Walter quoted, Design Tools (PDKs): He referred to Luceda Photonics, a company providing design tools for photonics chips (whose CEO is based in Belgium). By giving partners access to polymer technology via PDKs (Process Design Kits), many more designers can work with it. Yves views this as a multiplier for their technical sales capacity.
Luceda Photonics supports over 20 foundry partners globally. Their platform, IPKISS, is one of the most widely integrated design environments in the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) industry, covering a broad spectrum of material platforms including Silicon (SOI), Silicon Nitride (SiN), Indium Phosphide (InP), and Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3).
Below is the most complete and current list of foundries that offer Luceda PDKs, categorized by material platform:
1. Silicon Photonics (SOI) Foundries
These foundries represent the high-volume standard for data centers and AI interconnects.
SilTerra (Malaysia): Recently announced as a primary partner for Lightwave Logic (LWLG) polymer integration on 200mm wafers.
Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF, Singapore): A high-performance specialty foundry (now part of GlobalFoundries).
GlobalFoundries (USA/Europe): Supports the GF Fotonix™ 300mm platform.
Tower Semiconductor (Israel/USA): Major high-volume 200mm partner.
CompoundTek (Singapore): A pure-play silicon photonics foundry.
IMEC (Belgium): The iSiPP platform, often used for pilot lines and advanced R&D.
AIM Photonics (USA): The primary US-based open-access foundry.
VTT (Finland): Specialized in thick-SOI (3-micron) platforms.
CEA-Leti (France): High-end R&D and pilot production.
Cornerstone (UK): Rapid prototyping for academic and industrial researchers.
SiEPICfab (Canada): A specialized silicon photonics fabrication cluster.
2. Silicon Nitride (SiN) Foundries
SiN is favored for its transparency and low loss, often used in sensing and quantum applications.
LIGENTEC (Switzerland): Known for low-loss thick SiN (all-nitride) processes.
LioniX International (Netherlands): Leaders in the TriPleX™ waveguide technology.
X-FAB (Germany): A major industrial partner for SiN and heterogenous integration.
Solinide Photonics (Sweden): A new 2026 partner specializing in dispersion-engineered SiN for frequency combs.
3. Indium Phosphide (InP) & Other Platforms
InP is essential for active components like lasers and amplifiers.
SMART Photonics (Netherlands): A leading pure-play InP foundry.
Fraunhofer HHI (Germany): A world-class R&D foundry for InP and polymer photonics.
Infinera (USA): Provides high-end optical engine fabrication.
NanoLN / GPIC (China): Specialized in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN).
4. Assembly & Testing Partners (ADKs)
Luceda also provides Assembly Design Kits (ADKs) to ensure the chips can be packaged:
PHIX Photonics Assembly (Netherlands)
Tyndall National Institute (Ireland)
Why this list matters for LWLG
Since Luceda acts as the common language between these foundries, Lightwave Logic's development of a PDK for SilTerra makes their technology significantly more mobile. If LWLG needs to scale to massive 300mm volumes, having their designs already scripted in Luceda's IPKISS environment makes porting to a high-volume giant like GlobalFoundries much faster than it would be on a proprietary foundry platform.
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