK |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Energy Environment Healthcare |
URL | https://www.cornerstone.sotonfab.co.uk/ |
Description | The original work of CORNERSTONE now underpins CORNERSTONE 2 and enables the impact of the CORNERSTONE brand to continue to increase. We continue to attract new users from around the world, both academic and industrial. CORNERSTONE is now an established brand around the world, and has also won two awards for its work. We have a well established website for users to submit their designs and linked with Software company Luceda who have established a Process Design Kit for users. One of the aims of the grant was to provide silicon photonics devices to UK researchers in order to support their work. This is now well established and we regularly fabricate photonic circuits for UK researchers. We also work with partners from around the globe. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | Add-on Fabrication |
Amount | £3,325 (GBP) |
Organisation | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Sector | Public |
Country | China |
Start | 07/2019 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | Add-on Fabrication |
Amount | £3,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Luminiferous Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2019 |
End | 04/2020 |
Description | Add-on Fabrication |
Amount | £3,200 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2019 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | Add-on Fabrication |
Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 06/2019 |
Description | Add-on Fabrication |
Amount | £3,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Italy |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 06/2019 |
Description | Bespoke Fabrication |
Amount | £7,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Bespoke Fabrication |
Amount | £6,300 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Bespoke Fabrication |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Optocap Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 06/2019 |
Description | Bespoke Fabrication |
Amount | £10,800 (GBP) |
Organisation | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Norway |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 01/2020 |
Description | Bespoke fabrication |
Amount | £22,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Centre for Meteorological Research (CNRS) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | France |
Start | 05/2019 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 |
Amount | £1,494,157 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T019697/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - ASML |
Amount | £23,550 (GBP) |
Organisation | ASML |
Sector | Private |
Country | United States |
Start | 12/2020 |
End | 04/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Akhetonics |
Amount | £53,160 (GBP) |
Organisation | Akhetonics |
Sector | Private |
Country | Germany |
Start | 01/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Cardiff University |
Amount | £13,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Fudan University |
Amount | £12,350 (GBP) |
Organisation | Fudan University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start | 08/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Kings College London |
Amount | £4,930 (GBP) |
Organisation | King's College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Koc University |
Amount | £4,275 (GBP) |
Organisation | Koc University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Turkey |
Start | 04/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - LMU Munich |
Amount | £6,575 (GBP) |
Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Germany |
Start | 09/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - National Taiwan University of Science Technology |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
Start | 03/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Oxford Instruments |
Amount | £2,650 (GBP) |
Organisation | Oxford Instruments |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Queens University |
Amount | £4,886 (GBP) |
Organisation | Queens University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Bangladesh |
Start | 06/2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Renishaw |
Amount | £8,800 (GBP) |
Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Shenzhen University |
Amount | £5,250 (GBP) |
Organisation | Shenzhen University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start | 01/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Swansea University |
Amount | £700 (GBP) |
Organisation | Swansea University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Universidad de Málaga |
Amount | £14,335 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Malaga |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Spain |
Start | 02/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - University South Wales |
Amount | £25,380 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of South Wales |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - University of Warwick |
Amount | £6,750 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Vrije Universiteit Brussels |
Amount | £12,896 (FJD) |
Organisation | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 Enterprise Income - Zhejiang University |
Amount | £4,660 (GBP) |
Organisation | Zhejiang University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start | 11/2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 |
Amount | £1,538,492 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/W035995/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2022 |
End | 12/2024 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - Bar Ilan University |
Amount | £100 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bar-Ilan University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Israel |
Start | 02/2024 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - Cambridge Consultants |
Amount | £14,250 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cambridge Consultants |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2024 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - National Sun Yat-sen University |
Amount | £23,800 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Sun Yat-sen University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
Start | 01/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - ORCA Computing |
Amount | £875 (GBP) |
Organisation | ORCA Computing |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - Oxford Ionics |
Amount | £3,800 (GBP) |
Organisation | Oxford Ionics |
Sector | Private |
Start | 01/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - UCL |
Amount | £875 (GBP) |
Organisation | University College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 Enterprise Income - University of Texas |
Amount | £8,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Texas at Austin |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United States |
Start | 07/2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - Bangor University |
Amount | £6,750 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bangor University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - CSA Catapult |
Amount | £39,560 (GBP) |
Organisation | Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - Ghent University |
Amount | £7,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 08/2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - Huawei |
Amount | £233,960 (GBP) |
Organisation | Huawei Technologies |
Sector | Private |
Country | China |
Start | 09/2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - Thales |
Amount | £18,460 (GBP) |
Organisation | Thales Group |
Sector | Private |
Country | France |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - Toshiba |
Amount | £13,358 (GBP) |
Organisation | Toshiba |
Sector | Private |
Country | Japan |
Start | 02/2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - University College London |
Amount | £11,690 (GBP) |
Organisation | University College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - University of Cambridge |
Amount | £40,060 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income - University of Newcastle |
Amount | £1,630 (GBP) |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income: Cardiff University |
Amount | £14,700 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income: University of Bristol |
Amount | £49,820 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2018 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Enterprise Income: University of Manchester |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
Description | CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC) |
Amount | £10,998,902 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/Z531066/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2024 |
End | 03/2029 |
Description | Cornerstone 2 |
Amount | £1,494,157 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T019697/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 02/2022 |
Description | EQUINOX |
Amount | £2,239,643 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 10102939 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2024 |
End | 09/2025 |
Description | Heaters |
Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Horizon 2020: PICTURE |
Amount | € 3,924,533 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 780930 |
Organisation | European Union |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 02/2022 |
Description | Layered Materials Research Foundry |
Amount | £1,871,125 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/X015742/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 12/2025 |
Description | Moduflow |
Amount | £56,340 (GBP) |
Funding ID | P2017-55 |
Organisation | Luceda Photonics |
Sector | Private |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 09/2018 |
Description | Photonic Integrated Circuit Bootcamp |
Amount | £334,888 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 10074923 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2023 |
End | 02/2025 |
Description | Prosperity Partnership |
Amount | £4,800,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R003076/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuit Packaging (QPICPAC) |
Amount | £499,710 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 10032139 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2022 |
End | 11/2023 |
Description | Silicon Nitride for Quantum Computing (SiNQ) |
Amount | £422,419 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 10074567 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2023 |
End | 02/2025 |
Description | Towards a revoltion in Optical Communications |
Amount | £1,055,484 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/V012789/1 |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2021 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | bespoke fabrication |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Hong Kong |
Start | 06/2019 |
End | 08/2019 |
Title | Critical Dimension Scanning Electron Microsope (CD SEM) |
Description | Critical Dimension Scanning Electron Microscope (model S-8840, manufactured by Hitachi High Precision, Ltd.) is used for inspection of the patterned 200mm-diameter wafers processed in the DUV scanenr and the wafer prodcessing station (track). This is a critical inspection tool that assures the quality of the patterning by verifying that the dimensions of the patterned features are, within a certain tolerance, identical to the designed dimensions. This is an standard industrial tool and complements the DUV scanner and wafer processing station (track), allowing industrial-grade DUV photolthographic capability at the University of Southampton. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This is another essential tool that underpins the CORNERSTONE MPW Service. MPW service based on this tool was offered starting from 2017 (call 4). In this call, 14 researches from across 5 UK universities submitted their designs, that will be fabricated by the end of July 2018. Call 5 and Call 6 have already been announced and 6 more fabrication calls (one for active devices and 5 for passive devices) is scheduled to be annouced by the end of 2018. It is expected that photonic devices made in this fabrication runs will demonstrate state-of-the-art characteristis, which will result in publication of a variety of articles in the high-impact factor journals. Most importantly, very few foundries in the world offer such MPW services in photonics and most of these come from professional fabs. In view of that, CORNERSTONE MPW service offered by the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the University of Surrey (Ion Beam Centre), significantly increases the reputation not only of the UK universities involved in CORNERSTONE, but of the UK academia as a whole. Also, due to this fabrication capability, University of Southampton is becoming an increasingly attractive partner for many international academic institutions. In addition to this, this fabrication capability is also starting to attract industrial partners as well. |
URL | http://www.cornerstone.sotonfab.co.uk/ |
Title | DUV Lithography Scanner |
Description | Scanner for deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography at 248nm, for patterning 200mm-diameter wafers. Manufacturer: Nikon; Model: NSR-S204B. Scanner is a critical tool in fabrication of photonic and electronic integrated circuits and is used for patterning wafers. The scanner installed at University of Southampton allows patterning of features with the critical dimensions down to 200nm on 200mm (8") diameter semiconductor wafers. Together with the accompanying equipment, the scanner allows fabrication of photonic integrated circuits and due to its high throughput enables running of a Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) service within the CORNERSTONE project that support researches across UK academia. Light source is provided by a KrF laser, emitting at 248nm. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | CORNERSTONE MPW Service based on this tool was offered starting from 2017 (call 4). In this call, 14 researches from across 5 UK universities submitted their designs, that will be fabricated by the end of July 2018. Call 5 and Call 6 have already been announced and 6 more fabrication calls (one for active devices and 5 for passive devices) is scheduled to be annouced by the end of 2018. It is expected that photonic devices made in this fabrication runs will demonstrate state-of-the-art characteristis, which will result in publication of a variety of articles in the high-impact factor journals. Most importantly, very few foundries in the world offer such MPW services in photonics and most of these come from professional fabs. In view of that, CORNERSTONE MPW service offered by the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the University of Surrey (Ion Beam Centre), significantly increases the reputation not only of the UK universities involved in CORNERSTONE, but of the UK academia as a whole. Also, due to this fabrication capability, University of Southampton is becoming an increasingly attractive partner for many international academic institutions. In addition to this, this fabrication capability is also starting to attract industrial partners as well. |
URL | http://www.cornerstone.sotonfab.co.uk/ |
Title | Wafer Processing Station - ACT8 Clean Track |
Description | Clean Track ACT8 (manufacturer: Tokyo Electron) is a wafer processing station used for coating 8" wafers with the photoresist and developing them after the exposure in a DUV scanner. This tool is paired with the DUV scanner and configured to automatically hand over and receive wafers to and from the scanner. It is an industry-grade tool allowing high wafer processing throughput, in combination with the DUV scanner. At the University of Southampton, this tool is equipped with 2 small-volume dispense units, suitable for the smaller production volumes of the CORNERSTONE MPW service, compared to industry where hundreds of wafers are processed per day. This tool allows coating of wafers with a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) and a subsequent coating of the photoresist for deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography. After the exposure in the DUV scanner, the wafers are developed and spin-dried in the ACT-8 Clean Track. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | CORNERSTONE MPW Service based is also based on this tool. The service based on this tool was offered starting from 2017 (call 4). In this call, 14 researches from across 5 UK universities submitted their designs, that will be fabricated by the end of July 2018. Call 5 and Call 6 have already been announced and 6 more fabrication calls (one for active devices and 5 for passive devices) is scheduled to be annouced by the end of 2018. It is expected that photonic devices made in this fabrication runs will demonstrate state-of-the-art characteristis, which will result in publication of a variety of articles in the high-impact factor journals. Most importantly, very few foundries in the world offer such MPW services in photonics and most of these come from professional fabs. In view of that, CORNERSTONE MPW service offered by the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the University of Surrey (Ion Beam Centre), significantly increases the reputation not only of the UK universities involved in CORNERSTONE, but of the UK academia as a whole. Also, due to this fabrication capability, University of Southampton is becoming an increasingly attractive partner for many international academic institutions. In addition to this, this fabrication capability is also starting to attract industrial partners as well. |
URL | http://www.cornerstone.sotonfab.co.uk/ |
Title | OEdataset.zip |
Description | Raw data for figures in the paper. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://opticapublishing.figshare.com/articles/dataset/OEdataset_zip/13483125 |
Title | OEdataset.zip |
Description | Raw data for figures in the paper. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://opticapublishing.figshare.com/articles/dataset/OEdataset_zip/13483125/1 |
Title | Open source Process Design Kit (PDK) of silicon photonics components |
Description | The world's first open source database of silicon photonics components for a variety of silicon photonics platforms which enables other researchers to design circuits based on existing components with a known functionality and peformance. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Economic impact from increased number of paying users to the CORNERSTONE fabrication service |
URL | https://www.cornerstone.sotonfab.co.uk/design-rules/ |
Title | Trimming of Silicon-on-Insulator Ring-resonators via Localized Laser Annealing |
Description | The dataset contains experimental data and illustrative images used for a Research Article titled 'Trimming of Silicon-on-Insulator Ring-resonators via Localized Laser Annealing' intended for publication in Optics Express. The data is in the form of Excel Spredseets (.xlsx) and image files (.jpg) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/990 |
Description | Bangor University |
Organisation | Bangor University |
Department | School of Electronic Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Fudan University |
Organisation | Fudan University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonic circuit |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonic circuit |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: KAIST |
Organisation | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
Country | Korea, Republic of |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | New PIC devices |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Kings College London |
Organisation | King's College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Koc University |
Organisation | Koc University |
Country | Turkey |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: LMU Munich |
Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: National Taiwan University of Science Technology |
Organisation | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SOI photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SOI photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Oxford Instruments |
Organisation | Oxford Instruments |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Queen Mary |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Queens University |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chips |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Renishaw |
Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Rockley Photonics |
Organisation | Rockley Photonics |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Shenzhen University |
Organisation | Shenzhen University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of germanium photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of germanium photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Swansea University |
Organisation | Swansea University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of suspended SiN chips |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of suspended SiN chips |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Thales |
Organisation | Thales Group |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: UCL |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University South Wales |
Organisation | University of South Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Bristol |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Cambridge |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonic circuit |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of photonic circuit |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Malaga |
Organisation | University of Malaga |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of suspended Si chips |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of suspended Si chips |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Manchester |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Strathclyde |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: University of Warwick |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SOI photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SOI photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Vrije Universiteit Brussels |
Organisation | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SOI photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SOI photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2 User: Zhejiang University |
Organisation | Zhejiang University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Bar Ilan University |
Organisation | Bar-Ilan University |
Country | Israel |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2024 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Cambridge Consultants |
Organisation | Cambridge Consultants |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Hokkaido University |
Organisation | Hokkaido University |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SOI chips |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SOI chips |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Imperial College London |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: National Sun Yat-sen University |
Organisation | National Sun Yat-sen University |
Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SiN photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SiN photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: ORCA Computing |
Organisation | ORCA Computing |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | PhotonHub Training course provided |
Collaborator Contribution | PhotonHub Training course received |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Oxford Ionics |
Organisation | Oxford Ionics |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: Universidad de Vigo |
Organisation | University of Vigo |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PhotonHub Training course provided |
Collaborator Contribution | PhotonHub Training course received |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE 2.5 User: University of Texas |
Organisation | University of Texas at Austin |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CORNERSTONE PDK provider |
Organisation | Luceda Photonics |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Generation of open source photonics components design |
Collaborator Contribution | Creation of PDK for researchers |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Arctic University of Norway |
Organisation | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
Country | Norway |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: CNRS |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: CSA Catapult |
Organisation | Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Organisation | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Country | China |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Organisation | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Country | Hong Kong |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Ghent University |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Huawei |
Organisation | Huawei Technologies |
Country | China |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna |
Organisation | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of SOI photonics chip |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of SOI photonics chip |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Toshiba |
Organisation | Toshiba |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CORNERSTONE User: Tyndall |
Organisation | University College Cork |
Department | Tyndall National Institute |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of PICs |
Collaborator Contribution | Design of PICs |
Impact | / |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Cardiff University |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Cornerstone - Glasgow |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Southampton, University of Glasgow and University of Surrey are collaborators on this project. The three organisations pool resources to provide optical devices and circuits to user partners. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Southampton, University of Glasgow and University of Surrey are collaborators on this project. The three organisations pool resources to provide optical devices and circuits to user partners. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Cornerstone - Surrey |
Organisation | University of Surrey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Southampton, University of Glasgow and University of Surrey are collaborators on this project. The three organisations pool resources to provide optical devices and circuits to user partners. |
Collaborator Contribution | University of Southampton, University of Glasgow and University of Surrey are collaborators on this project. The three organisations pool resources to provide optical devices and circuits to user partners. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Exeter |
Organisation | University of Exeter |
Department | School of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Filarete Foundation |
Organisation | Filarete Foundation |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Heriot-Watt University |
Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Imperial |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Lancaster |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Loughborough |
Organisation | Loughborough University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Manchester |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Department | School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Royal Holoway |
Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Secondment |
Organisation | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This was a secondment in which Dr Du Jianbing, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, spent 6 weeks working in The Southampton Silicon Photonics group |
Collaborator Contribution | Manpower, accommodation. |
Impact | Two IEEE journal papers and one international conference paper |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Sheffield Physics |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Sussex |
Organisation | University of Sussex |
Department | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Sussex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | The Rockley Group UK |
Organisation | The Rockley Group, Inc. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | U Cambridge |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Department of Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Programme grant and Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | U Newcastle |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | UCC |
Organisation | University College Cork |
Department | School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Packaging |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | UCL |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | design and testing |
Impact | Grant application leading to a programme grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | University College London |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of Bath |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and Test |
Impact | Cornerstone 2 grant |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | University of Bristol |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of Leeds |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of Nottingham |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of St Andrews |
Organisation | University of St Andrews |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of Strathclyde |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | University of York |
Organisation | University of York |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Collaborator Contribution | Equipment installation and discovery work to establish technical requirements. |
Impact | Outputs for the grant are projected in years 3 & 4, as per the project proposal. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | external user |
Organisation | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Department | Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
Country | Hong Kong |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of devices for the new partner |
Collaborator Contribution | Design and testing of devices |
Impact | £10,000 income. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Co chair of The Enlighten Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr C. G Littlejohns co - chair of The enlighten Conference. 10th October 2018, Ricoh Arena, Coventry. UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.photonex.org/conference/index.html |
Description | Discussion Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | • February 2020: Reed contributed to a panel discussion, Photonics West, San Francisco 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Dr Stevan Stankovic and Mr Nathan Soper were speakers at the Science and Engineering Festival 2016, part of British Science Week |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | General Public invited to see the technology of Southampton University. The University of Southampton opened its doors to thousands of people for its biggest outreach event of the year, Science and Engineering Festival 2016, part of British Science Week. Amongst the huge range of activities, tours and shows on offer was the opportunity to see inside the state-of-the-art Zepler Institute Cleanroom Complex, home to the best set of nanoelectronics and photonics fabrication capabilities in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.zeplerinstitute.ac.uk/news/4858 |
Description | Industry Talk - EPIC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr David Thomson gave a talk - Silicon electro-optic devices - at the European industry event (EPIC) WORKSHOP ON PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, 9-10 June 2015, Location: EVG, St. Florian am Inn, Austria. The purpose was to raise the profile of the working being done at Southampton and network with relevant industrial contacts. Dr Thomson was also a member of an expert panel answering questions about the technology. Dr Milan Milosevice gave a talk in February 2017 at an EPIC workshop in Austria. Professor Reed gave a keynote presentation at an EPIC industry workshop in Brussels in March 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2017 |
URL | http://www.epic-assoc.com/epic-workshop-on-photonic-integrated-circuits/ |
Description | International Women's Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • March 2019: Supporting International Women's Day. Supported by a grant from SPIE for International Women's Day, and also by the Royal Academy of Engineering |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited Talk at the MIT Microphotonics Center |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Professor Reed delivered a presentation on the fabrication facility sponsored by EPSRC, together with a question and answer session regarding how international users could engage with the project. The discussion was perhaps a little early in the development cycle of the project, but should result in concrete engagement later. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited seminar at MIT |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | In this invited seminar, I highlighted opportunities for MIT researchers in terms of accessing various material platforms in CORENERSTONE. I also showed a number of examples of realisation of state of the art photonic devices and circuits through CORNERSTONE multi project wafer runs. Finally, I presented what we have been doing for UG teaching. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://mitnano.mit.edu/events/may-seminar-Mashanovich |
Description | LGBT STEM day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • July 2019: A talk from a scientist on "Diversity and Gender equality", and a discussion panel on Diversity issues, held in an LGBT friendly venue in Southampton City Centre. Funded by a grant from the OSA Foundation for Diversity and Inclusion as part of LGBT STEM day. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Outreach to community. Mr Nathan Soper (PhD student).5. Speaker at Pint of Science Southampton,RHS Flower Show, Student Outreach programmes, and Southampton Science and Engineering day. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 1. 2016 Photonics Day at the University for year 8-9 children. 2. 2015 RHS Flower Show Tatton Park - which won a SEPnet Public engagement award. 3. Science and Engineering Day 2016 4. Numerous events with 'Lightwave' the ORC's student outreach program, as described in the original proposal. 5. Speaker at Pint of Science Southampton, in which scientists and engineers engage with the public in a relaxed environment, typically a pub, to describe their research work and its impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
Description | Training course "Introduction to Si photonics foundries", 7pennies Photonic Integrated Circuit Training, Santa Clara, CA, USA, January 2019 (invited). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr Littlejohns was invited to run the following training course Introduction to Si photonics foundries", 7pennies Photonic Integrated Circuit Training, Santa Clara, CA, USA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Women in Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • February 2018: Soapbox: Women in Science at Bournemouth University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Women into Technology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | • March 2018: Women into Technology event for International Women's Day, Sparsholt College, Winchester |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |