A little less than a year into the project the BlueArray consortium successfully held its second physical meeting on June 19th and 20th 2025 at Eindhoven University of Technology.

The meeting provided a great setting for discussing potential challenges and solutions, with each partner presenting their work progress and plans for the project’s second year.

Moving forward, the partners will hold an additional monthly meeting to align the integration of each partner’s contribution.

Participants were also introduced to wire bonding at the Center for Wireless Technology lab, which is typically used by the integrated circuits research group at TU/e.

We would like to thank all the partners for attending the meeting and look forward to seeing you next year at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Meeting agenda

June 19th

12:45 – 13:00: Warm drinks are offered

13:00 – 13:20: Welcome to the meeting and overview of the BlueArray project (Beneficiaries, WPs,
objectives and expected results), Hao Hu (DTU)

13:20 – 14:00: Partners presentation

14:00-14:45: WP1: Blue VCSEL array, Sharma (Chalmers)

• Work progress 
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

14:45-15:30: WP2: Integrated blue OPA on LNOI platform, Zhongyang and Hao (DTU)

• Work progress
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

BREAK

15:45-16:30: WP2: large-scale DAC array, Eugenio/Georgi/Timo (TU/e)

• Work progress
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

 16:30-17:15: WP3: PIC/EIC packaging, Matheus (PHIX)

• Work progress
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

17:15-17:45: Lab visit for interested people

19:00: Dinner

June 20th
9:00 – 9:15: Warm drinks are offered

9:15-10:00: WP3: Integrated long-distance UOWC system, Ali/Ashraf/Iffat (ECM)

• Work progress
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

10:00-10:45: WP6: Integrated field of view correction optics, Diogo (INL)

• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

BREAK

11:00 – 11:15: Group Photo

11:15 – 11:45: WP4: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation, Deming (DTU)

• Work progress
• 2nd year work plan including tasks, responsibilities, timeframes, milestones and deliverables

11:45-12:00: General discussion and conclusion (follow up, meeting minutes and “to do’s”, next project meeting, 1st review meeting)

12:00-13:00 Lunch