The Photonics Packaging and Systems Integration Group at Tyndall addresses challenges in photonic and microelectronic technologies, from fundamental research to the transition to pilot-scale manufacturing.

The group has unique technical expertise across a wide range of advanced photonic and microelectronic packaging and integration technologies.
They have state-of-the-art simulation, design and production facilities, using the latest packaging equipment to deliver initial prototypes through to low-volume production. Key areas of activity include wafer-level packaging for mass-market photonics, optical and electrical interposers, RF photonic-electronic integration, heterogenous integration using transfer print technology, quantum photonics and quantum system engineering, the transition of prototypes to manufacturing, and workforce education and training.
The group produces advanced prototypes and routes to manufacture for the following application areas - high-speed communications, healthcare and biosensing, remote sensing including LIDAR, augmented and virtual reality, quantum communications and computing, and artificial intelligence.

To complement the group's considerable expertise, leading photonic equipment manufacturers have established application teams with the group. This includes ficonTEC and X-Celeprint. These companies have located state-of-the-art equipment and highly experienced engineering teams who collaborate with the group to develop next-generation solutions for high-throughput photonic-microelectronic manufacturing.

The group leads flagship research programmes and manufacturing initiatives, including the European Photonics Packaging Pilot Line, the European Photonics Academy, and the breakthrough wafer-level packaging project PhotonicLEAP. They also participate in large-scale European research initiatives, such as the Quantum Flagship Programme, where they are involved in the development of photonic and electronics packaging technologies for emerging quantum applications, and Europractice, which supports the growth of a microelectronic design ecosystem in Europe. The group is involved in over 15 EU projects, multiple Science Foundation Ireland, National Science Foundation and DARPA projects. They also manage many industrial research projects with leading multinationals and SMEs. These industry engagements typically involve the delivery of advanced system prototypes and establishing routes to volume manufacture.
The Photonics Packaging & Systems Integration Group is a highly experienced and dedicated team of skilled researchers, engineers, project managers and PhD students. The group is led by Prof. Peter O'Brien, who brings considerable academic and industry experience. He has been awarded over 45M Euros in competitively won funding over the past six years and has established an extensive collaboration network worldwide with leading academic and industry researchers.
Please contact us if you are interested in collaboration or wish to learn more about our research.
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Optics Express
volume 24
issue 15
page 16258
(2016)
Authors:
Huihui Lu, Jun Su Lee, Yan Zhao, Carmelo Scarcella, Paolo Cardile, Aidan Daly, Markus Ortsiefer, Lee Carroll, Peter O’Brien
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Light: Advanced Manufacturing
volume 4
issue 1
page 1
(2023)
Authors:
Yilin Xu, Pascal Maier, Mareike Trappen, Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich, Matthias Blaicher, Rokas Jutas, Achim Weber, Torben Kind, Colin Dankwart, Jens Stephan, Andreas Steffan, Amin Abbasi, Padraic Morrissey, Kamil Gradkowski, Brian Kelly, Peter O’Brien, Wolfgang Freude, Christian Koos
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Integrated Photonics for Data Communication Applications
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(2023)
Authors:
Peter O’Brien, Kamil Gradkowski, Padraic E. Morrissey, Sylwester Latkowski, Helge Gehring, Wolfram Pernice, Jörg Smolenski
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Microsystems & Nanoengineering
volume 9
issue 1
(2023)
Authors:
Niels Quack, Alain Yuji Takabayashi, Hamed Sattari, Pierre Edinger, Gaehun Jo, Simon J. Bleiker, Carlos Errando-Herranz, Kristinn B. Gylfason, Frank Niklaus, Umar Khan, Peter Verheyen, Arun Kumar Mallik, Jun Su Lee, Moises Jezzini, Padraic Morrissey, Cleitus Antony, Peter O’Brien, Wim Bogaerts
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
volume 28
issue 3
pages 1 to 11
(2022)
Authors:
Ivan-Lazar Bundalo, Padraic E. Morrissey, Andrea Annoni, Roel Baets, Fabrice Blache, Laurens Breyne, Lee Carrol, Sean Collins, Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich, Leos Halmo, Filipe Jorge, Mikko Karppinen, Mikko Kaunisto, Brian Kelly, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Christian Koos, Markku Lahti, Joris Lambrecht, Tienforti Marcello, Junsu Su Lee, Jeroen Missinne, Peter Ossieur, Roberto Pessina, Tom Sterken, Geert Van Steenberge, Antonello Vannucci, Alessandro Vannucchi, Rik Verplancke, Pieter Wuytens, Yilin Xu, Martin Zoldak, Peter OaBrien
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Applied Sciences
volume 10
issue 22
page 8201
(2020)
Authors:
Callum G. Littlejohns, David J. Rowe, Han Du, Ke Li, Weiwei Zhang, Wei Cao, Thalia Dominguez Bucio, Xingzhao Yan, Mehdi Banakar, Dehn Tran, Shenghao Liu, Fanfan Meng, Bigeng Chen, Yanli Qi, Xia Chen, Milos Nedeljkovic, Lorenzo Mastronardi, Rijan Maharjan, Sanket Bohora, Ashim Dhakal, Iain Crowe, Ankur Khurana, Krishna C. Balram, Luca Zagaglia, Francesco Floris, Peter O’Brien, Eugenio Di Gaetano, Harold M.H. Chong, Frederic Y. Gardes, David J. Thomson, Goran Z. Mashanovich, Marc Sorel, Graham T. Reed
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ACS Photonics
volume 9
issue 11
pages 3467 to 3485
(2022)
Authors:
Luigi Ranno, Parnika Gupta, Kamil Gradkowski, Robert Bernson, Drew Weninger, Samuel Serna, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Lionel C. Kimerling, Juejun Hu, Peter OBrien
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 40
issue 15
pages 5190 to 5200
(2022)
Authors:
Mehdi Jahed, Alexander Caut, Jeroen Goyvaerts, Marc Rensing, Magnus Karlsson, Anders Larsson, Gunther Roelkens, Roel Baets, Peter O'Brien
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 39
issue 15
pages 5028 to 5034
(2021)
Authors:
Luca Zagaglia, Francesco Floris, Peter OaBrien
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Photonics
volume 8
issue 11
page 499
(2021)
Authors:
Ida Izadi, Vanessa Dusend, Abdulaziz Takrouni, Noreen Nudds, Kamil Gradkowski, Peter O’Brien, Philipp Sasse, Brian Corbett
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 39
issue 12
pages 4201 to 4208
(2021)
Authors:
Naif Alshamrani, Andrew Grieco, Alex Friedman, Karl A. Johnson, Myun-Sik Kim, Francesco Floris, Peter O'brien, Yeshaiahu Fainman
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Biomedical Optics Express
volume 11
issue 7
page 3913
(2020)
Authors:
Yanlu Li, Louise Marais, Hakim Khettab, Zhiheng Quan, Soren Aasmul, Rob Leinders, Ralf Schüler, Padraic E. Morrissey, Stephen Greenwald, Patrick Segers, Michael Vanslembrouck, Rosa M. Bruno, Pierre Boutouyrie, Peter O’Brien, Mirko de Melis, Roel Baets
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 38
issue 13
pages 3346 to 3357
(2020)
Authors:
Nathan C. Abrams, Qixiang Cheng, Madeleine Glick, Moises Jezzini, Padraic Morrissey, Peter O'Brien, Keren Bergman
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
volume 26
issue 2
pages 1 to 13
(2020)
Authors:
Joan Manel Ramirez, Stephane Malhouitre, Kamil Gradkowski, Padraic E. Morrissey, Peter O'Brien, Christophe Caillaud, Nicolas Vaissiere, Jean Decobert, Shenghui Lei, Ryan Enright, Alexandre Shen, Hajar Elfaiki, Mohand Achouche, Theo Verolet, Claire Besancon, Antonin Gallet, Delphine Neel, Karim Hassan, Segolene Olivier, Christophe Jany
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Optical Fiber Telecommunications VII
pages 143 to 193
(2020)
Authors:
Michael Liehr, Moritz Baier, Gloria Hoefler, Nicholas M. Fahrenkopf, John Bowers, Richard Gladhill, Peter O’Brien, Erman Timurdogan, Zhan Su, Fred Kish
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 41
issue 11
pages 3470 to 3478
(2023)
Authors:
Kamil Gradkowski, David Stegall, David Mackey, Alan Naughton, Terry Smith, Peter O'Brien
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Journal of Lightwave Technology
volume 31
issue 24
pages 3934 to 3942
(2013)
Authors:
Bradley Snyder, Brian Corbett, Peter O'Brien