Building an open platform for photonic integrated circuit design

OpenLight, which launched as an independent company in June last year, is developing an open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers for customers designing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for datacom, telecom, lidar, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing applications.

The firm made two big announcements at OFC in San Diego this year: a Process Design Kit (PDK) Sampler to accelerate component testing, and a 224G InP-based Modulator to advance PIC designs for the datacom market.

OpenLight CEO Dr Adam Carter spoke with Electro Optics to take us through the two announcements, which according to him led to 2023 being his busiest OFC in 25 years of attendance.

He also spoke on some of the future markets that will drive the uptake of PIC technology.

• Increasing customer confidence in photonic integrated circuits

• Doubling PIC speeds with InP-based modulators

• Future-proofing the silicon photonics ecosystem

OpenLight's 800G DR8 PIC features integrated laser technology and utilises 8 x 100Gb channels (Image: OpenLight)

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https://www.electrooptics.com/feature/building-open-platform-photonic-integrated-circuit-design