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The Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Diana Morant, has visited the Nanophotonic Technology Center of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), to which the Spanish Government has allocated two million euros to strengthen its manufacturing capabilities of photonic chips. This endowment is financed with European funds from the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan and in the framework of PERTE Chip. It will promote the renewal of equipment of this university research institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València, which provides manufacturing services to the ecosystem of photonic chips to encourage and support the growth of this industry. These chips are used in strategic sectors such as power sensors, aerospace, defense, and cybersecurity. They are also used to increase the performance of microelectronic chips.

The Nanophotonics Technology Center is part of the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS), the Micro and Nanomanufacturing Clean Room Network (MICRONANOFABS). Its objective is to make available to the scientific and business community its prototyping and small series manufacturing capacity aimed at electronic devices and systems for various fields, such as micro and nanomanufacturing, photonics, and the physical, electrical, optical, and magnetic characterization of materials, components and electronic and photonic circuits.

During her visit, the Minister was accompanied by the Rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València, José E. Capilla; the Vice-Rector for Research, Belén Picó; the Vice-Rector for Innovation and Transfer, Salvador Coll; the Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Communication, José Francisco Monserrat; and Javier Martí, Director of the ICTS MICRONANOFABS-UPV.

"From the ICTS MICRONANOFABS-NTC, we will continue to contribute to the growth, maturation, and consolidation of the photonic chip ecosystem (integrated photonics) in Spain and Europe. During these last years, we have seen how the need for micro-nanofabrication of photonic chips has been growing in volume (more than 150 services per year) and maturing from low TRLs in research projects in university environments to higher TRLs for technology companies (start-ups and large technology companies). Our role in the ecosystem is called "LAB-to-FAB," which allows us to exploit our capabilities in rapid prototyping while preparing the designs to be scaled in larger volumes later in production in foundries," emphasizes Javier Martí.

The ICTS are unique R+D+I facilities in our country, which develop cutting-edge research and act as centers for attracting and retaining talent, supported by the Spanish Government through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.