Lithium niobate on insulator for space communications and spectroscopy at 1064nm (linus) PRIN 2022 PNRRPROJECT OBJECTIVES Demo PIC fabrication, characterization, and assembly Fabricated demo PICs, characterization of the realized PICs, assembled PICs Simulation and design of the demo PICs Simulative analysis of the WDM transmitter and of the frequency comb generator, mask layout of the demo PICs and of the electronic breadboard LNOI1064 platform consolidation and building block design LNOI1064 new process flow and building block design Project Team PI: Nicola Andriolli (Università di Pisa) Co-PI: Giampiero Contestabile (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) DELIVERABLES D1: state of the art and functional architectures of the LNOI1064 WDM transmitter and comb generator D2: LNOI1064 new process flow D3: Simulative analysis of the WDM transmitter and of the comb generator, mask layout of the demo PICs and of the electronic breadboard D4: Assembled demo PICs D5: Test and lab validation of the WDM transmitter and comb generator