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Rick, here is Intel product sheet on PSM4, looks like 3.5 watts power still fairly high number, it's small form factor, looks like CFP4, can't imagine price being that disruptive
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/silicon-photonics/optical-transceiver-100g-psm4-qsfp28-brief.html
If Lebby's pumped on Lightwave Logic long awaited true next-gen device(s) then so am I and everyone else should be to, after all his bio is quite extraordinary!
Dr. Michael Lebby
Presently, Michael is driving new frontiers in the integrated photonics field as CEO of OneChip Photonics as well as a part-time full professor, and chair of optoelectronics at Glyndwr University in Wales, UK. In 2015, Michael has been focusing on InP-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), polymer modulators, and optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs) for the data center segment and has been involved in assembling California’s proposal (via USC) to the Federal Government for an integrated photonics manufacturing institute. Michael also synthesized the proposal’s data center and integrated photonics roadmaps for the next decade.
Michael is well known in the optoelectronics field as an expert witness, and has been active in a number of cases. Michael has headed the USA trade association for optoelectronics in Washington DC (2005-2010) and has lead a number of venture backed high technology start-ups in the photonics segment. Michael has also worked at AT&T Bell Labs, Motorola, Intel, TE Connectivity, Oclaro, and the British Government in the photonics and electronics field.
With more than 200 USPTO utility patents issued in the field of optoelectronics (over 395 including worldwide patents), Michael has been cited by the USPTO to be in the most prolific 75 inventors in the country from 1988-1997. Michael is a Fellow member of IEEE and OSA, and has testified on behalf of the optoelectronics industry while working for OIDA on Capitol Hill. Michael has given numerous invited and keynote talks, speeches, panel discussions, depositions, and interviews. The subjects have ranged from the IC semiconductor industry to optoelectronics to modern trends of green photonics, both nationally and internationally over the past two decades. Michael has 2 doctorates and a MBA from the University of Bradford in the UK and is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng).
New way to purify carbon nanotubes could open the way to low cost and large scale commercialization
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/08/new-way-to-purify-carbon-nanotubes.html
from the article,
The next step, he explains, is for his team or other researchers to exploit the discovery by finding a way to develop even more efficient polymers and scale up the process for commercial production.
Abstract
In the pursuit of next-generation polymers for the selective dispersion and purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), understanding the key parameters dictating polymer selectivity is imperative. Simple modification of a poly(fluorene-co-pyridine) backbone, such that it is transformed from being electron-rich to -poor, has a significant impact on the electronic nature of the SWNTs dispersed. The unmodified copolymer bearing an electron-rich fluorene co-monomer preferentially forms stable colloids with sc-SWNTs, while the methylated copolymer bearing electron-withdrawing cationic charges produces dispersions that are more enriched with m-SWNTs. This work provides a clear indication that polymer electronics plays an important role.
SOURCES- Chemistry, McMaster University, Eurekalert
X, glad to see you chiming in here, honestly I have been worried that perhaps you had personal issues because you have resisted posting despite what I consider to be 3 of the greatest pr's in a row ever! I hope you will choose to not be such a stranger around here going forward as we close in on unveiling a long awaited true next-gen device
will Lebby have a demonstration device in hand for the following event,
Lightwave Logic Invited to Present at the Prestigious European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) Exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany on September 19, 2016
from the July 12th pr, the timetable for delivery had been accelerated from the previous pr,
"During the next several months we will unveil our first ridge waveguide modulator to address the requirements of the OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) and OC-192 (10 Gbps) carrier market. Given the amount of industry interest we have previously received, this initial effort is designed to prove that our P2IC™ platform can meet commercial requirements. However, the ultimate goal remains to demonstrate that our technology is scalable to 200 Gbps and beyond. We expect to meet that demand."
so it looks like there is a real possibility for unveiling at this event, and I'm sure the push is on to accomplish this, also interesting is that there was a technical (white?) paper submitted to be considered for the invitation,
Tom Zelibor, Chairman and CEO of Lightwave Logic commented, "We are honored that the ECOC board accepted our written technical paper submission and have invited us to introduce our advanced organic electro-optic polymer technology to this important audience of industry decision makers."
I would expect that as the conference date approaches we may learn more, I would also expect the pps to rise going into the event, hopefully Lebby hits one out of the park for us long-time believers here!
Rick, if you click on each of the six product family links near the bottom of the website you provided, they are all 5" x 7" except for one being the CFP2, looks like their products are sure selling well, but can those sizes be disruptive? I thought one of the big challenges is to shrink things down to chip level to be disruptive, no?
tkg, With twenty-seven sessions scheduled, the 2016 Market Focus will begin at 11.10am on Day One of the show and will focus on Service Provider Optical Transmission. The session will include presentations from Ovum, II-IV Photonics and OFS. Returning speaker Andrew Schmitt, Founder and Lead Analyst at Cignal AI, will discuss Metro 100G+ Deployment Revenue and Technology Overview.
The afternoon will cover Photonic Integration and Digital Silicon Photonics, starting at 1.30pm with a presentation from LightCounting. Further presentations include Lightwave Logic Inc., Acacia Communications and Intel, who will cover Silicon Photonics and the future of Optical Connectivity in the Data Center.
http://www.ecocexhibition.com/marketfocus
regardless of what form this publication takes, it's value will be strongly dependent on the prototype demonstration.
Rick, it would be great if an initial proto device were to be available for demonstration, certainly not out of the question, at a minimum we have something of great importance to look forward to in about a month's time, with or without a proto in hand
btw, based on Dutch's post I did not see either GIG or POETF mentioned
POET Technologies Reports Another Significant Step Toward Its Goal of Commercializing Its Integrated Opto-Electronics Technology Platform
GlobeNewswire•August 9, 2016
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “POET”) (POETF) (TSX Venture:PTK), a developer of opto-electronics fabrication processes for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has taken one more significant step toward its goal of developing a fully integrated commercial opto-electronic technology platform.
The specific and significant milestone achieved is the first demonstration of functional Hetero-junction Field Effect Transistors (HFETs) down to 250nm effective gate lengths on the same proprietary epitaxy and utilizing the same integrated process sequence that was previously used to demonstrate high performance detectors. This milestone is the latest in POET’s initiative to integrate a detector, HFET and laser together into a single chip, the three key components of an active optical cable, a current market target for POET.
“Two of the three critical individual pieces of an integrated opto-electronic product are now in place and undergoing their respective optimization cycles,” said Dr. Subhash Deshmukh, POET’s Chief Operating Officer. “As reported earlier, we have encountered delays in completing the VCSEL milestone. The VCSEL continues to be our focus, even while we simultaneously make progress on other aspects of the technology. The characterization that has been done to date on the VCSEL points to required optimization of a few layers in a very complex and unique epitaxial stack and fine tuning of the resonant cavity mode. The new and optimized epitaxial structure is expected to be delivered to the foundry for processing over the next couple of months,” said Dr. Deshmukh. “We have not uncovered any fundamental show-stoppers. We are charting new territory here and as pointed out at the recent town hall meeting and at the annual meeting of shareholders, technical issues are commonly encountered throughout the R&D process and we are systematically understanding and addressing these issues.”
POET has already demonstrated electrical functionality of the VCSEL with desired thyristor characteristics and demonstrated lasing modes through optical pumping of the VCSEL cavity (in other words light emission was detected on the epitaxial wafer surface). However in order to enable electrical pumping of the VCSEL, the team has had to redesign some aspects of the epitaxial stack. VCSEL functionality was previously verified in a lab setting and the functionality of that original laser has been retested and reconfirmed.
“POET management is delighted to report this new achievement and reaffirms their confidence in the roadmap and progress in the lab to fab to commercialization of monolithic opto-electronic products. We will provide the next update around the earnings call, which we intend to schedule for early Q4 2016,” said Dr. Suresh Venkatesan.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poet-technologies-reports-another-significant-230000156.html
sounds like significant progress has been made since the last update and we are getting closer to commercial product ready, Rick, would appreciate your thoughts tia
funny I just posted the simpson's "are we there yet" this morning, I was getting tired of waiting for another update, and while I wish we had gotten a final deliverable, this is pretty good
are we there yet?
the guys you cite are "advisors" and board members
uh, first.the guy you cited Mr. George Lauro was a board member, so you can't have your cake and eat it too
and second, very hard to get "Jim" from your saying the following "hard keeping folks around; except, of course, those who have nowhere else to go."
lol, glta
and oh yeah, I believe Terry Turpin has been here the whole 10 years, he was one of the reasons I bought in originally
Gates, I know you are not a BS'er based on many years of posts here, so I am excited to hear something you consider very positive "experience" has come your way, but you are killing me with wondering what the heck it could be, now not asking you to reveal it here, but maybe a clue or two if possible would be cool, lol
meanwhile , hopefully this week will give us all a PR "experience" that will take us to the next level
GLTA
He told me personally , Walter , We have something what others do not have.. I believe him.
BINGO!
Thanks Walter, I believe this confirms my assertion that the latest two PR's were telegraphing our impending success, I firmly believe that the science has reached the "tipping point", and that we are now into the final stages of device optimization
Dr Lebby is the axe of the industry. He will be once again chairing the International Photonics Conference in March 2017, and he will be once again presenting Lightwave Logic tech, only this time around he will have a demonstration device in hand, perhaps 10g (oc192) but more likey 25g or 40g, which will be completed by then based on disclosure in the latest pr imo
Remember, most of the greatest success stories are built on a foundation of "failures" which were actually stepping stones in an ongoing development process, this particular technology is highly complex, many of the biggest companies and brightest minds have already spent billions only to give up, Fred Goetz's original discovery is the cornerstone of what will be the first true next-gen materials/devices, Walter is right about those here who are "living in the past", the technology was still green until the developments of the past 2-3 years, I could lay these out for you here, but you can easily look them up, all the pieces are in place now and we will succeed in 2016 !!
except, of course, those who have nowhere else to go.
yeah nrdc92, nothing but a bunch of deadbeats left here who obviously are painted into a "career corner" at Lightwave Logic, lol
Dr. Frederick J. Leonberger: Senior Technology Advisor
Dr. David F. Eaton: Senior Technology Advisor
Dr. Louis Glasgow: Senior Advisor
Dr. Joseph A. Miller (BOD)
Dr. Michael Lebby (BOD)
from the May 13 2014 pr, Tom Zelibor, Lightwave Logic's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, "We are all very excited to have George join our Board of Directors. This is the perfect time in our Company's development to have someone with George's wide-ranging skill set and connections join our Board. His expertise with early technology commercialization, financial engineering, and investor presentation and messaging align perfectly with our needs and objectives."
Mr. Lauro said, "I am delighted to be joining the Board of a dynamic company like Lightwave Logic. I believe that the Company's proprietary organic materials and related photonic components could have a huge commercial impact across the datacom, telecom and computing sectors. I look forward to helping the Company and team achieve this potential."
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightwave-logic-announces-the-appointment-of-prominent-venture-capitalist-and-entrepreneur-george-lauro-to-its-board-of-directors-259064811.html
I know it has long been theorized on this board that Lightwave would be bought out long before ever selling actual devices, and most here I think would agree that Lauro's expertise would have been in this area
I have always hoped that if we really had a goose/golden egg thing, that we would pursue royalty/license agreements and build the company into a behemoth, so if the science truly has reached the "tipping point" and they know they now have true next-gen materials/devices in their hands, perhaps the idea of selling out has been taken off the table
Steve, it would be interesting to know the why factor, here is a link to Alteon Capital Partners, where Lauro is founding partner
http://alteoncapital.com/index.php/george-lauro/
anyone with further info please share tia
would be an awesome day for pr updating the progress of the development, the latest pr indicated a bump up in the previously announced timeline to unveil a 2.5g (oc48) proto by year-end 2016
"During the next several months we will unveil our first ridge waveguide modulator to address the requirements of the OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) and OC-192 (10 Gbps) carrier market."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lightwave-logic-designing-cost-effective-172600310.html
Richard, what I am saying is that considering over a billion dollars has been spent trying to create true next-gen materials/devices by many of the large companies over the last 25-30 years, all of which gave up, so with what we know today about Lightwave's developments to-date, in-hand, especially the latest 2 pr's, that one of those large companies might actually pay 10x today for the IP and what for what they have now under development
sounds crazy I know, but true next-gen material(s)/device(s) are a goose/golden eggs kinda thing
don't forget there are a lot of NDA's with those big companies currently in place, and if indeed the science has hit a "tipping point" discussions may have started taking place in some of those board rooms already, jmho
so, with all that in mind, when we unveil a true next-gen device complete with all the game changing stats (long before any 3rd party verification) the pps will skyrocket immediately imo
Richard, I don't know how long you have been following this true next-gen story, but over the past 25-30 years many of the largest companies have tried their hand and given up, together spending estimated over a billion dollars on their development efforts, just look at Lumera alone, it got 40 million from Cisco, another 40-50 million of Govt grants, plus, it landed a 20 million sucker punch to retail investors, all to play with an unstable CLD and fail, hey, that's over 100 million right there
imo, Lightwave IP alone is worth 10x today's valuation right now to one of the big boy companies looking to re-ante into the game (based on what we know today of our developments), that is why when we unveil a true next-gen device I think the pps will soar instantly
Rick, wonder how much they paid for this private company founded in 2008, makes me think back to the recent POET acquisition
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poet-technologies-announces-closing-acquisition-123000023.html
that one seemed like a very low dollar valuation if the potential for longer reach with InP were that promising to POET
from Aurrion website:
Through the integration of InP-materials into a silicon process flow, Aurrion:
http://www.aurrion.com/about/
end of July would be a good target.
mack, I know we are all anxious to hear news on the results of the optimizations which should come any day now, have you heard anything related to current timeframe expects as we enter into August now?
also, what exactly is promised for delivery, is it a full functioning transceiver (including the detector already showing great results)?
mc67, with the release of true next-gen devices as expected personally I would guess $5 to $10 range, the ultimate value if the company stayed independent would be at least 10x that, but many here theorize that the sale of the company will be inevitable, I would hope if an early buyout is approved that it would be at least a billion$ which currently is about $14
1. Be done already (my guess personally)
2. Be very short on the horizon with absolute confidence it can be accomplished.
BINGO!
F2, this is exactly the way I read the latest 2 pr's, they must be beyond the science "tipping point" now and the optimization stage of the device(s), so I agree it is time to back in the truck, load the boat, go all in now before the pps skyrockets, imo the next pr may well be the jaugernaut pr
as far as the current pps, it has held up well since the bump off the latest pr, still holding the 20 day sma consolidating in preparation for the next leg up, like rolling a snowball to make that snowman, each leg up will be greater than the last, so I would expect the next leg takes us back over a buck never to see pennies again
GLTA
Silicon Photonics Manufacturing
http://cian-erc.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/silicon-photonics-manufacturing-0
Gates, this is exactly what I have been saying as well,
so for example
if you had $6,500 to invest before the latest PR you could have bought 10,000 shares at .65, and currently at .80 that monies could buy 8,125 shares, and if we indeed overtake the 3.33 high you could get about 1,950 shares in passing, now if you wait for 3rd party verification arguably the share price would be quite a bit higher still and perhaps you could buy 1,000 shares or less at that time
of course risk/reward are always at odds so choosing to buy now is obviously more risky, but personally I view the latest 2 PRs as clear evidence of having reached the scientific "tipping point" and now they are optimizing the demonstration device(s), jmho
Challenges
One focus for imec and its partners is to reduce the overall insertion loss of silicon photonics circuits for short-reach interconnect applications. Such short-reach links span distances of up to a few meters, a market segment currently addressed using advanced copper cabling or VCSEL-based optical interconnects.
Because of the relatively high insertion loss of silicon photonics designs, it is not possible to achieve a sufficiently low-power consumption for such links. “That is a show-stopper because it prevents us closing link budgets,” says Van Campenhout. A link budget refers to the gain and losses across the elements making up the optical link such as the laser, modulator, optical fibre and receiver circuitry.
In order to drive up volumes, silicon photonics needs to become more competitive at shorter reaches where VCSELs are still the mainstream optical technology
The team is tackling the loss issue on two fronts: reducing the insertion loss between the fibre and the waveguide, and reducing the modulator's insertion loss which still exceeds that of other optical technologies.
“For these two parts of the technology, further improvements are required to reduce the overall losses,” says Van Campenhout. “That will enable us to be competitive at shorter distances.” These are engineering challenges, he stresses, rather than any fundamental problem.
Another silicon photonics research area being explored at imec include edge coupling solutions between the waveguide and fibre. “These can have very low insertions losses - one decibel or lower - but are polarisation sensitive," says Van Campenhout.
Packaging approaches that have a low insertion loss are also being developed, engineered in a way to enable passive alignment assembly procedures. Passively aligning the laser is a key part of reducing component packaging costs. “Silicon doesn’t have a laser so in the next few years it will continue to require hybrid solutions,” says Van Campenhout. “You need a good way to do passive alignment of laser sources, and also packaged in a way that doesn’t require a hermetic solution.”
Rick, the 2 latest pr's lead me to believe these issues are being solved with our tech currently, looking forward to the demo device(s) unveiling coming soon!
nice snap-back rally Friday with a large supporting bid at .80 most of the day, would have liked to have seen stronger volume but decent, so today looking for confirmation that this rally extends, if so. then I think it would be clear evidence that the market is believing the science has reached that "tipping point" I think Z conveyed in the latest 2 pr's
GLTA
Wise, the price held steady on a couple of low volume days, now today the price broke down and the volume is increasing, let's see if the price can recover here in the afternoon, that would be a very bullish short term chart and likely present a new paradigm for the pps direction, and one that we haven't witnessed here in a long time
I still believe the latest 2 pr's are so incredibly bullish that we are set to move much higher based on anticipated "fundamentals" of the next several months
from a traders perspective, interesting day, the volume is low but the price is holding up with a decent size bid, could indicate a breather in a rally that will continue, however, remember we are bumping up against the longer term trend line 200 day SMA at .84, so the price may stall and consolidate here, but if the price holds up on a low volume day, it could well suggest the setup for a breakout above this level, then the $1.00 level would become the next resistance imo, always a key psychological level
if it goes to .95 it goes to a buck, after all, $1.00 has been the overwhelming gravitational field for 10 years now solid, you can easily see this for yourselves by pulling up a 10 year chart
personally I don't think this is the time to game this stock for a matter of pennies on a trade and risk not getting them back cheaper, of course nothing ever goes completely straight up without pullbacks, but arguably we are close enough to a "game changing pr" that may see the pps double in a single day, so I wouldn't risk it
today is a pivotal trading day, as I predicted the volume and price have been swelling each and every day since the 2nd incredibly bullish pr issued (within a very short 3 week period) by the historically ultra conservative Z, but we have bumped into technical resistance now on the weekly chart SMA at .84, so if the rally continues the rest of this week, then I would expect the time has come that LWLG will be trading ABOVE the $1.00 mark again awaiting the "game changing pr", now how far above would be anybody's guess but historically that could be challenging the 3.33 high from a few years back
GLTA
thanks Rick, interesting to note that all these years later and the packaging costs still remain a top priority issue, it's looking more and more like the perks family will be the answer
Buc, similar to here, I don't believe profits are what is going to catapult the stock price there, I think one of 2 things will
1) a true next-gen proto complete with specs unveiled
2) they reach a science tipping point where the big boy NDA companies know they have "got it" and want to launch their buyout bid before the rest of the world learns of it
also, as Rick has pointed out, it is possible that Lightwave & Poet could work together on future proto developments, guess we will all have to wait and see how things play out for both companies
Rick, on the topic of detectors, what is your take on the poet technologies detector?
I was linked to this blog (by mack) talking about the success of their detector in proto testing, and I know they are working to incorporate it into a vcsel transceiver currently for short reach markets (GA)
https://rainerklute.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/outstanding-photodetector-beats-competition-by-multiples/
thanks Rick, we may finally be getting on the radar both within the industry and with investors; since this latest pr was issued the stock has moved higher by 23% (from .65 to .80) on steadily increasing volume, I believe as this story unfolds these type of gains and volume will look puny by comparison to what is coming over the next several months
GLTA
Buc, here's the link to Dr Lebby PIC presentation slides
http://lightwavelogic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PICconferenceDraftVer12.pdf
Walter, yes, and the next round of financing could be from warrants being exercised (or at least partially), interesting to see how it all plays out over the coming months
Buc, protos per latest pr --> "During the next several months we will unveil our first ridge waveguide modulator to address the requirements of the OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) and OC-192 (10 Gbps) carrier market"
As far as the 2017 timeframe, this is where devices are scaled up in speed to 100G, 200G, and beyond, and the 2018 timeframe is where the integrated transceiver devices will be ready just in time to crush the "purple wall" (see Dr Lebby slides from the PIC March 2016)
Xreturns, wow I was seriously worried that something bad might have happened to you because it is so uncharacteristic of you not to weigh in on progress notes/prs, so don't be such a stranger round here now just as the party is getting started, I expect this to build to a fever pitch as the demonstration devices are released with full specs within the next few months
thanks buzz, hoping that you will be our prodigal son here, let me know when you buy your shares back!
2 over the top PRs Richard, based on these 2 PRs imo only one of two things are possible --->>
#1 --->> Z's ultra conservative nature has been turned on its head, he has done a complete flip-flop, a 180 if you will, changed his stripes, turned his night into day, etc etc
***or***
#2 --->> Z and co have reached the "tipping point" in the science of the development of a true next-gen device, he now knows they have "got it", the remaining work is somewhat of a slam dunk (optimization) by comparison to the accomplished work to-date, success is highly likely now and Z has begun to tell investors that now, he has begun to blow the trumpets
BOOYAH BABY!