Fraunhofer HHI does research on communications since nearly 90 years. Nowadays, about every second bit transported in the internet touches HHI technology on its way to the receiver. With a strong focus on InP, we also develop polymer waveguide based hybrid integration and silicon photonics. We focus on Telecom and Datacom, with strongly increasing activities in sensor systems. HHI offers foundry services with or without design support in InP, and custom designed Polymer Hybrid PICs.

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation. With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.

Optica serves and represents organizations engaged in the business of optics and photonics—from start-ups to Fortune 500s. In support of our member companies, we promote and protect the business of optics and photonics in driving innovation, creating jobs, and accelerating growth around the world. We provide exclusive roadmap reports and market data for the industry, serve as the voice of the industry to government and academia, act as a liaison with several trade associations worldwide and provide a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the optics and photonics community.

PHIX supplies the photonics industry with assembly and packaging services for Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). We specialize in the manufacturing of hybrid assemblies, using multiple chip materials and fiber arrays to create maximum functionality. By offering our knowledge in the chip design stage, we ensure ease of scale up for volume manufacturing. Chip-to-chip and fiber-to-chip interfaces, polarization maintaining fiber assemblies and high-power applications are among our core competencies. From PIC prototype to assembly and scale-up to high-volume manufacturing: PHIX is your partner in photonics. We offer a one-stop-stop fully tailored to your needs. That’s how we prepare your products for tomorrow’s society, today.

As a foundry for integrated photonic circuits, SMART Photonics offers solutions for data and telecommunication, as well as for sensing – such as Lidar – and medical applications. And it doesn’t stop there.

SMART Photonics aims to be the leading foundry for integrated photonics, creating innovative products that improve people’s lives.

Datacom & Telecom

- High Speed Coherent C-band/O-band

- Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser (ITLA)

- Integrated Coherent Transmitter

- O-band DCN Solutions

Sensing

- Structural Health Monitoring

- LiDAR - for Automotive

Quantum

- Quantum Key distribution

At Luceda Photonics, we enable photonic IC designers to enjoy the same power as electronic IC designers.

We automate and integrate the complete photonic design flow. Our Python-based platform enables design teams to easily share and reuse their photonic design IP using a standard language.

We leverage more than 50 years of photonic experience to help our customers create manufacturable designs. Our design products bundle our expertise to enable our customers to quickly achieve their first tape-out and get their design right the first time.

What we do and a brief company history

ficonTEC is an innovative high-tech company that has rapidly established itself in a highly-specialized market. With continued growth and innovative development since 2001, we are the recognized market leader when it comes to automated assembly and testing of opto-electronic components and (hybrid) photonic devices.

The core team at ficonTEC consists primarily of development engineers from the specialist fields of optics and photonics, from electrical, mechanical and mechatronic engineering, as well as from software development. These developers are supported by experienced technicians possessing a wide variety of skills.

Our technical competence, global customer base, and – importantly – the will to understand our customer’s needs and to find individual and optimum solutions, together make us a competent business and development partner.

Pioneers in Next-Generation Test Equipment. Since 2001, APEX Technologies has been at the forefront of developing and manufacturing ultra-high-performance test equipment tailored for fiber optic telecommunication applications. Our journey began with the creation of an ultra-high-resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer that quickly became a market leader. Building on this success, we have continuously evolved, crafting our own Tunable Laser Source (TLS) spanning from 750 nm to 1900 nm

Our latest innovation, Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR), provides precise reflection and transmission measurements. With a market-leading dynamic range, it excels in accuracy and reliability.

Our versatile solutions find applications across diverse sectors, including Telcom applications and Photonic.

The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) can fabricate devices in a variety of materials including:

• gallium arsenide (GaAs);

• indium phosphide (InP); and

• gallium nitride (GaN).

We offer foundry services or end-to-end fabrication of photonic devices, photonic integrated circuits and gallium nitride electronics. The CPFC can also develop new process technologies for our client's devices.

The CPFC is a 40,000 square foot facility with 11,000 square feet of class 100/1000 clean room space providing a comprehensive suite of key processes and supporting activities.

ISP System is a machine builder with more than 25 years of experience in high precision mechatronics system. We can provide you with both standard and customized photonics packaging & micro-assembly equipment based on leading-edge technology.

The PHOTOMATIQ equipment is a customizable assembly platform which perfectly suits the requirements of demanding photonics systems. It includes active alignment, glue dispensing, in situ UV curing, eutectic soldering, as well as high precision positioning capabilities (+/-0.1µm resolution).

Typical applications are laser module assembly, laser diode stacking, LIDAR manufacturing, optical components such as lenses, filters, prisms alignment, optical connectors assembly and so on.

Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy and education. As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and universities we bring together more than 5,500 brilliant minds from almost 100 nationalities. Imec is headquartered in Leuven (Belgium), and has research sites across Belgium, in the Netherlands and the USA, and representation in 3 continents. In 2019, imec's revenue (P&L) totaled 640 million euro.

ASMPT AMICRA GmbH is a worldwide leading supplier for ultra-high precision die attach systems. The AMICRA systems specialize in submicron placement accuracy to ±0.2μm@3s for the photonics and semiconductor market. The systems also support die attach, flip chip, eutectic, epoxy, and X-Celeprint’s Micro Transfer Printing (MTP) processes. Markets served include silicon photonics, optoelectronics, active optical cable (AOC), VCSELs, laser diodes, 2.5D/3D ICs, wafer level packaging (WLP), large panel fan-out/embedded wafer level packaging (EWLP), and automotive sensors/LiDAR. Headquartered in Regensburg, Germany, ASMPT AMICRA is a subsidiary of ASMPT Ltd., a leading global supplier of hardware and software solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors and electronics that is based in Singapore.

Based in France, SET is a world leading supplier of Flip-Chip Bonders, excelling in high-end and demanding applications.

Since 1975, we have accompanied laboratories and industries looking for a high precision and an important reliability in the assembly of their components. 

We accelerate their developments of the chips of the future thanks to our robust and precise Flip-Chip Bonders.

With equipment installed worldwide, we are globally renowned for the high post-bond sub-micron accuracy and the high flexibility of our Flip-Chip Bonders.

Ranging from manual loading version to fully automated version, our systems cover a wide range of applications and offer the unique ability to handle both fragile and small components onto substrates and wafers up to 300 mm.

VPIphotonics provides professional design software and services for integrated photonics, optoeletronics and fiber-based components, optical transmission systems and networks. VPIphotonics off-the-shelf and customized solutions are valued for their powerful and comprehensive simulation capabilities and high degree of flexibility. They are applied in research and development, product design and marketing by hundreds of companies, and for teaching and research at over 160 academic institutions worldwide.

CSEM is a non-profit-oriented public-private Swiss technology innovation center renowned for developing advanced technologies with profound societal impact. Our mission is to transfer these innovations to industries, strengthening the economy. With extensive expertise in micro and nanoscale optics, photonic integrated circuits, laser sources, optical sensing, and intelligent imaging, we are revolutionizing key sectors such as data centers, quantum technologies or next-generation medical devices. Our photonics solutions are having a profound impact, enhancing health diagnostics, energy efficiency, manufacturing processes, communication networks, and security systems. By pushing the boundaries of technology, CSEM is paving the way for a brighter future, where the power of light drives extraordinary advancements. 

Lightium AG is a Swiss startup offering Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) foundry & design services based on its proprietary, production-grade, thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform. Our unique solution facilitates and accelerates the photonic breakthroughs of our customers, enabling ultra-fast modulation and reduced power consumption. As Europe’s first production-grade TFLN foundry, Lightium empowers the next generation of photonic solutions in a wide range of industries, including Telecom, Datacom, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space.