News and BusinessSenko Advanced Components, has acquired CudoForm, which designs and manufactures of high-precision metal micro-optic components with applications in data communications, consumer photonics, and biosafety. The acquisition will bring together the two global companies, whose aligned and combined product capabilities, says Senko, will drive adoption of advanced and innovative optical interconnect solutions. Senko says that in […]
News and BusinessBelgium-based photonics manufacturer Luceda, has opened an office in Shanghai to provide products and services targeted at the Chinese market, as well as bringing resources closer to its customers and partners. Luceda has been a player in the Chinese market for the last four years and rates the Chinese region as the second most important […]
News and BusinessLIGENTEC, a provider of low-loss, silicon nitride photonic solutions, and specialty semiconductor producer X-FAB Silicon Foundries, have announced a strategic partnership resulting in the large-scale supply of integrated photonic devices. LIGENTEC has implemented its proprietary, patented, low-loss silicon nitride process technology within X-FAB’s existing high-throughput foundry workflow. The company says the partnership means that LIGENTEC […]
Technologies and ProductsPIXAPP, which claims to be the world’s first open-access Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) assembly and packaging pilot line, has introduced two new prototype packaging platforms to enable the early-stage testing and evaluation of integrated photonic devices. The PIXAPP Grating Coupler Based Generic Packages (PIXAPP-GCP-10 and PIXAPP-GCP-100) are now available to users that need fast and […]