No technology platform can do it all in integrated photonics. In this final installment of a four-part series, we’ll review strengths and weaknesses of the major photonic flavors and take a closer look at how combinations of them unlock the full potential of integrated photonics.
Phix Photonics Assembly has secured 3 million euros in equity and loans from existing shareholders and a 20 million euro investment from the National Growth Fund (NGF).
No single integrated-photonics technology can do it all: they need to be combined for maximum functionality. The set of techniques to do that – hybrid or heterogeneous integration – is a key growth driver for the Dutch integrated-photonics industry.
Bronkhorst High-Tech is partnering with photonics packaging foundry Phix to have its MEMS-based mass flow sensors and controllers assembled in volume.
Phix Photonics Assembly and quantum startup Quix have received funding from the regional government’s MIT program to package the latter’s quantum photonic processors with over 50 input/output modes.
The Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC), Phix, Physik Instrumente and Tegema have put together a consortium for integrated photonics assembly called Podium.
Phix has secured an investment from Photondelta, the public-private organization tasked with boosting the Dutch integrated photonics ecosystem.
Dutch photonics packaging foundry Phix and German equipment manufacturer Ficontec have entered into a partnership for chip-to-chip assembly of photonics modules.
Collaborating within the Photondelta Flagship project, the better part of the Dutch integrated photonics industry has started working with TNO’s Space and Semiconductor departments to qualify photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for space applications.
Phix Photonics Assembly has secured “large” investments from development agency Oost NL and venture capital investment fund Innovation Industries.
