CEA-Leti extends 300mm wafer line for silicon photonics
5 December 2018
French research institute CEA-Leti has extended its 300mm silicon-based wafer line, opening it up for production of integrated photonic chips and III-V on silicon devices
Silicon photonics
Blossoming photonic foundries
27 November 2018
After releasing a report on silicon photonics foundries, Iñigo Artundo, CEO of VLC Photonics, charts the evolution of the photonic foundry ecosystem
Multi-layer silicon nitride-on-silicon (SiNon-Si) integration platform for photonic integrated circuits
19 November 2018
Advanced Micro Foundry has announced a new multi-layer Silicon nitride-on-silicon (SiNon-Si) integration platform for photonic integrated circuits
Germanium-on-silicon avalanche photodetector arrays at 1,550nm for lidar
19 November 2018
Advanced Micro Foundry has announced the availability of a 1,550nm wavelength lidar sensor based on germanium-on-silicon avalanche photodetector arrays technology
Uniqorn quantum telecoms EU project kicks off
30 October 2018
A three-year Horizon 2020 Quantum Flagship project, called Uniqorn, has launched that aims to provide enabling photonic technology to accommodate quantum communications
Ghent University and Imec spin out silicon photonics firm
10 September 2018
Ghent University and Imec have spun out a silicon photonics-based fibre optic sensing company, called Sentea
EUV lithography reaches the starting line
3 September 2018
Lithographic semiconductor processes using extreme ultraviolet light are set to enter mass production, writes Andy Extance, but must continue to improve
Astronomy on a chip
29 June 2018
Professor Dr Martin Roth, at research centre Innofspec Potsdam, discusses the role that fibre Bragg gratings and other photonics components could play in transforming astronomy
Driving Moore’s law with CO2 lasers
14 June 2018
Matthew Dale reports from the European Photonic Industry Consortium’s Executive Meeting on Industrial Lasers, where it was explained how CO2 lasers could be used to produce the next generation of computer processors
Taking the heat off PICs
28 March 2018
Shrinking optoelectronic components and combining them with silicon devices requires careful consideration of thermal management, finds Andy Extance
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