Centre Title Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC)

Centre Title
Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC)
Director
Prof Paul Townsend
Lead Institution
Tyndall National Institute, UCC
Research Programme
Description
The Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) brings together over 100 researchers from four institutes
to develop new light-enabled technologies.
Targeting the ICT and medical devices sectors, IPIC is working with 18 industry partners to develop
the next generation of highly-compact and miniaturised photonics devices. The Centre’s work is
focused on:
• Enabling continued growth of the internet through faster more energy efficient devices for
information transport, storage and display.
• Delivering smart medical devices for improved diagnosis and treatment of disease through the
integration of photonics onto surgical instruments and into compact high sensitivity analysis
equipment.
• Developing systems for food and environment monitoring.
Academic Partners
University College Cork, Dublin City University, Cork Institute of Technology
Budget & Research Team Size
€24.5m (€16.2m SFI + €8.3m Industry)
Large: 50+
www.sfi.ie
Industry Partners
Intel
Lake Region
British Telecom
Somex
M/A-COM
InfiniLED
Finisar
Radisens Diagonstics
Firecomms
Luxcel Biosciences
X-Celeprint
Eblana
Pilot Photonics
Stryker
Seagate
Epi-light
Huawei
www.sfi.ie
Co-Principal Investigators
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Contact Details
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Prof. Liam Barry
DCU
Dr. Frank Peters
Tyndall
Dr. Emanuele Pelucchi Tyndall
Brian Corbett
Tyndall
Dr. Guillaume Huyet
Tyndall
Dr. Peter O’ Brien
Tyndall
Prof. Eoin P.O’Reilly
Tyndall
Prof. Colette McDonagh DCU
Prof. Dmitri Papkovsky UCC
Prof. Paul Townsend
+353-(0)21-490 4857
paul.townsend@tyndall.ie
http://www.ipic.ie/