OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa, Canada, which designs optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) fabricated in indium phosphide (InP), says that it is working with both pure-play epiwafer foundry ...
Nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has announced the launch of its fully integrated silicon photonics platform through a cost-sharing multi-project wafer (MPW) service via ePIXfab, the EU-funded silicon photonics ...
Tags: silicon photonics, Nanoelectronics, optical transceivers
Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France says that it will coordinate a four-year project aimed at building a European-based supply chain in silicon photonics and speeding industrialization of the technology. The ...
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Avantes BV (“Avantes”) and Tornado Spectral Systems (“Tornado”) are pleased to announce a partnership for the design, manufacture and distribution of a new line of high performance spectrometers. Under the terms of ...
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Despite the widespread research in quantum computers, no-one has built a machine that uses quantum-mechanics to solve computational problems faster than a classical computer. Quantum computers harness the power of atoms and molecules to ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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By blending optical technology with low-cost CMOS semiconductor processing,silicon photonics has tremendous potential as a new technology,according to market research firm Yole Développement in its new report'Silicon Photonics ...
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Mid-infrared imaging for UAVs,high-speed optical networks and laser-based airborne mine detection among the other activities funded. The US Department of Defense(DoD)has awarded a number of new contracts and contract modifications for the ...
Tags: DoD, optics sensor, networks, laser-based