Optoscribe

Technologies and Products

Optoscribe sampling OptoCplrLT™ Fibre-to-SiPh PIC coupling solution

By Peter Dykes

3D glass-based integrated photonics components supplier Optoscribe Ltd, says it is now sampling OptoCplrLT™, its monolithic glass chip for low-loss coupling to silicon photonics (SiPh) grating couplers. Created using Optoscribe’s proprietary high-speed laser writing technique, OptoCplrLT™ is designed to overcome fibre-to-SiPh photonic integrated circuit (PIC) coupling challenges to enable high volume automated assembly and help […]

Applications and Research

First field-deployed multi-core fibre testbed for optical communications installed in L’Aquila, Italy

By Matthew Peach

The University of L’Aquila, Italy, Sumitomo Electric Industries, and Optoscribe have jointly deployed what they are calling “the world’s first testbed for multi-core fibre (MCF) communications” in a field-deployed environment in the city of L’Aquila, as part of the INCIPICT project. An MCF is an optical fibre with multiple cores in a glass cladding and […]

News and Business

Optoscribe expands cleanroom and introduces ultra-high-speed 3D photonic component manufacturing system

By Peter Dykes

UK-based Optoscribe Ltd, which uses laser direct write technology to manufacture glass-based integrated 3D photonic components for the telecommunications and data communications markets, has announced the release of its 3rd generation ultra-high-speed 3D photonic component manufacturing system and the expansion of its cleanroom within its state-of-the-art facility in Livingston, UK. The company, which claims to […]

News and Business

Optoscribe teams with Sumitomo Electric to deliver MCF solutions

By Antony Savvas

Scotland’s Optoscribe, a supplier of 3D glass-based integrated photonics components, and Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries have announced the formation of a strategic partnership, to provide multicore fibre (MCF) components for data comms and telecoms applications.  Optoscribe’s 3D integrated circuits combine embedded waveguides and high precision micro-machining for applications ranging from data centre optical transceiver interconnects, […]