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Photonics
industry is predicting a mix of electronic and photonic chips, and we’ re responding to this in two major ways.
“ One of our main services is offering multi project wafer( MPW) schemes every quarter. An MPW works by aggregating the cost across multiple independent users, providing companies or researchers with an opportunity to purchase a number of usable chips for experimental purposes at a lower cost, as opposed to spending up to $ 1 million on a custom wafer.
“ We’ re launching two technology platforms for our MPW service in 2025. We’ re implementing a major upgrade to our Base Active PIC platform, which will be useful in the near infrared wavelengths that are traditional for silicon photonics. We’ re also launching our Quantum Flex( QFlex) PIC to design and produce chips specifically for quantum applications, with various features such as shorter wavelengths and the ability to transmit light.”
Talking about these new technologies leads Wade to share more details about what’ s coming for AIM Photonics in the year ahead.“ Aside from launching two new technology platforms for our MPW service, 2025 will also see us emphasize our HOPE kits,” he says.“ We produce HOPE kits, that stands for hands-on photonics education, to be used in university laboratories and community colleges to enable students learning about photonics to test and manipulate circuits.
“ Further afield, we’ ll prioritize maintaining our MPW service going forward, as it is a very valuable prototyping and product development tool,” Wade concludes.“ We hope to enter our third cooperative agreement once our current one ends, and we’ ll continue to respond to market demand with more advanced technologies and innovative solutions.” ■
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