Sam Dale is a Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, where he focuses on optics and photonics. He is the author of multiple technology market research reports covering technologies including HPC, metamaterials and AR waveguides. He has spoken around the world on various emerging technologies and led multiple consulting projects in these fields. Prior to joining IDTechEx, he graduated with an MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.
Through reports, subscription services and consultancy, market intelligence firm IDTechEx helps your business benefit from emerging technologies. Its research covers silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, advanced semiconductor packaging and many areas beyond.
Photonic integrated circuits have applications from the data center to spaceflight. Given the diverse range of capabilities of these technologies, it’s no surprise that a wide range of manufacturing platforms have arisen, ranging from relatively established silicon-on-insulator to more emerging materials like thin-film lithium niobate. In this presentation, technology market research specialists IDTechEx will outline insights from its research on PIC materials platforms, providing insight into its forecasts for the next decade and suggesting platform-application fits for a wide range of PIC production processes.