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Empowering industry
Within its three mission pillars, AIM Photonics is shaping the future of integrated photonics in the US
As a public-private manufacturing institute, AIM Photonics focuses on the nation’ s premier capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership in a technology that is both essential to national security and positioned to provide a compelling return on investment to the US economy.
AIM Photonics aims to emulate successes experienced by the electronics industry over the past 40 years and transition key lessons, processes, and approaches to the Photonic Integrated Circuit( PIC) industry. By supporting small and medium enterprises, educating people, and providing practical access and technology for US industry, government, and academic communities, AIM Photonics is creating a first-of-its-kind national PIC manufacturing ecosystem.
The organization is one of 18 manufacturing innovation institutes in the US, each of which is a public-private partnership supported by a combination of federal and private funding. Wade Cook, Executive Director, explains more about AIM Photonics and its purpose:“ Each institute is designed to improve or enlarge the US industrial base in certain technologies or capabilities, ours being integrated photonics. As one of nine institutes funded through the Department of Defense( DoD), AIM Photonics was established in 2015 when the DoD recognized the significant need
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