Project Consortium

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Welcome to PhotoGeNIC

The PhotoGeNIC consortium consists of eight partners from five countries (AT, BE, DE, FR, PL) including highly specialised SMEs, qualified university, advance research organisation and leading industrial companies. Their extensive know-how and long-lasting experience will allow the development of the new VCSEL industrial technology applying Ge large diameter substrates.

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Technical Lead
Włodzimierz Strupiński
Vigo Photonics
Poland
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Project Coordinator
Patrick Leczek
Technikon
Austria

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Blog

30 September, 2026

🔬 PhotoGeNIC comes to an end – with promising results for the future of photonics!

After 48 months of research and innovation, the PhotoGeNIC project has successfully grown 940 nm Ge-VCSEL laser structures on germanium substrates, providing an innovative alternative to conventional GaAs-based approaches. The project advanced scalable, silicon-compatible and more sustainable VCSEL manufacturing while...
30 September, 2026

Impact Video

The PhotoGeNIC project has demonstrated a promising new approach to producing VCSELs on germanium instead of conventional gallium arsenide. By addressing key manufacturing challenges, the project contributes to cleaner, scalable and silicon-compatible photonic technologies. Its results open new opportunities for...
PhotoGeNIC News Update #02: Ge-VCSELs Become Reality
14 September, 2026
Interview with Pieter Verhulst
20 August, 2026
Interview with Guillaume Courtois
20 August, 2026
Interview with Magdalena Marciniak
20 August, 2026

Events

January

17 - 22

2026

SPIE Photonics West

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San Francisco
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The world’s largest photonics technologies event covering cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, displays, quantum technologies, and more.
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September

19

2025

VCSEL Day 2025

@Location:

Lódź
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The VCSEL Day is an annual meeting of scientists and researchers from across Europe and beyond working with vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The conference is attended by representatives from leading research institutions and universities and companies involved in VCSELs implementations.
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March

09 - 13

2025

European Workshop on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (Euro MBE)

@Location:

Auron ski resort
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The workshop offers a platform for exchange, open discussion and presentation of the latest advancements in epitaxy, nanostructures, new trends on MBE growth, modeling, devices and related technologies.
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