Advances and Perspectives in Photonic Technology Research in the European Information Society Technologies Programme

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 43; no. 8S; p. 5683
• Main Authors: Erasme, Didier, Minot, Christophe, Ohman, Filip, Tromborg, Bjarne, Ackaert, Ann, Demeester, Peter, Lagasse, Paul, Politi, Christina, O'Mahony, Mike, Saniter, Juergen, Patzak, Erwin, Rao, Sathya, Vogel, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2004

The 5th framework programme, which the European Union launched in 1998, supported a wide range of industrial areas among which “Information Society Technologies (IST)” was one of the focus areas. The present paper presents a short overview of the research on photonic component technologies within th...