THALES group (THA) is one of the major world players in aerospace, space, defence and security. The group of physics within the research center in Palaiseau has a strong background in building demonstrators and validating technologies in relevant environments. Three research engineers in THA will be supervising the project: Aude Martin (f) will be the Principal Investigator overseeing THA’s participation in FORTE and will be involved with the development of FMCW LiDARs. (ii) Dr Ines Ghorbel (f) involved with the development of DAS sensors. (iii) Dr Vincent Crozatier (m) specialized in frequency agile and stable lasers and the generation of OPLL-based local oscillators.

Aragon Photonics Labs (APL) is a SME manufacturing company specialized in high-end test and measurement optoelectronic devices.. From 2018, APL DFOS product lines have taken advantage of the proven integration capacities of the company since 2004 to obtain mature DAS and DTS measurement devices. Key Personnel in APL will be responsible of the validation and certification for distributed fiber optical sensing.

ficonTEC (FIC) is a leading provider of automated micro-assembly and testing solutions for the photonics industry. ficonTEC´s cutting edge solutions are reconfigurable (independent of the device material) and customizable to specific applications of specific devices its diverse customers are targeting. A globally installed base of over 900 systems is already serving integrated photonics applications in different market segments, including telecom and datacom sectors, sensing applications (ranging from biomedical to automotive), in high-power diode laser assembly and many more. FIC will provide equipments for photonic packaging and will also develop machines for chip level testing.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM) of Prof. T.J. Kippenberg has pioneered chip-scale frequency combs and cavity quantum optomechanics. Prof. Kippenberg has been Clarivate analytics highly cited physicist since 2014 and has published 10 papers in Nature/Science in the last 5 years. EPFL has coordinated 4 EU projects, including Marie Curie ITN (cQOM, OMT), FET-Proactive (HOT), and FET-Open (TeraSlice). EPFL will be responsible for the design and manufacturing of PICs and laser systems.

DeepLight S.A. (DLT) is a Swiss-based high-tech start-up founded in 2021 that aims at developing, producing and selling photonic integrated light sources such as optical frequency combs or highly frequency-agile continuous-wave lasers to customers in scientific, industrial and consumer markets. DLT technology stems from a collaboration between EPFL (T.J Kippenberg) and Prof. Bhave (Purdue) and has a signed IP license. DLT has direct access to KIT’s and EPFL’s optics and photonics lab facilities, enabling rapid up-take of technology from a research institution for technology transfer. DLT will take care of photonic packaging, laser system testing and business development.