PRESENTATION

Designing for Yield: Production-Grade PDKs for Ultra-high-speed TFLN Photonic Engines

Scaling optical transceivers beyond 200G per lane requires modulator bandwidths exceeding 100 GHz, a regime where silicon photonics hits fundamental material limits. Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) emerges as a leading candidate, offering compelling advantages for electro-optic modulation: >100 GHz bandwidth, sub-1V drive voltage, and

Amir Ghadimi

Lightium

Dr. Amir H. Ghadimi co-founded Lightium AG in 2023 to advance thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for high-volume production. With 15+ years of expertise in integrated photonics, MEMS, and micro/nano technology, he previously led PIC research activities at CSEM. He has secured significant funding from private investors and public grants, including Horizon Europe projects like ELENA, PATTERN, and LOLIPOP. Holding a PhD from EPFL (2018), he drives Lightium to redefine high-speed, energy-efficient photonics for datacenters, AI, quantum computing, and telecom.