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Wow...
Currently seven out of ten fiber broadband connections in North America are made through Nokia equipment.
Thx zdog, I realized that after my post. Hard to understand Jose sometimes...;)
Nice plug by Jose early in the video asking a participant about "organic polymers" too!
Maybe just the adult beverages kicking in, but the excitement level appeared to be off the charts. Would have loved to been a fly on the wall listening in on those conversations..;)
5G-Advanced: Expanding 5G for the connected world
5:19 mark
First network energy efficiency is of paramount importance both for environmental sustainability and for minimization of operating costs. 5G Advanced will have energy efficiency at it's heart in all it's features.
What is 5G-Advanced?
5G-Advanced will bring out the richest capabilities of 5G over the coming decade, breaking down boundaries and expanding connectivity. From immersive extended reality (XR) experiences to high-precision location, presence and timing technologies, 5G-Advanced will profoundly transform what you can achieve with your network. AI/ML data collection and analytics coupled with introducing AI/ML technologies in CORE, RAN and network management is expected to bring many benefits, vital new levels of energy efficiency among them.
Through the 3GPP standards body, Nokia is in the process of making 5G-Advanced happen. The first release of the 5G-Advanced era, Release 18, is due in 2024.
https://www.nokia.com/networks/5g/5g-advanced/#on-a-journey-to-6g
October 19th 2023
FRANÇOISE CHOMBAR JOINS SUPERVISORY BOARD OF SMART PHOTONICS
Françoise Chombar states: “The integrated photonics industry is emerging as a bedrock for multiple novel applications in communication, datacom, life sciences, automotive, space and manufacturing industries. It is a fascinating and fast-growing semiconductor business segment. I’m honored to join the SMART Photonics board and keen to contribute to their growth as best I can.”
https://smartphotonics.nl/francoise-chombar-joins-supervisory-board-of-smart-photonics/
Looks great, nicely done LWLG team!!
• There can be millions of modulators in a single data center
Virtually every communications network in the world—telecom, enterprise, and data center—depends on our optical components and modules
From laser chips (EMLs, DMLs, and VCSELs) and pluggable coherent transceivers to pump lasers and TrueFlex® colorless/directionless/contentionless ROADMs, Lumentum’s comprehensive, vertically integrated portfolio lowers costs and speeds time-to-market. We optimize our components for best-in-class performance, creating flexible and scalable platforms that address ever-changing market conditions and product migrations. To ensure field reliability, Lumentum uses only the best materials and processes including stringent, proprietary burn-in processes during laser manufacturing.
$35M additional funding secured from CHIPS Act...
ESSEX JUNCTION, VT, October 18, 2023 — GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) has been awarded $35 million in federal funding from the U.S. government to accelerate the manufacturing of GF’s differentiated gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon semiconductors at its facility in Essex Junction, Vermont. This funding brings GF closer to large-scale production of GaN chips, which are unique in their ability to handle high voltages and temperatures. These chips are positioned to enable game-changing performance and efficiency in 5G and 6G cellular communications for infrastructure and handsets, automotive and industrial Internet of things (IoT), as well as power grids and other critical infrastructure.
With the new $35 million in funding, awarded by the Department of Defense’s Trusted Access Program Office (TAPO), GF plans to purchase additional tools to expand development and prototyping capabilities, moving closer to at-scale 200mm GaN-on-silicon semiconductor manufacturing. As part of the investment, GF plans to implement new capabilities for reducing the exposure of GF and its customers to supply chain constraints of gallium, while improving the speed of development, assurance of supply and competitiveness of U.S-made GaN chips.
The funding builds on years of collaboration with the U.S. government – including $40 million in support from 2020-2022 – that leverages the talent of GF’s Vermont team and their 200mm semiconductor manufacturing experience, and applies it to GaN-on-silicon manufacturing. 200mm is state-of-the-art for GaN chip technology.
I like your link spartex..."electronic warfare (EW) technologies", so prescient as Israel will be entering Gaza at any moment now.
What is a Radio Frequency or “RF” Engineer?
The short answer is that RF Engineers are research and development (R&D) electrical engineers who specialize in designing, developing, testing, and deploying innovative new wireless networks and radio frequency (RF) payloads, subsystems, wireless networks, and component technologies for use in aircraft systems, spacecraft and satellites, missile systems, maritime crafts, and land-based defense platforms. This often includes the RF and/or microwave systems architecture, components, advanced circuits, and other products, from transmitters, receivers, and antenna arrays to frequency synthesizers, amplifier modules, switch matrices, and more. While traditional RF Engineering typically focuses expressly in the megahertz (Mhz) range, our advanced RF professionals exploit that range and up into optical systems to deliver the most powerful and effective solutions for national security, space exploration, secure communications, global navigation, commercial systems, civil infrastructures, electronic warfare (EW) technologies, and more.
Beyond the scope of the R&D world, there are also RF Engineers whose primary responsibility is planning, setting up, monitoring, and suggesting improvements to wireless networks for cellular providers to assure that customers receive the speed and coverage they were promised. There are many of those RF Engineers working today due to the worldwide popularity of cell phones and smart TVs, but those engineers typically use existing technologies to achieve particular functions and are not involved in the design or development of advanced new RF equipment.
New LWLG job post 12 hrs ago...
Radio Frequency Engineer
Lightwave Logic, Inc. · Denver Metropolitan Area 12 hours ago · 6 applicants
$95,000/yr - $200,000/yr + Stock options, Profit sharing On-site Full-time
11-50 employees
See how you compare to 6 applicants. Try Premium for $0
Skills: Radio Frequency (RF), Network Analyzers (Electrical), +8 more
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3744439651/?refId=XRyEjuNFGgu4FNx0HEjdxg%3D%3D
Quite the list indeed...;)
But wait, there’s a whole list of other distinguished photonics leaders joining Andy on stage. They include….
Dave Welch, Infinera, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Drew Alduino, Meta Platforms Inc, Optical Engineer
M. Ashkan Seyedi, NVIDIA, Principal Silicon Photonics Products
Near Margalit, Broadcom, Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Systems Division (OSD)
David Piehler, Dell Technologies, Distinguished Engineer, Optics
Peter Winzer, Nubis Communications, Founder, and CTO
Michael Lebby, CEO, Lightwave Logic, Inc.
Vikas G., GlobalFoundries, Senior Director of Product Management & Marketing
Patrick Lo, Advanced Micro Foundry Pte Ltd, CTO
Chang-Hong Wu, Juniper Networks, Group Vice President
Marc Stiller, Lumentum, VP Product Line Management, Coherent Products
Thomas Liljeberg, Intel Corporation, Sr. Director, Photonic Integration; Silicon Photonics Products Division
David Dawson-Elli, Corning Optical Communications, Vice President OEM Market Development
Ana González, iPronics Programmable Photonics
Kees Propstra Quantifi Photonics
Anthony Torza, Cisco
Rebecca Schaevitz Lightmatter
Twan Korthorst, Synopsys Photonic Solutions
Jim Theodoras, HGGenuine USA
Jake Joo, Dupont
Michael Geiselmann, LIGENTEC
Antonio Teixira, PICadvanced
David Lazovsky, Celestial AI
Shawn Lee SABIC
Looking forward to this event...
Panel Discussion: Materials and Components to Advance Optical Technologies
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Time: 11:30 a.m. Pacific time
Speakers: Dr. Michael Lebby (Lightwave Logic), David Dawson-Elli (Corning), Marc Stiller (LUMENTUM), Jake Joo (DuPont), António Teixeira (PICadvanced) and Shawn Lee (SABIC)
🎙️ Join us at @OpticaWorldwide's Industry Summit!
— Lumentum (@Lumentum) October 18, 2023
🔔 Session 5: Session 5: Materials & Components to Advance Optical Technologies
🗣️ Marc Stiller, VP PLM @Lumentum
🗓️ Oct 25th, 11:30 AM PT
🎫 Register https://t.co/KQ6WJOJpyu#OpticalCommunications #IndustryInsights #Optica! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/fH86d3KUie
A Lumentum white paper... I believe we'll be hearing the phrase "The Shannon Limit" much more in the near future...
Introducing the 6th Generation of Optical Networking – Carrier and Spatial Division
Multiplexing (CSDM) 2023
The Shannon Limit
The first of these is a fundamental limitation in the amount of information that can be packed into an optical fiber, commonly referred to as the Shannon limit. This impending limitation, which is widely recognized and understood across the industry, is a significant milestone in optical networking and states that, for a given transmission length, there is a finite limit to the amount of information that can be encoded within the available optical spectrum. Figure 2 shows how this limitation translates into achievable capacity in the C band as a function of transmission reach.
Given that capacity continues to grow exponentially, the interface rate must continue to increase over time as has been the case historically in order to maintain similar year-on-year reductions is $/Gb, and ensure cost effective capacity growth. With baud rate scaling reaching a practical limit, a new generational approach is required to continue to scale coherent transceiver capacity.
Carrier Division Multiplexing (CDM)
With spectral efficiency saturating for a given reach as predicted by the Shannon limit, increasing coherent transceiver interface capacity requires an increase in signal bandwidth. This has been achieved to date by scaling baud rate. Given that the achievable baud rate of coherent transceivers is rapidly approaching a technological limit due to practical RF limitations, scaling signal bandwidth in the 6th generation will require the use of multiple, closely spaced coherently modulated optical carriers starting with 2 and increasing to 4, then 8 in subsequent transceiver iterations. This approach to coherent transceiver capacity scaling can be referred to as carrier division multiplexing.
Moreover offers supply chain security, whereas a lot of other materials are dependent on the friendliness of our geo political competitors and climate activists.
Industry Awards at ECOC 2023
11.10.2023
Lightwave Logic as Hybrid PIC/Optical Integration Platform Award winner
Nine Dr. Lebby's to start the week...I'll take it;)
We would like to once again congratulate our 🏆Industry Awards winners, whose hard work and dedication to the further development of the industry have not gone unnoticed.
— ECOC Exhibition (@ECOC_Exhibition) October 9, 2023
Check the complete list of winners here: https://t.co/Z3h6T7gKHT#ECOC23 #ECOCExhibit pic.twitter.com/el04FK1q6n
How silicon photonics technology can address the networking bandwidth demand in cloud datacenters and AI/ML applications
17 April 2023
In this interview, Joris Van Campenhout, fellow and director of the Optical I/O program at imec, outlines how imec and its partners address the networking bandwidth demand in both cloud datacenters and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) applications.
For cloud datacenter networks, scaling to 1.6T pluggable optics drives the development of optical components with increasing baud rates.
However, for AI/ML systems, stringent requirements for bandwidth density, power consumption and latency will require a different, more disruptive approach.
For lane rates at 400Gbps, the SiPho toolbox needs a major upgrade. Especially on the transmission side, modulators with bandwidth beyond 100GHz and sufficiently low optical losses are very hard to achieve in Si or Ge, which necessitates the introduction of “exotic” electro-optic materials such as LiNbO3, BaTiO3 or chromophore polymers.
I like the sound of this...;)
We expect to see our hybrid PIC platform performance extend for future generations of optical equipment that will help drive the internet over the next decade. With our commercialization underway, awards such as this further validate our technology and provide industry confirmation of the inherent benefits of our platform," concluded Lebby.
Nice, Congrat's Lightwave Logic!
" We have the team, resources, and
plans in place to make polymers ubiquitous"…
Lightwave Logic Investor Presentation
Check out our new look Market Focus theatre! Find us in Hall 3 for more sessions throughout the day including presentations from Lightwave Logic (11:00), POET Technologies (11:20), SiFotonics (11:40) and Source Photonics (12:00). View the full timetable at https://t.co/YBVuYYOjyK pic.twitter.com/UxGUUotFFo
— ECOC Exhibition (@ECOC_Exhibition) October 2, 2023
24 - 25 October, 2023
Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Industry Summit at Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks
Sunnyvale, California USA
Programs & Speakers
Michael S. Lebby
Lightwave Logic, CEO
https://www.optica.org/events/industry_events/2023/optica_photonic-enabled_cloud_computing_industry_summit_at_juniper_networks/program/speakers/michael_s_lebby/
Who else was invited to speak? Let's take a look...;)
Adam Carter
OpenLight, CEO
Aleksandra Boskovic
VP, COC Technology Development, Corning Optical Communications
Andreas Bechtolsheim
Arista, Chairman and Chief Development Officer[/u
Cedric Lam
Google, Principal Engineer (Director), Tech Infrastructure, Google Cloud
Chris Pfistner
Avicena Tech, VP
David F. Welch
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Infinera
David Piehler
DELL, Distinguished Engineer, Optics
Drew Alduino
Meta Platforms, Optical Engineer
Ernest Muhigana
LUMENTUM, PIC Product Strategy
Michael Geiselmann
LIGENTEC
Michael S. Lebby
Lightwave Logic, CEO
Near Margalit
CTO Optical Systems Division, Broadcom
Peter Winzer
Nubis Communications, Founder and CTO
Rebecca Schaevitz
Director of Product Management, Lightmatter
Vikas Gupta
Global Foundries, Senior Director of Product Management & Marketing
https://www.optica.org/events/industry_events/2023/optica_photonic-enabled_cloud_computing_industry_summit_at_juniper_networks/program/
12:03 PM EDT, 09/25/2023 (MT Newswires) -- GlobalFoundries (GFS) said Monday it has filed for federal financial support to expand and modernize its chip manufacturing facilities in the US.
The chipmaker said it has submitted applications to participate in the federal grants and investment tax credits under the US CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to invest $53 billion in the country's semiconductor industry.
GlobalFoundries shares gained 0.3% in recent Monday trading.
Price: 56.91, Change: +0.08, Percent Change: +0.14
Next on #ECOC2023 Industry Awards: Most Innovative Product Award:
— ECOC Exhibition (@ECOC_Exhibition) September 20, 2023
Hybrid PIC/Optical Integration Platform: Lightwave Logic & @iPronics
Photonics Component: @CoherentCorp & @sourcephotonics
Pluggable Transceiver/Co-Packaged Module: @MarvellTech & @Ciena
🌟 Good luck to all! pic.twitter.com/G4jqjat2D4
VERY good and extremely timely article by Dr. Lebby...
It may well be that the negative impacts of AI on data centers could be alleviated using a simple material that we are all comfortable with – electro-optic polymers!
This headline caught my attention this morning...
Global photonics market is growing. Aug. 3, 2023
The global photonics market is expected to rise from $722 billion to $1.2 trillion by 2028, according to SkyQuest, a market intelligence firm. The chip market alone is projected by Allied Market, a market research firm, to surpass $263 billion by 2031.
Excellent point spartex, and the fact that he was willing to walk away from Seagate for Lightwave speaks volumes!!! Think about it...;)
Xiaoyue Huang
???
Jensen Huang
Hmm?....;)
Awesome Xena, I think this hire could prove to be a significant development for Lightwave going forward! Thank you for sharing.
According to the Advanced Storage Technology Consortium (ASTC), HAMR is the next significant storage technology innovation to increase the amount of data storage in the area available to store data—known as the disk’s “areal density.” This boost in areal density will help fuel hard drive product development and growth through the next decade.
Lovin his title too....
Director of Thin Film Technology
Nice!! Great catch SS... Looks like Dr. Lebby is attracting very high caliber personel...;)
About
More than 15 Years industrial experience, with Physics PhD degree, 26 awarded US patents, 15 Seagate trade secrets
* A successful technical lead to deliver the cutting-edge technology/process from journal papers to NPD HVM
* 2 years technical team managing experience
* A problem-solving veteran and project champion through data mining, analysis and presentation
* A thin film expert in material process, integration, characterization, and surface/interface science
* A wafer tooling expert with experience of vision, strategy plan and execution for budget, expense, SOW, capital acquisition, and ownership
* A value-adder with records of multi-million dollars capital saving by smart engineering
* Extensive knowledge and experience on wafer manufacturing and factory logistics
* Frequent use of DOE, SPC, JMP, FMEA and continuous improvement in process
* High efficiency and efficacy in multi-tasks handling, downstream process transfer, project managing and resource maximization (internal, external, e.g. foundry, university…)
* An innovator with a proven track record of intellectual properties
* Seagate Technology Hall of Fame with > 30 US patent applications; > 10 trade secrets
* Bi-lingual (fluent in English and Chinese-Mandarin)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NO_oyhwAAAAJ
Seagate Technology
15 yrs 11 mos
EPIC Online Technology Meeting on
Hybrid Photonics Integration
18 September 2023. 15:00 - 17:00 CEST
Agenda
15:00 – 15:05 Opening by Ivan Nikitski, Photonics Technology Manager at EPIC
15:05 – 15:25 Keynote: JePPIX /Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe) – Kevin Williams, Professor
15:25 – 15:40 Thales – Applications of Micro-transfer printed III-V on Silicon Nitride for Microwave Photonics and Sensing – Vincent Billault, Research Engineer
15:40 – 15:55 Smart Photonics – Alonso Millan-Mejia, Senior Scientist / Process Architect
15:55 – 16:10 VPI Photonics – Single Design, Multiple Fabs: Modelling and Design Strategies for
Hybrid PICs – Andrzej Polatynski, Principal Application Engineer and Solution Owner PDK Framework
16:10 – 16:25 ficonTEC – Augusto Mandelli, International Sales, Service, and Marketing Director
16:25 – 16:40 Vanguard Automation – Next Generation Photonic Integration and Packaging Solutions with Photonic Wire Bonding (PWB) and Facet-Attached Micro-Optical Elements – Thorsten Mayer, CEO
16:40 – 16:55 X-celeprint –Micro Transfer Printing for Integrated Photonics – Ruggero Loi, Supply Chain Scientist
16:55 – 17:00 Closing by Ivan Nikitski, Photonics Technology Manager at EPIC
https://epic-assoc.com/events/epic-online-technology-meeting-on-hybrid-photonics-integration/
Global Optical Modulators Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)
The Optical Modulators Market is expected to register a CAGR of 6. 5% during the forecast period. An electro-optic modulator plays a very crucial role in fiber-optic networks. Just like a transistor acts as a switch for electronic signals, an electro-optic modulator acts as a switch for optical signals.
January 09, 2023
Competitive Landscape
The Global Optical Modulators Market is very competitive in nature. The market is concentrated due to the presence of various small and large players. The players are focusing on expanding their consumer base across the world. Some of the key players in the market are Thorlabs Inc., Lumentum Holdings Inc., AA Opto-Electronic, Fujitsu Optical Components Limited, Gooch & Housego PLC, Lightwave Logic, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., and many more. The companies are increasing the market share by forming multiple partnerships and investing in introducing new services to earn a competitive edge during the forecast period.
September 2022 - Lightwave Logic, Inc., announced the achievement of world record performance for low-power consumption ultra-high-speed green slot modulators in collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and its spin-off SilOriX on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Basel, Switzerland.
September 2022 - Joint efforts in creating a new Spatial Light Modulator for dynamic beam shaping in industrial high-power USP processes. Hamamatsu collaborated with Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and has set up an application lab for advanced laser material processing with ultrashort pulsed (USP) laser radiation. In Aachen, the partners jointly developed an industrial processing SLM-head that can use customized, dynamic beam shaping combined with enormous laser average output powers for various applications. The applied new Spatial Light Modulator from Hamamatsu can be operated up to 150 watts of average output power.
GFS getting bigger...
SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 – GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced the official opening of its US$4 billion (S$5 billion) expansion fabrication plant (“fab”) in Singapore. The 23,000sqm fab will create 1,000 high-value jobs in Singapore, 95 percent of which will include equipment technicians, process technicians and engineers.
https://gf.com/gf-press-release/globalfoundries-officially-opens-us4-billion-expansion-facility-in-singapore-creating-1000-new-jobs/
Two year anniversary of Nasdaq uplisting...interview with Dr. Lebby by Schwab Network (TD Ameritrade) day of listing...10 Sep 2021
https://schwabnetwork.com/video/lightwave-logic-lwlg-ceo-on-uplisting-to-nasdaq?redirect=true
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Our adversaries and strategic competitors will increasingly use cyber capabilities—including cyber espionage, attack, and influence—to seek political, economic, and military advantage over the United States and its allies and partners.
As recent Tweet by well known China critic, Kyle Bass sheds light on just how vulnerable our grid is...electrical, communications, data centers etc. hmm?
Kyle Bass 🇹🇼 Sept. 7
@Jkylebass
Alarming report on China’s advancing EMP threat to America and our critical infrastructure. Be sure to see the next string on Sempre Ai.
China advances EMP weapons, military analysts’ report reveals
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/6/inside-ring-china-advances-emp-weapons-military-wr/
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Why Integrated Photonics will change space technology?
September 4, 2023
Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are emerging as a game-changer in space applications, offering chip-scale integration of multiple optical elements to enable complex functions analogous to electrical integrated circuits. This is why PICs are expected to play a pivotal role in the future of this field.
Certainly don't mind seeing "Modulators Array" in the image...
Microsoft turns to photons to solve complex optimization problems
July 3. 2023
With AIM, the Microsoft team has introduced a more expressive mathematical abstraction called quadratic unconstrained mixed optimization (Qumo), which can represent mixed – binary and continuous – variables. AIM’s photonic part is perfectly suited to handle continuous-value data, ultimately beating binary computers by an estimated factor of 100 for problems such as the classic Traveling Salesman and related problems.
Microsoft is already working with Barclays Bank to test AIM for tracking how batches of transactions are settled. Interbank transactions are settled at so-called clearing houses, which process hundreds of thousands of transactions on a daily basis. As banking transactions scale, the settlements take increasingly longer to be completed – a real-world optimization problem that Barclays would love to tackle.