Design and production of components for optical networks
(fiber optics, transceiver modules, parallel and bidirectional optics)
Integrated circuit packaging of electrical hybrid micro systems
Optical sensors
Development of measuring techniques for quality assurance
Competition and technology analysis
Patent analysis and portfolio management
Issued over 40 granted international patent families,
Management of public funded national and international projects
more than 60 talks and published papers
Summary of published works:
„Optische Aufbau- und Verbindungstechniken“, J.-R. Kropp
Kap.13 in „Handbuch der Kommunikationstechnik“, Springer- Verlag,
Hrsg. E.Voges, K. Petermann, S. 442- 460, 2002, ISBN 3-540-67213-3.
More than 35 published articles
Patents
Inventor of granted patents in
more than 40 granted patent families,
which are still being used by Siemens AG,
Infineon AG, Finisar Corp., Avago Technologies Ltd. and eGtran Corp.
Publicly Funded Projects
HOLICS, „Hierarchical Optical Interconnects for Computer Systems“,
(EC ESPRIT III Project 6276, 1992-1994)
„Photonische Baugruppen für mehrfach parallele Verbindungen“
(BMBF Photonik II, 1994-1997)
„Integrierter optischer Netzschalter mit Faserankopplung“
(BMBF Photonik II, 1994-1997)
Mokom,
„Modulkomponenten für die optische On-Board und Inter-Board Übertragung“
(BMBF, Optosys, 1998-2002)