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Things that are totally unimportant
No matter how many times they are brought up
No matter what indecipherable language they are written in.
The long time chairman resigning from LWLG and his important Government job at the same time for personal reasons.
Unpaid board of director members selling long term options
About to expire that were up 2000 plus percent.
The most important employee, Dr. Michael Lebby, being paid
A bonus after the stock had appreciated over 2000 percent.
No matter how often mentioned.
No matter what language
These have zero importance.
Excuse me, but Lebby HAS BEEN HERE MANY YEARS, almost a DECADE NOW!!!!
Dr. Michael S. Lebby joined Lightwave Logic as a member of the Board of Directors in 2015. In May 2017, he assumed the role of CEO of the company. Dr. Lebby is an Anglo-American entrepreneur and intrapreneur in the fields of optoelectronics/photonics electronics and semiconductors. His career started with the British Government in 1977 in telecommunications and he did research at their prestigious labs (RSRE Malvern) in the early 1980s and worked at AT&T Bell Labs (1985-1989) in photonics. At Motorola in the 1990s he drove the development, including co-authorship of the first patent, of the oxide VCSEL diode laser which is now used in laser mice, 3D sensing/FaceID in mobile phones, optical interconnects with volumes over 1B units. From 2005-2010 he led the USA trade association in optoelectronics (OIDA) and represented the optoelectronics industry on Capitol Hill. He has run technical start-ups and commercialized optoelectronic and photonics technology into manufacturing. He was voted PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) business leader of the year by the PIC International Conference in 2018. He is a technical expert to the European Commission and a Fellow of IEEE and OSA.
Excuse me, but Lebby has not been here MANY YEARS. He has, however, enriched himself via HIS WORDS during those years and let's hope he and his cohort coo don't need all that HUGE CASH TAKE used for the legal battles that potentially loom?
Too FUNNY!!! just have a look at the MILLIONS OF SHARES Lebby and Marcelli have been sitting on for MANY YEARS!!!!!!
see p23 here
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325964/000155335022000365/lwlg_14a.htm
Folks, the PPS came from sub $1.00 and the Insiders have had an eternity of TIME to unload shares between $12 and $20 and it ain't happening!!! Why??? Because they all know we are sitting on a GOLDMINE!!!
Volume Scale with Silicon Foundries with Timelines >>> Results >>> 2 Foundries 2H22 >>> 3 Foundries 2H22 to 1H23
so to me this slide clearly is saying LWLG will be getting PDK's completed that enable mass production at somewhere between TWO and FIVE Foundries by the end of 2022
so very soon Shorts will be heading for the exits just like little cockroaches do when the LIGHT is switched on!!! And with 20 million borrowed shares to cover it will be a tight SQUEEZE for them all to get through before the PPS hits new highs!!
BUY BUY BUY!!!!
SO CHEAP HERE!!!!!
Thank you, a serious post would point to CASH THEFT and that didn't occur.
Lebby bot NO MORE...imo, a sad excuse for another dumb move...
Shorts are desperate and will say anything to try and shake Longs confidence and get them to sell so they can Cover!! Fact is the latest Form 4 was back in early April and had Lebby buying 1000 shares at $10 signaling Longs that the PPS was too low!! Lebby confirmed this at the ASM in May saying he just thought it was a good buying opportunity at $10
Folks, the PPS came from sub $1.00 and the Insiders still hold MILLIONS OF SHARES and have had an eternity of TIME to unload shares between $12 and $20 and it ain't happening!!! Why??? Because they all know we are sitting on a GOLDMINE!!!
Volume Scale with Silicon Foundries with Timelines >>> Results >>> 2 Foundries 2H22 >>> 3 Foundries 2H22 to 1H23
so to me this slide clearly is saying LWLG will be getting PDK's completed that enable mass production at somewhere between TWO and FIVE Foundries by the end of 2022
so very soon Shorts will be heading for the exits just like little cockroaches do when the LIGHT is switched on!!! And with 20 million borrowed shares to cover it will be a tight SQUEEZE for them all to get through before the PPS hits new highs!!
BUY BUY BUY!!!!
SO CHEAP HERE!!!!!
Loenberger SOLD last December along with many of his other cohorts and that Season of selling is just about upon us once again. Some hero?
Check out the form 4's for the past two years, disgusting, imo, that these types actually consider themselves able to continue this path year after year.
Oh, and, Can Someone please make sure the QUITTER COB (who approved the great CASH TAKE and then quit) shuts the door behind him?
Mr Tedpeele, I don’t remember we ever came across each other often on this message board, you gave me impressions that you are very cautious person, more toward negative side.
Good luck with your investments.
I"m agnostic on the status of the technology. AFAIK the NDAs are at Lightwave's insistence which could be for important competitive reasons, but also could be because they don't want leaks about kitchen recipe problems to get out..I really don't know how excited to get..I do find it very very hard to believe that if the tech were ready and being proved out in foundries we wouldn't see buying hand over fist by some with deep pockets. I just think in information age something with the potential being claimed here would be leaked and momentum would continue to build along with the stock price..
I think the world records are real and sound great, but assume they don't show stability required, nor necessarily a cost effective product.
I do doubt that it will happen sooner or later, mainly due to the history of failed commercial projections, the large bonuses paid IMO prematurely which for me sheds doubt on their credibility, and as I stated above I find it very very hard to believe the stock isn't reflecting the true status of developments.
For all of these reasons I will wait for the news to change my mind.
Agree. In that case what else could stop LWLG pps from flying?
Make no mistake...Announcement of PDK completion will be a Validation of Lightwave's business model-
Especially when the name of the Foundry partner is announced
anyone downplaying the importance of that kind of accomplishment simply doesn't understand the Bigger Picture-
And that's the opinion I'm sticking to
futr
Pitcook, this post makes sense to me too.
Pitcook. This post of yours make a lots of senses.
I don't blame you or any other newbie, but any true long-timer would never ever, ever want to see the share-price go lower. If you had more than enough shares (imagine more than 1,000,000) you only after more than at least a decade owning the stock, wake up every day hoping to see news of an actual financial DEAL!!!!, and see the stock go up and up. The ones that don't are playing games, or are too blind by sycophantism.
Carl, you are correct about the future volatility of Lightwave Logic. The near term volatility will be based on the press releases that explain Lebby’s on stage proclamation at the EPIC Summit “Its real. It’s happening!” The more intermediate volatility will come from the press releases about technology transfer agreements and licensing agreements. The longer term volatility will come from the analysts changing their EPS estimates as the EO Polymer technology spreads out.
I am old enough to remember when Apple and Microsoft were pre-revenue and still private companies. If only I had money back then!
When it comes to shorting, I'm still pi$$ed about the hit-job that happened earlier this year, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to accumulate. Some, but not all shorts are likely to regret their wager soon IMHO. LWLG is volatile and it will continue to be that way, even after the anticipated PDK announcements IMHO. I don't expect the volatility to calm down until the company starts talking about revenues and forward guidance.
I am a long but cannot dispute anything you say in this post. Many excuse makers on this board but that has been going on for over 15 years.
My credits are to Lebby,Leonberger and the staff they assembled. Without those two, LWLG would have disappeared.
I have never been against people willing to short a stock as they provide a service to the public. If they do it illegally, that is a different story.
pitcook, I've only been in LWLG since shortly before the up-listing to the NASDAQ. I've bought as high as $10.14 and as low as $6.50 as finances permitted. I'm no penny-long by a long shot, but I embrace the dips and take advantage of them whenever possible. The pps is sometimes disappointing, but also a gift in my book. Personally, I'm just hoping to establish my retirement when the time comes. For the penny longs, I have no problem with them taking advantage of the dips. They are likely looking at generational wealth that they can pass down. Personally, I'm just trying to get my sh!t together with a retirement plan. The shorts are a pain in the arse to some, but they are a gift to many. We all have our own individual motivations and mine is long-term. That said, while I consider the deflated value to be a gift, I hope the Shorts take a Long Walk on a Short Pier soon. That may take a few months if the company's forecast works out the way that many of us believe. PDK announcements might help, but revenues and forward guidance will be key. I'm guessing the next 7 months will be interesting and the next 5 years might be incredible if LWLG delivers.
Woah wait a second. LWLG doesn't have any revenue? How did these professional interviewers do the DD to figure that out??
Shoooooot, I better start selling my shares, I had no idea!
Clearly you believe this could go either way then, and you are willing to play both sides.
From LWLG's own lab you admit their devices are functional and worthy of fabrication since 7 foundries have NDA's?
From 3rd party testimonies (testing for speed and power) you admit that new world records have been recorded with the GOO utilized on their prototypes that are non-silicon based or have other compounds utilized in these devices?
And now you are waiting to know if these devices will be commercially viable?
You doubt it will happen in 2022?
But do you doubt that it will every happen?
Waiting with bated breath,
L_R
Darn it why do you you have to screw with me?
"Do you guys literally not understand that you can purchase more shares when the price drops? Do really want to own less shares than more shares? Over the long haul the shorts providing discounted shares is of benefit to the longs that are buying them."
Probably, and I assumed that was the case when I read it. I think his post was helpful. Most I think we’re looking at the expected results slide and not that one.
Jimjet is it OK if I say I'm doing other things and don't say what?
I do have a life, this is a sideline.
Honest.
Do the math 400k of the 600k shares were shorts. I could be wrong? Check my math working on other stuff, but that is how it looks.
X
Blocks >=1K
Earlier blocks in the replied to post, charts at the bottom.
Comment: looks like a shakedown to me...
11/28/22 16:00:01 8.08 7.92 8.15 62,900
11/28/22 16:00:01 8.055 7.92 8.15 62,927
11/28/22 15:59:39 8.04 8.03 8.04 1,600
11/28/22 15:55:14 8.03 8.02 8.03 1,600
11/28/22 15:55:14 8.025 8.02 8.03 1,600
11/28/22 15:55:13 8.025 8.02 8.03 1,600
11/28/22 15:54:43 8.025 8.02 8.03 2,100
11/28/22 15:54:43 8.0223 8.02 8.03 4,000
11/28/22 15:52:10 8.03 8.03 8.04 2,000
11/28/22 15:51:30 8.05 8.05 8.06 1,000
11/28/22 15:51:30 8.05 8.05 8.06 1,000
11/28/22 15:51:30 8.05 8.05 8.06 1,000
11/28/22 15:51:30 8.05 8.05 8.06 1,000
11/28/22 15:50:52 8.055 8.05 8.06 1,000
11/28/22 15:49:12 8.05 8.05 8.06 1,900
11/28/22 15:37:08 8.08 8.08 8.09 1,100
11/28/22 15:37:08 8.08 8.08 8.09 3,400
11/28/22 15:30:04 8.08 8.08 8.09 1,000
11/28/22 15:30:04 8.08 8.08 8.09 3,300
11/28/22 15:12:46 8.08 8.07 8.09 1,569
11/28/22 15:10:50 8.0691 8.06 8.07 1,000
11/28/22 15:09:46 8.0691 8.06 8.07 1,000
11/28/22 15:06:08 8.07 8.06 8.07 1,279
11/28/22 15:04:43 8.0692 8.06 8.07 1,200
11/28/22 14:38:47 8.0863 8.05 8.09 1,000
11/28/22 14:37:46 8.052 8.06 8.09 1,600
11/28/22 14:34:59 8.07 8.05 8.08 1,000
11/28/22 14:32:43 8.07 8.06 8.09 4,800
11/28/22 14:31:44 8.075 8.06 8.09 1,000
11/28/22 14:28:16 8.08 8.06 8.08 1,100
11/28/22 14:26:58 8.068 8.05 8.07 1,000
11/28/22 14:26:58 8.068 8.05 8.07 1,900
11/28/22 14:26:50 8.05 8.06 8.07 1,800
11/28/22 14:26:29 8.06 8.06 8.08 1,100
11/28/22 14:25:09 8.035 8.02 8.05 2,900
11/28/22 14:18:45 8.05 8.05 8.08 1,000
11/28/22 14:12:30 8.09 8.08 8.11 1,000
11/28/22 14:09:13 8.135 8.12 8.15 1,000
11/28/22 13:44:08 8.215 8.20 8.23 1,000
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.20 8.23 1,710
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 1,000
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.24 8.25 8.29 2,500
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.24 8.25 8.29 7,200
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.24 8.25 8.29 1,200
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 1,000
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 1,000
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 1,000
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 4,900
11/28/22 13:37:03 8.25 8.25 8.29 2,000
11/28/22 13:28:40 8.25 8.25 8.30 1,500
11/28/22 13:27:37 8.2997 8.25 8.28 1,000
11/28/22 13:27:36 8.277 8.25 8.28 1,300
11/28/22 13:23:00 8.25 8.25 8.27 1,000
11/28/22 13:18:36 8.265 8.25 8.27 1,293
11/28/22 12:59:59 8.26 8.26 8.30 1,100
11/28/22 12:56:39 8.3256 8.30 8.34 1,000
11/28/22 12:51:16 8.34 8.37 8.40 5,000
11/28/22 12:43:36 8.395 8.38 8.41 1,000
11/28/22 12:30:10 8.4199 8.37 8.42 1,000
11/28/22 12:20:22 8.42 8.42 8.45 1,100
11/28/22 12:18:33 8.44 8.45 8.50 1,100
11/28/22 12:15:00 8.44 8.50 8.54 5,300
11/28/22 12:15:00 8.46 8.50 8.54 1,200
11/28/22 12:15:00 8.50 8.50 8.54 1,200
11/28/22 12:15:00 8.50 8.50 8.54 2,100
11/28/22 11:28:34 8.56 8.56 8.58 1,100
11/28/22 11:16:58 8.565 8.54 8.59 2,000
11/28/22 11:08:56 8.60 8.61 8.65 4,000
11/28/22 11:08:56 8.60 8.61 8.65 6,000
11/28/22 10:55:45 8.65 8.61 8.66 2,200
11/28/22 10:55:45 8.65 8.61 8.66 7,400
11/28/22 10:43:59 8.6501 8.67 8.70 1,700
11/28/22 10:39:52 8.61 8.66 8.71 2,000
11/28/22 10:34:47 8.61 8.61 8.70 1,000
11/28/22 10:32:36 8.71 8.71 8.74 1,300
11/28/22 10:25:31 8.60 8.56 8.61 1,177
11/28/22 10:25:31 8.60 8.60 8.65 9,000
11/28/22 10:25:31 8.60 8.60 8.65 1,100
11/28/22 10:25:31 8.60 8.60 8.65 2,000
11/28/22 10:25:31 8.60 8.60 8.65 1,000
11/28/22 10:25:23 8.60 8.60 8.66 1,500
11/28/22 10:25:23 8.60 8.60 8.66 1,200
11/28/22 09:47:11 8.70 8.70 8.74 1,000
11/28/22 09:33:04 8.80 8.78 8.94 1,000
11/28/22 09:30:01 8.76 8.71 8.86 5,300
11/28/22 09:30:01 8.76 8.36 8.78 3,300
11/25/22 13:00:03 8.92 8.45 9.34 1,321
11/25/22 13:00:00 8.92 8.88 8.92 15,600
11/25/22 12:51:01 8.92 8.90 8.92 1,000
11/25/22 12:45:53 8.88 8.85 8.88 1,000
11/25/22 12:27:34 8.8676 8.83 8.89 1,100
11/25/22 12:26:12 8.872 8.87 8.90 1,200
11/25/22 11:45:03 8.84 8.82 8.85 1,154
11/25/22 11:44:45 8.7501 8.75 8.79 1,300
11/25/22 11:36:04 8.79 8.74 8.79 1,100
11/25/22 10:01:20 8.73 8.72 8.81 1,000
11/25/22 09:31:25 8.76 8.76 8.89 1,500
11/25/22 09:30:01 8.79 8.76 8.92 8,580
11/23/22 16:00:05 8.76 7.50 9.00 3,000
11/23/22 16:00:00 8.76 8.73 8.80 29,900
11/23/22 16:00:00 8.77 8.73 8.80 29,671
11/23/22 15:42:26 8.80 8.78 8.80 2,500
11/23/22 15:42:26 8.80 8.78 8.80 1,000
11/23/22 15:42:26 8.80 8.78 8.80 2,900
11/23/22 15:42:26 8.80 8.78 8.80 2,000
11/23/22 15:33:10 8.7809 8.78 8.79 1,000
11/23/22 14:48:30 8.75 8.70 8.74 8,900
11/23/22 14:47:36 8.7356 8.69 8.74 1,000
11/23/22 14:34:58 8.69 8.70 8.72 1,000
11/23/22 14:15:46 8.68 8.68 8.73 4,000
11/23/22 14:05:46 8.781 8.80 8.84 1,700
11/23/22 14:04:55 8.79 8.79 8.80 1,900
11/23/22 14:01:57 8.71 8.68 8.71 8,600
11/23/22 14:00:08 8.71 8.67 8.70 1,000
11/23/22 14:00:08 8.71 8.67 8.70 1,100
11/23/22 14:00:08 8.70 8.67 8.70 3,600
11/23/22 14:00:07 8.70 8.68 8.71 9,735
11/23/22 13:19:53 8.4325 8.41 8.46 1,100
11/23/22 13:19:40 8.46 8.49 8.52 1,400
11/23/22 13:04:08 8.4599 8.43 8.46 6,000
11/23/22 13:04:08 8.46 8.43 8.46 1,900
11/23/22 13:04:08 8.4599 8.43 8.46 1,900
11/23/22 12:58:29 8.35 8.38 8.42 5,200
11/23/22 12:58:29 8.35 8.38 8.42 2,500
11/23/22 12:43:26 8.51 8.40 8.47 5,800
11/23/22 12:43:18 8.43 8.43 8.47 1,900
11/23/22 12:43:15 8.43 8.43 8.47 1,300
11/23/22 12:00:18 8.4006 8.40 8.44 1,000
11/23/22 11:53:34 8.50 8.51 8.53 1,700
11/23/22 11:53:34 8.50 8.51 8.53 8,400
11/23/22 11:52:57 8.52 8.52 8.53 5,200
11/23/22 11:50:51 8.52 8.51 8.52 1,000
11/23/22 11:41:06 8.5202 8.52 8.57 1,500
11/23/22 11:38:50 8.53 8.52 8.57 2,900
11/23/22 11:37:31 8.55 8.52 8.55 1,200
11/23/22 11:31:49 8.51 8.51 8.56 1,000
11/23/22 11:22:20 8.63 8.61 8.65 1,200
11/23/22 11:06:28 8.6404 8.64 8.69 2,000
11/23/22 11:03:06 8.64 8.64 8.70 2,000
11/23/22 10:55:38 8.7309 8.71 8.75 1,200
11/23/22 10:55:20 8.70 8.65 8.70 1,500
11/23/22 10:54:14 8.6889 8.65 8.70 2,000
11/23/22 10:52:42 8.71 8.64 8.71 1,000
11/23/22 10:37:25 8.7276 8.71 8.74 1,000
11/23/22 10:26:44 8.70 8.64 8.70 4,500
11/23/22 10:26:44 8.70 8.64 8.70 1,200
11/23/22 10:26:44 8.70 8.64 8.70 2,800
11/23/22 10:26:44 8.70 8.64 8.70 2,000
11/23/22 10:22:24 8.62 8.57 8.60 1,000
11/23/22 09:53:43 8.52 8.49 8.55 1,000
11/23/22 09:30:00 8.37 8.36 8.50 4,024
11/23/22 09:30:00 8.37 8.39 9.12 4,900
11/22/22 16:00:11 8.36 7.90 9.89 7,800
11/22/22 16:00:11 8.36 7.90 9.89 4,000
As info 1.5 million more borrowed today than this morning then low and behold 1.15 returned by the end of the day (free for them all day thanks to someone) currently 17.4 million short interest.
Loaned is current 21.5 million shares.
X some day you guys will understand. I SWEAR, They play some of YOU.
Yeah that was a great move and good for those that profited.
I don’t intend to miss the next move at all whether it’s up or down. Definitely not all in. Not until they prove commercial readiness.
Fair enough. It’s easy to overstay one’s welcome, when never welcomed in the first place. Challenges to deeply held beliefs are welcomed by only a few.
I've satisfied my tax selling quota for this year. Everything I've sold whether gain or loss, was reinvested in LWLG. I don't expect huge price movement if/WHEN the company starts announcing satisfactory PDKs, but if/WHEN they start posting revenues and forward guidance.... It should be party time. The next 7 months will be interesting. If it all works out the way we think it may, the next 5 years will be VERY interesting. I believe the company will meet most, if not all of the projections they've provided so far.
I think you and others were too late when this jumped from $.50 to $7.00 plus.
Missed that boat didn't we?
If investors are not all in then the next jump from $7.00 to $50.00 will be too late again.
Are we all in?
L_R
Inflation probably justifies for selling at $0.85
I can not wait to see how the year end of year tax selling plays out. Pretty cool.
Do they sell and hope nothing happens with the foundries? Um, Brilliant? BOD CPA, let us see, if not, sorry done with him. Let us see, as for me, yawn, I can wait, yawn.
X
You are the leaf on the windshield wiper that cannot be dislodged. Have to give you credit for annoying the majority of the board.
Lebby has six weeks to give something to the faithful.
1)Just an update from the company and a Christmas greeting. Stock will find the abyss very quickly if the response is not good.
2)Update is from the foundry to LWLG and they pass it on. Investors want to know a timeline for results. This is dragging on for many of us and fatigue is setting in.
3)We get news of a partnership,license or whatever but money will be coming in. That is what we hope for and then Christmas will be jolly.
4)By mid-January no update and LWLG cannot be reached. I am sure Lebby will not plan for this as he must be keeping institutional shareholders up to date.
Wish I had a guess what road we travel but LWLG is unpredictable. I miss TwoCents and Photonics Guy as they were two of the best posters here.
Shall we still sell at 50 cents?
From Richard's post that you are referring to
Remember folks it goes down way faster than it goes up. Market cap should be 250m at most. They have a lot HYPE to prove real.
#scam
What was the purpose of your post. If you actually looked at the document posted you would have seen that Blockrock (the main Fund) still owns approximately 7,000,000 shs.
Do your homework !
Question for the Pros: Would a foundry that has perfected a PDK sell it to a foundry, whose customers don't compete with the customers of the PDK creator?
First, I believe it is a fairy tale myth that it will be 'much too late' to wait until further confirmation. That may not be exactly what you are saying, but the point is that it is likely that money can be made for quite some time after deals are announced.
As for Richard's post, yes he is respected and people like his posts, but 43 people don't like every post he makes. As I showed people went from being excited back in June to interpret the guideliness to mean we should see commercial announcements this year, to showing nearly no excitement at all...KCC himself said just a few days ago that 'nobody' knows 100% what should be expected...there was a need for a post like Richard's to drill down into what should be expected, (although I still wonder why he thinks beta testing results can be announced before alpha testing results?)..
Richard put to rest the myth being perpetuated by some that the results the company says to expect have no specifics and can fall under the category of a general 'update'...one in particular who has admitted both being 'close' to the company (ie leak?), and wanting to buy more shares cheaply (purposefully distorting the company message?)..
Richard is trying to keep things honest, just as I am...Good job by him.
Where's that revenue again? None? Okay, how about customers then, where are they? None? Okay, how about an actual product, how many of those are there? None? Okay. Geez, I see no reason to be skeptical, none at all <smh>
I believe Richard gets these likes because he knows what he is talking about.
He understands the industry and knows what are sensible questions.and what are not.
Could it be that skepticism and doubts come from ignorance of the facts. I think so. It appears that way.
Soon we will all be believers but by nature it seems some will remain skeptics until they are overwhelmed by the revenue coming in. But by then it will be much too late.
Best
L_R
hilarious, Curly and Moe do a like on Chuckle the Clown's disinformation post.
The Fab Four Fakers keeps posting on and on.
Oops my fault. Always multi-tasking not allowed to say what I'm doing.
X
Watch those fat fingers. 19 million on loan. I almost had a heart attack.
Some of us just “get it” Why else would Richard bother, and why would the people liking it bother?
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The need for Lightwave Logic’s proprietary electro-optic polymers is more evident than at any prior point in history, with internet infrastructure coming under increasing strain due to increased online activity. For example, during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, leading platforms such as YouTube prevented high-definition (HD) streaming in Europe due to data throughput issues in existing internet infrastructure.
The Company’s current focus is on the datacom and telecommunications hardware supply chain for the 100 Gbps and 400 Gbps fiber optics communications market, seeking to integrate its proprietary materials into the devices that comprise key components in today’s internet infrastructure. Lightwave Logic’s unique value proposition, including ease of manufacture relative to traditional solutions, has driven several tier-1 and tier-2 potential strategic partners in the data and telecommunications markets to enter into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with Lightwave Logic to evaluate its technology for use in their devices, validating the demand for the Company’s solution in the marketplace. The Company expects to introduce its technology into the commercial marketplace in the near future.
Lightwave Logic is a wholly U.S.-based company with in-house materials synthesis, device/package design, wafer fabrication and testing capabilities at its Englewood, Colorado headquarters.
Having the modulator and integrated circuit development in-house has informed the materials development direction and vice versa. This vertically integrated business model enables a superior platform by aligning the design for manufacturability from materials to complex circuits with the following benefits:
Materials are called electro-optic when they enable interactions between applied electric fields and light passing through them. Notably, they change the refractive index seen by the light with minimum loss. The result is an instantaneous and accurate conversion of an electrical signal to an optical signal. Optical signals are better for transmission over distance: an increasingly useful feature as digital signal speeds are now reaching the GHz and THz ranges and the corresponding electrical transmission distances are shrinking to meters and centimeters.
EO polymers are intrinsically superior in speed and sensitivity to electric field to traditional electro-optic materials such as Lithium Niobate, Indium Phosphide and Silicon. They are engineered materials, made by embedding a variety of specially designed electro-optic chromophore molecules into a wide range of standard host polymers.
Chromophores are complex, large molecules, on a scale akin to drug molecules. They are hyperpolarizable, meaning their electron clouds are easily pulled into a different shape by the applied electric field, changing their optical properties such as index of refraction.
The material is poled to become electro-optic by applying a strong electric field along with heat. The hot material is relatively soft, allowing the chromophore molecules suspended in the host polymer to align in the same direction (poling). Cooling the poled material after the molecules are in place traps them in their active state even after the poling field is removed.
Although the electrons in the material respond to any applied electric field, they remain tightly bound to the molecule. The response to an applied signal is almost instantaneous response and recovery– like that of a tight spring– unlike materials that involve much slower macroscopic movement of free electrons.
Another key difference from traditional crystalline materials is the performance of EO polymers continues to improve as chemists explore the almost unlimited design space. Combinations of chromophores and host polymers can be tailored for specific applications.
In addition to innovating the EO polymer materials, Lightwave Logic takes its technology platform to the next level by developing ancillary materials and processes. These elements are brought together and demonstrated in advanced high-speed optical modulators.
The polymer is spun onto silicon wafers and standard microfabrication techniques are used to deposit and pattern metal electrodes and optical waveguides.
One well-known optical modulator device is the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The light output is changed by changing the relative phase between the two arms. One common trick to double the effect for the same available drive voltage is to drive the two arms in opposite directions (push-pull mode). Polymers have an interesting advantage over most other electro-optic materials which are crystalline. The direction of polymer’s electro-optic activity is entirely determined by the direction of the applied poling field. By poling the two arms of the Mach-Zehnder in opposite directions, the resulting device automatically has push-pull operation with a single applied signal.
Once the modulator chip is made, it is packaged for mechanical protection and also to ensure signal quality for electrical and optical connections.
Below is a polymer optical modulator with >60 GHz bandwidth packaged with high-speed electrical connectors and optical pigtails.
Inspired by the remarkable record of integrated microelectronics, the opto-electronics industry has great interest in developing photonic integrated circuits (PICS). Photonics refers to devices that manipulate photons—that is, light—rather than electrons.
Even the best individual devices can be made more functional by integrating many together. Integration has many benefits, the most notable being dramatic improvements in size and cost. Yet, photonic integration has only recently come into the spotlight. The primary applications for photonics used to require stand-alone, high performance components such as used for long-haul telecom.
Now, photonic integration has suddenly come into the spotlight as electronic interconnects struggle to keep up with speed increases of electronic chips. Photonics is being looked at to replace electronics in already highly integrated applications such as chip interconnect. Co-packaging of electronics integrated circuits (ICs) with photonic interconnect, considered unlikely a few years ago, is now viewed by many as inevitable. However, this requirement poses new challenges that are acknowledged as difficult and that new technologies will be required to meet them.
P2IC™ (Polymer Photonic Integrated Circuits) are ideally positioned to be one of these new technologies. Lightwave Logic’s devices are made using conventional wafer-scale processing such as used for microelectronics and therefore similarly capable of being integrated. In addition, the polymer microfabrication processes are compatible with other materials platforms such as Silicon Photonics and Indium Phosphide which are now starting to become more integrated. In particular, the Silicon Photonics ecosystem has recently accepted that its roadmap will include adding more and more materials, each for their specific benefits. EO polymers’ speed and voltage advantages are attractive additions to this ecosystem.
A fiber link sends data from a transmitter to a receiver through an optical fiber cable. Lightwave Logic’s technology can be used to make a data modulator, a central function of the transmitter.
Datacenters and high-performance computing (HPC) are two market segments that demand the very highest speed optical fiber communications. The datacenter fiber communications segment includes applications ranging from connections inside hyperscale datacenters to fiber links between datacenter campuses.
Optical fiber communication is the infrastructure that supports internet content through its entire lifecycle, between businesses, consumers and datacenters. Behind the scenes, massive amounts of data move between computer processors inside datacenters (or inside supercomputers) as content is generated. In addition to these intra-datacenter links, there are also significant datacenter interconnection links between big datacenters to provide flexible capacity and resilience – all of these represent significant addressable market segments for Lightwave Logic’s technology.
Modulator performance limits the speed of the transmitter, which in turn limits the data-carrying capacity of the entire fiber link. EO polymers have superior speed and sharply reduce the electrical power needed to operate the modulators.
Lightwave Logic estimates that in 2019, the total market for opto-electronic components used in the fiber optics market reached a value of ~$26 billion and is forecasted to grow to approximately $80 billion by 2030.
Above: Market forecasts for photonic (electro-optic) components and transceivers used in optical fiber communications. (Source: Oculi LLC)
The growth in the optical fiber communications market is driven by many factors, primarily:
The historic trend has been a migration from text to graphics, followed by still graphics to increasingly high-definition video. On the accessibility front, the introduction of 5G will enable low-cost mobile internet connections at the same, or higher speeds, as today’s home broadband. This trend continues today as users demand more data at all times.
Recently, particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a sharp increase in reliance on video-conferencing services, often replacing in-person meetings. As video conferencing becomes more commonly used, users will continue to demand faster response times to enable no-lag, real-time communications in full HD.
The benefits of EO polymers, such as low power usage, high speed, increased throughput and lower cost make them ideally suited for markets outside of communications as well, including in consumer, media, augmented reality/virtual reality, medical and industrial applications.
Developing, protecting and commercializing intellectual property is central to Lightwave Logic’s identity as a technology company. Lightwave Logic has over 50 U.S. and international patents and applications that are issued or pending.
These patents provide freedom of manufacture for the company’s electro-optic (EO) polymer materials systems and its optical device technology.
Lightwave Logic’s patent portfolio covers the following areas:
The company continuously seeks to innovate new electro-optic chromophores, designing molecular architectures to meet application needs such as high electro-optic activity and stability. We also design ancillary materials that are useful in conjunction with the EO polymers themselves. Example patents within the materials category include:
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US Patent 7,902,322 | Nonlinear optical chromophores with stabilizing substituent and electro-optic devices |
US Patent 9,535,215 | Fluorinated Sol-Gel Low Refractive Index Hybrid Optical Cladding and Electro-Optic Devices Made Therefrom |
As the company demonstrates its materials in devices, such as modulators, it has engineered ways to enhance device performance by means of device design and optimized control. Example patents within the optical device category include:
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US Patent 10,520,673 | Protection layers for polymer modulators/waveguides |
US Patent 7,738,745 | Method of Biasing and Operating Electr-Optic Polymer Optical Modulators |
Materials innovations are followed by methods in which the Company or its partners can best work with the materials in the fabrication process. Example patents within the fabrication category include:
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US Patent Application 20190353843 | Fabrication process of polymer based photonic apparatus and the apparatus |
US Patent 10,591,755 | Direct-drive polymer modulator methods of fabricating and materials therefor |
Polymers can be used to add functionality to existing semiconductor devices, inclusive of making photonic integrated circuits (ICs). Areas of active innovation include how to get light from one material system into another with minimal losses. Example patents within the semiconductor integration category include:
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US Patent 10,527,786 | Polymer modulator and laser integrated on a common platform and method |
US Patent 10,511,146 | Guide transition device with digital grating deflectors and method |
Challenges for high-speed optical packaging includes maintaining the quality of radio-frequency electrical signals and hermetic/environmental sealing of devices for durability (while still allowing light to go through). Example patents within the packaging category include:
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US Patent 10,574,025 | Hermetic capsule and method for a monolithic photonic integrated circuit |
US Patent 10,162,111 | Multi-fiber/port hermetic capsule sealed by metallization and method |
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