We are thrilled to announce that the kick-off meeting for the BlueArray project has been successfully held in DTU on Aug 19, with 15 participants from all consortium partners.

Hao Hu, the PI and project coordinator, has given an overview of this project, and the beneficiaries of the consortium have introduced their institutes, earlier works and achievements related to the research and development of this project. Work packages, tasks, milestones, and deliverables are reviewed, and the first-year work plan is discussed during the meeting. Project management, communication, dissemination, and exploitation plans are also covered. See the detailed meeting agenda below.

We would like to express our sincere and deepest appreciation for all the efforts and supports from our partners.

Meeting agenda

9:30 – 10:00
Welcome to the meeting and overview of the BlueArray project, Hao Hu (DTU)

10:00 – 11:00
Partners presentation

• Åsa Haglund (Chalmers),
• Hao Hu (DTU),
• Yunhong Ding (DTU),
• Eugenio/Georgi (TU/e),
• Ali (ECM),
• Milan/Fabio (PHIX)

BREAK

11:15 – 12:00
Discussion of Management and coordination (WP5), Hao Hu (DTU)

• Decision making procedures
• Establishment of Steering Committee
• Technical management and reporting process
• Project meetings, WP meetings (virtual), review meetings
• Introduction WP5: tasks, responsibilities

12:00 – 12:15
Group photo

LUNCH 

14:00-14:45
WP1: Blue VCSEL array
Åsa Haglund (Chalmers)

• Introduction: tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables;
• 1st year Work plan:
  • Task 1.1: Blue VCSEL with transverse single mode emission by small aperture

14:45-15:30
WP2: Integrated blue OPA on LNOI platform
Hao Hu (DTU), Yunhong Ding (DTU), Eugenio/Georgi (TU/e)

• Introduction: tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables (Hao);
• 1st year Work plan:
  • Task 2.1: Development of thin-film LNOI platform at blue wavelengths (Yunhong);
  • Task 2.4: Large-scale arrays of DACs (Eugenio/Georgi)

BREAK

15:45 – 16:30
WP3: Integrated long-distance UOWC system
Ali (ECM), Milan/Fabio (PHIX)

• Introduction: tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables (Ali);
• 1st year Work plan:
  • Task 3.1: Development of integration and packaging engine for integrated systems (Milan/Fabio);
  • Task 3.3: Design of efficient modulation and channel coding schemes for UOWC links (Ali)

16:30 – 17:00
Discussion of Communication, dissemination & exploitation, including Communication tools, web page, logo and mailing lists,
Deming Kong (DTU)

• Introduction: tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables;
• 1st year Work plan:
  • D4.1 Website and social media channels set-up;
  • D4.2 Plan for dissemination and exploitation incl. communication;
  • D4.4 Data Management plan

17:00 – 17:30
General discussion and conclusion (follow up, meeting minutes and “to do’s”, next project meeting)

17:30 – 18:00
Lab tour 

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