Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG)

[jeunke22]

https://www.chromosol.com/

There is an urgent need for improved transceiver technologies both in the datacentre environment and for the fronthaul in 5G networks. In the datacentre the requirement for low cost, low power, small form factor and high performance photonics to serve ever increasing data needs has already necessitated the deployment of advanced Silicon Photonics technologies. This has enabled many of the optical components required in transceivers to be integrated into silicon.


Silicon Photonics 1.0

However, current silicon photonics is missing a key ingredient – light generation and amplification. Laser sources and optical amplifiers are fabricated in different compound semiconductor material systems and then co-packaged with the silicon photonics. Integrated silicon-based lasers and amplifiers are therefore a holy grail in the industry with the promise of lower fabrication costs combined with significant reduction in power requirement, increases in efficiency and the realisation of complex photonic systems on chip.