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Draft:OpenLight

OpenLight
Company typePrivate
IndustrySilicon Photonics
Founded2022
HeadquartersSanta Barbara, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dr. Adam Carter (CEO), Volkan Kaman (VP. Engineering), Kevin Granucci (VP. Sales and Marketing), Rosie Nguyen (VP. Finance and Human Resources)
Number of employees
40 (as of June 2022)
Websitehttps://openlightphotonics.com/

OpenLight is a private, independent silicon photonics company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with offices in Silicon Valley. It was formed in April 2022 as a result of investments from Synopsys and Juniper Networks.[1]

OpenLight offers a process design kit (PDK) that packages integrated lasers and other components and processes which foundries use to manufacture silicon photonics devices, and product designers use to move IC designs from the blueprint phase into production with a foundry partner.[2]

History edit

OpenLight has approximately 40 employees and is jointly owned by Synopsys and Juniper Networks, with Synopsys as the majority owner.[3]

Timeline edit

  • OpenLight’s core technology was developed at Aurrion, a UCSB spin-out founded in 2008.[4]
  • In 2016, Aurrion was acquired by Juniper Networks.[5]
  • In 2019, Juniper Networks partnered with Tower Semiconductor as its foundry partner.[6]
  • In 2021, Tower Semiconductor and Juniper Networks jointly announced the world’s first open market silicon photonics platform.[7]
  • In April 2022, OpenLight was formed with investments from Synopsys & Juniper Networks.[8]
  • In October 2023, OpenLight announced a strategic partnership with Spark Photonics.[9]

In January 2023, OpenLight named Dr. Adam Carter as its CEO.[10] Before joining OpenLight, Carter held a variety of roles including serving as a senior director and general manager at Transceiver Module Group at Cisco.[11]  

Technology edit

The company’s PDK consists of integrated lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and photodetectors that chipmakers utilize to design photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which can be produced at foundries, including partner Tower Semiconductor.[12] OpenLight’s platform accelerates PIC development for data communications, telecoms, Lidar, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing.[13][14]   

The platform also provides photonic building blocks for teams to design, build, and validate PIC solutions with industry-standard EDA tools, scalable silicon foundry manufacturing, and wafer-level test equipment.[15] The technology has passed reliability tests with Tower Semiconductor's PH18DA fabrication process.[16]

In 2022, the company taped out its first multiproject wafer with 400G and 800G reference designs that integrate lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, photodetectors, and other photonic components.[17] OpenLight's technology allows for heterogeneous integration of indium phosphate (InP) onto a standard silicon process flow, resulting in the creation of highly integrated devices.[18]

In March 2023, OpenLight demonstrated a 224G Indium phosphide-based modulator available for Tower’s PH18DA platform.[19]

In September 2023, OpenLight launched a sampling of their fully integrated 2x FR4 Photonic Application Specific Integrated Circuit (2xFR4 PASIC), designed for data center and AI cluster connections.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ Hardy, Stephen (2022-04-18). "LightWave Online". www.lightwaveonline.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ^ O'Shea, Dan (2022-07-03). "OpenLight aims to ease silicon photonics challenges". FierceTelecom. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. ^ Munoz, Stefani (2022-06-07). "OpenLight Announces New Open Silicon Photonics Platform". EETimes. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ^ "OpenLight's integrated-laser silicon photonics platform". Gazettabyte. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  5. ^ Holton, Conard (2016-08-02). "Silicon photonics startup Aurrion acquired by Juniper Networks". Laser Focus World. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^ "OpenLight's integrated-laser silicon photonics platform". Gazettabyte. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ^ "Partners announce open market silicon photonics platform with monolithically integrated III-V lasers | Electro Optics". www.electrooptics.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  8. ^ Hardy, Stephen (2022-04-18). "Synopsys, Juniper Networks to create silicon photonics company". Lightwave. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  9. ^ "ECOC 2023 expo showcases latest developments in optical communications". optics.org. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  10. ^ Hardy, Stephen (2023-01-19). "Dr. Adam Carter joins OpenLight as CEO". Lightwave. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  11. ^ "OpenLight appoints Adam Carter as CEO - PIC Magazine News". PIC (Photonics Integrated Circuits). 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  12. ^ "ECOC 2023 industry reflections - Part 2". Gazettabyte. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  13. ^ Robinson, Dan. "OpenLight launches as fabless silicon photonics outfit". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  14. ^ Hardy, Stephen (2022-06-09). "Synopsys/Juniper Networks silicon photonics venture adopts OpenLight name". Lightwave. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  15. ^ "Open Platform Supports Laser Integration on Silicon PICs". www.photonics.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  16. ^ "Design kit handles photonic IC designs with on-chip laser technology". www.microcontrollertips.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  17. ^ Schlett, James. "Increased Component Density Plants Hurdles on the Road to Scaling the Production of PICs". www.photonics.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  18. ^ Rajendiran, Kalar (2023-12-21). "100G/200G Electro-Optical Interfaces: The Future for Low Power..." Semiwiki. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  19. ^ "Photonic integrated circuits delivering next-gen optical communications | Electro Optics". www.electrooptics.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  20. ^ Carroll, Jim (2023-10-03). "Openlight samples its 2x FR4 Photonic ASIC". Converge Digest. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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