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Exail Signs LLNL Contract, Partners with Eelume
SAINT-GERMAIN EN LAYE, France, April 26, 2024 — Exail, a high-tech industrial group specializing in photonics technologies, has signed a contract with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to provide more than 60 dual-stage modulators to the equip the high-fidelity pulse shaping (HiFiPS) system at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)’s master oscillator room. This is the second optical component ordered from Exail to enhance NIF’s capabilities. The NIF target bay at LLNL. Exail’s previously supplied optical
Modulator Drives Record-Fast Transmission in Face of Data Traffic
MONTREAL, June 21, 2023 — Although silicon photonics holds potential as a platform for optical transceivers, due to its CMOS compatibility, the approach is limited in its electro-optic bandwidth. It also carries high driving voltage requirements. The qualities can hinder its...
Developing a New Class of Electro-Optic On-Fiber Devices
Apr 23, 2020 — To take advantage of 5G technology, networks must be capable of moving huge amounts of data at unimaginable speeds and extremely broad bandwidth. 5G networks should enable downloads at a rate of more than 30 gigabytes per second (GB/s), which is...
Data Centers and Telecommunications
Nov 28, 2016 — Today’s data centers deliver millions of services, processing terabytes of data per second around the world for billions of devices. Considering the volume, it’s amazing that we ever have a signal. As the need for connectivity increases,...
For Data Center Challenges, Silicon Photonics Solutions
Feb 10, 2016 — The opportunity for and challenge of silicon photonics lies in data centers and high-performance computing. An example was on display at an Optical Fiber Conference panel session held in Los Angeles last year. According to Yuval Bachar, at the time...
Optical Nanomodulator Produces Truly Digital Signals
ZURICH, Feb. 9, 2016 — Responding to the rapidly rising rate and volume of data, an optical modulator that operates at the individual-atom level could both reduce the size of and increase the efficiency of communication networks. The switch is based on the voltage-induced...
Dramatic Growth Projected for IC Market
ALBANY, N.Y., April 30, 2014 — The Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) market should see significant growth over the next five years at an annual rate of 31.3 percent, according to a new report by Transparency Market Research. This market was valued at $160.1 million in 2012, and...
Thorlabs Expands with Optoelectronics Sector
NEWTON, N.J., March 27, 2014— Change is afoot for Thorlabs as the company prepares to start a high-speed optoelectronics business unit in Ann Arbor, Mich. The greenfield initiative, named Thorlabs Ultrafast Optoelectronics (Thorlabs-UFO) will address the growing need for...
InP PICs Enable High-Efficiency Optical Transceivers
Dec 1, 2013 — Indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs) eliminate optical loss between different functional elements and use high-efficiency optical modulators to enhance performance. They are indispensable in the development of the...
Ultrathin Coatings Exploit Optical Phenomenon
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 15, 2012 — By exploiting an overlooked optical phenomenon, ultrathin metal surfaces were made to shine vibrant hues. The coatings that change color with only a few atoms’ difference in thickness could provide new possibilities for sophisticated optical...
The impact of Thailand’s epic flood continues into 2012
BANGKOK – Flooding that began more than four months ago continues to affect the optical components industry, as a major supplier reported a revenue decline of nearly 50 percent for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 and continues to move customers out of a...
Thailand Flood’s Impact on Optics Will Continue Well into 2012
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan. 6, 2012 — Flooding that began more than six months ago continues to affect the optical components industry, as a major supplier has said that one of its manufacturing facilities may never reopen. Affected companies recently started announcing the impact of...
Nano whispering gallery reduces semiconductor emission lifetime
PHILADELPHIA – Applying the concept of whispering galleries to nanoscale devices drastically reduces emission lifetimes, a key property of light-emitting semiconductors, and shows great potential for the development of new ultrafast photonic devices. ...
GigOptix Ups Q3 Guidance
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2010 — GigOptix, Inc. increased its revenue guidance for the third quarter of 2010. The company supplies high performance electronic and electro-optic components that enable next-generation 40 and 100 G fiber optic telecommunications and...
GigOptix Seeks $5M in Federal Funding
BOTHELL, Wash., April 19, 2010 — GigOptix Inc., a fabless manufacturer of electronic engines for the digital industry, announced that US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) has requested $5 million in government funding for the development of the company’s on-chip integrated photonic...
GigOptix Enters SOFI Project
ZURICH, March 11, 2010 – GigOptix-Helix AG, a subsidiary of Palo Alto, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor company GigOptix Inc., announced that it will participate in the European Union funded project Silicon-Organic Hybrid Fabrication Platform for Integrated Circuits...
IME on Silicon Photonics Research and MPW Prototyping
Jul 27, 2009 — The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Singapore, has done some research work on silicon photonics research and MPW prototyping. IME will include components (germanium-on-silicon avalanche photodetectors, silicon modulators and...
GigOptix Slashes Salaries
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 24, 2009 – Optoelectronics maker GigOptix Inc. reduced salaries from 10 to 18 percent in an effort to cut expenses during challenging economic times.
Lumera, GigOptix to Merge
BOTHELL, Wash., Mar. 28, 2008 -- Photonic communications company Lumera Corp. announced it will merge with privately held integrated circuit maker GigOptix LLC and discontinue its Plexera Bioscience LLC life science tools subsidiary. The combined public company, which will have...
FIBER OPTICS
Feb 1, 2006 — Targeted to both students and professionals in the field, the primer Fiber Optic Essentials covers the principles, theories and applications of the technology. The 282-page reference discusses the role of optics in daily life and details fiber optic...
News Briefs
Dec 5, 2005 — Nanotechnology company Lumera Corp. of Bothell, Wash., announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million, one-year contract extension from the US government to continue developing technologically advanced wideband optic modulators. The devices...
Srico to Develop Optical Modulators
Sep 7, 2005 — COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- Srico, a Columbus-based photonics company, was awarded a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to continue development for the US Air Force of an ultrahigh dynamic range modulated optical...
Annular Bragg Resonators: Beyond the Limits of Total Internal Reflection
May 1, 2005 — Circular resonators are key ingredients in the realization of many basic components for advanced optical communications systems. During the past decade, their application in numerous circular-resonator-based components such as lasers, filters,1...
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