The success of PICs in both high tech and consumer applications relies on ever increasing integration of functionality. To this end, LioniX International champions a powerful methodology – hybrid integration – bringing active components to its low loss silicon nitride platform for best-of-both worlds performance. In this update, CEO Arne Leinse presents advances in hybrid integration methods that yield developments in tunable lasers and LioniX International’s RGB laser engine for Augmented Reality headsets.
Arne Leinse has been active in integrated optics for more than 20 years. He received a PhD degree from the University of Twente in the integrated Optical Microsystems group in 2005. Hereafter he joined LioniX BV where he was involved in the invention and development of the TriPleX™ platform from the beginning. He has been involved from the original concept until the exploitation and (co)authored over 100 articles in the last years. He has been active as Vice-President of LioniX BV in the last years and since the establishment of LioniX-international in 2016 active in the role of Chief Commercial Officer. Since January 2020 Arne is active in the role of CEO, leading the Management Team.