ThreeFive Photonics nets $2.5 million for R&D
Netherland-based developer of monolithically integrated optoelectronic devices ThreeFive Photonics B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of ASIP, has been awarded a government contract worth $2.5 million.
The funding will allow ASIP, in partnership with COBRA Research School of the Technical University of Eindhoven, to study advanced semiconductor nanostructures and photonic technology. Research efforts will focus on quantum dot active regions, high-aspect-ratio photonic band gap structures and advanced integrated device designs.
ASIP claims that the work will hopefully help to eliminate the traditional barriers to achieving large-scale optoelectronic integration, such as high power dissipation, the need for thermoelectric cooling and poor manufacturing yields.
"This research contract will accelerate performance advancements to ASIP s existing line of industry-leading, high-speed lasers and build the foundation for the next generation of photonic integrated circuits," said Mike Decelle, ASIP s CEO.
He continued: "We are anxious to bring together the collective power of ASIP s Asymmetric TwinGuide technology with complementary technologies such as quantum dots and photonic band gaps. These complementary technologies will further expand the range of optoelectronic devices that can be integrated using our ATG."
